Join Our Board
Yorkshire & Humber Visual Arts Network (YVAN) is looking for new Directors to join our Board at an exciting point in our development as we consolidate our organisation to create a closer alignment with the artist and artist-led visual arts sector in the region.
The role of a YVAN Board Member is a voluntary position and requires dedication to the company’s development, acting as ambassadors and ensuring that we fulfil our mission and aims for the benefit of the visual arts sector in Yorkshire & Humber and beyond.
Whilst we welcome applications from all individuals, we are particularly interested in applicants with the following skills / experience to complement the current membership of our Board:
Human Resources (HR)
Public relations (PR)
IT / digital
Research & research methodologies
Finance
Fundraising
Policy development
Company Secretary & Legal
Alternative models for wealth creation in the visual arts
Visual arts & climate justice.
Data analysis
We are committed to ensuring that our Board of Trustees is representative of the diversity of Yorkshire & Humber and would like to encourage applications from people from the global majority, those people with lived experience of disability and neurodiversity, LGBTQ+ and working class backgrounds.
HOW TO APPLY
Please send us a covering letter telling us why you are interested in becoming a Board Member of Yorkshire & Humber Visual Arts Network and what you think you will bring to the organisation highlighting relevant career achievements.
Please also complete and return an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form – this information will be treated confidentially.
Please email your application and EO form to info@yvan.org.uk
There is a rolling recruitment for interested Board members with two deadlines per year.
The 2023 deadlines are 30th June and 30th October.
If we invite you to join our Board, then there will also be an opportunity to observe a Board Meeting before you confirm you would like to proceed.
