Call for Volunteer Board Members

Description

Are you looking for a Board opportunity that allows you to contribute your experience and expertise to the creative sector while gaining new insights and connections with colleagues across a variety of disciplines? 

If so, Work in Culture is looking for you. 

Work in Culture is a non-profit arts service organization whose vision is a thriving, vibrant, and equitable arts, culture, and creative community. Our mission is to advance the careers of artists, creatives, and cultural workers from diverse lived experiences, and support the organizations that engage them, through entrepreneurial and business skills development and innovative research. 

We are looking for people that reflect the diversity of our community and are passionate about the broad sector that we serve, including artists, creators, and cultural workers from all disciplines and from both non-profit arts and arts service organizations (including museums, heritage, and libraries) and the for-profit creative industries (books, magazines, film and tv, music and interactive). 

We are committed to working toward improving and sustaining diversity of representation in our governance positions to ensure that the organization’s work is guided by directors who represent a breadth of knowledge, perspectives, and lived experience. We especially welcome interest from Indigenous persons, racialized persons/persons of colour, persons early in their careers, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons and others who may contribute to inclusive governance. 

To complement the skills and backgrounds of our existing Board and provide the organization with the broadest input, we are currently giving priority to candidates who bring the following sector perspectives: 

• Visual arts 

• Interactive digital media 

• Performing arts 

• Museums/heritage 

Experience in any of the following areas will also be considered an asset: 

• Financial management 

• Marketing 

• Skills training 

• Education 

• Advocacy 

• Sponsorship 

Start date: New Board members will be confirmed at our AGM on November 27, 2024. 

Term & time commitment:  

• 2-year terms, renewable twice to a maximum of 6 years 

• 5 Board meetings per year (inclusive of the AGM), each approximately 2 hours plus 2-3 hours/month preparing for Board meetings, participating in committees, and supporting staff. Most Board meetings are held during the weekday, and we urge potential candidates to take this into consideration when applying as consistent attendance is an important part of the experience. 

Work in Culture is Ontario mandated and Toronto based. We will consider new Board members from outside Toronto who can attend meetings virtually and, ideally, twice a year in person. 

Duties and responsibilities: 

• Act in the best interest of Work in Culture and the creative community it serves 

• Prepare for, attend and participate in Board meetings 

• Serve on at least one Board committee or taskforce 

• Stay informed about the organization and share relevant information specific to their disciplines/communities/industry sectors 

• Leverage connections, networks, and resources for the benefit of the organization 

• Help the Board and staff monitor Work in Culture’s performance in relationship to its mission, values, and strategic plan objectives 

• Participate in the approval of the annual budget and help monitor the financial performance of the organization 

• Abide by the by-laws, code of conduct, conflict of interest, and other policies that apply to the Board 

• Be an ambassador for the organization and its work 

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free selection process. Please advise us of any accommodation measures required and we will endeavour to accommodate you. Information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially. 

All submissions will be reviewed by the Governance Committee and qualifying applicants will be selected for an interview (to be conducted virtually or in-person according to availability).  

We thank all applicants in advance, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Interviews with potential board candidates may be conducted throughout the posting period to expedite the selection process. However, no offers will be made until after the application deadline.