2024 Trustee Elections

Trustee roles available in March 2024

We have three vacancies for Trustee roles in March 2024

For more details about becoming a Trustee, the role and the election process please download our Trustee Recruitment Pack and Trustee role description. This page provides further information on how to apply, who is eligible and the timeline for nominations.

We are committed to restructuring our systems at CHEAD to ensure that at all levels within the organisation, we are working towards equity, diversity, and inclusion.

This means that we particularly want to ensure the organisation’s Board is reflective of our mission to dismantle institutional models and hierarchies that embed inequality and discrimination within art and design.

Our Director of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, Sophie Amono, is particularly keen to champion greater Board equity, diversity, and inclusion at CHEAD. Sophie’s experience includes sitting on the BIMA Inclusion & Diversity Council, Creative Scotland Equalities, Diversity, and Inclusion Advisory Group, and British Council Arts New Narratives Advisory Board. She is on hand to discuss the opportunity with any underrepresented and underserved identities, and they can be reached at sophie@chead.ac.uk.

How to apply

Expressions of Interest
If you are interested and would like to know more about the role of a CHEAD Trustee, please contact: anna@chead.ac.uk

Nominations
Elections for Trustee vacancies arising each year take place during the CHEAD Annual General Meeting which takes place in the the Spring.

• In order to stand for election a candidate must be the main representative for a CHEAD institutional member, or have received the support of the main representative.
• Each institutional member can put forward one nomination.
• No single institutional member may be represented by more than one Trustee on the Board. A list of those member institutions already represented on the CHEAD Board of Trustees can be found here

Individuals wishing to submit a nomination should complete a nomination form and submit this via the CHEAD website, links can be found below.

Nomination Statements
The CHEAD Nominations Statement Policy sets out the acceptable formats when submitting a nominations statement:
nomination:

• A pre-recorded video election statement (max. five minutes duration)
• A pre-recorded audio election statement (max. five minutes duration)
• A written election statement (max. 750 words)

All nomination statements are then circulated to the main member with voting rights at each member institution and those members vote at the Annual General Meeting. Successful applicants are announced during the AGM.

Timeline for nominations:

• Details of individuals standing for re-election or election will be included in the notice of the Annual General Meeting which will be issued on Friday 16th February 2024. Those wishing to submit a nomination are encouraged to do so by Wednesday 14th February 2024, 12pm in order that we can include this information in the notice.
• However, nominations for Honorary Officers and Elected Trustees can be submitted up to 7 days before the AGM as per the constitution.
• Further nominations can be taken from the floor at the AGM as per the constitution.

Successful applicants
A comprehensive induction process is in place to support new Trustees including a full briefing meeting with both CHEAD Directors and a one to one meeting with the Chair. Additional training can also be organised should this be required.

Trustee role description and nomination form