The home of exceptional music making in London’s East End

Brief

Trustees (Council members) of Spitalfields Music

Voluntary positions

Closing date for applications 3rd May 2013

Contents

Introduction

Spitalfields Music

Role of the Council Member

Terms and Conditions

The Selection Process

How to Apply

Introduction

“ One of the pleasures of Spitalfields Music’s festivals is their human warmth.”

Daily Telegraph, June 2012

“ I will never forget that day – people stood up and they were cheering!” Young participant Summer 2012

Phoenix School participant, June 2012

Based in and inspired by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Spitalfields Music runs a Summer Festival in June, Winter Festival in December and a year-round Learning & Participation Programme. It reaches around 50,000 people live each year (a combination of local people and visitors to the area) and over 1 million through broadcast and podcast. The charity has a turnover of just under £1 million and brings £2.5 million in economic benefit to the area.

The affairs of Spitalfields Music are managed by the directors (of which there are currently 10), who are members of the Spitalfields Music Council. The Chair of the Council, Sir Alan Moses, seeks four new Council Members to support the governance of the charity and help achieve its aims.

The time commitment for these roles, which are not remunerated, is expected to be around 50 hours a year, including meetings, attending festival events and fundraising. It is expected that candidates will join the Council from September 2013.

Spitalfields Music

Who we are

Spitalfields Music is an arts charity based in Tower Hamlets. It is known for unusual and high quality programming of baroque and contemporary music, combined with a ground-breaking commitment to its local community. These two themes run through its biannual classical music festivals and its year-round Learning & Participation Programme, weaving together and feeding each other.

The charity leads its field with a distinctive combination of artistic excellence and innovative community engagement. In 2011/12 Spitalfields Music won two prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Awards for its programme, a commendation from the Royal Society for Public Health, and was shortlisted in the arts category for the Civil Society Awards. Its activity is also often used as a model of practice by others.

Each year the charity workswith around 30,000 people, offering c. 100 events and 250 music workshops. Audiences for the festivals are 50% local and 50% visitors to the area and 100% of participants in the year-round programme are resident in Tower Hamlets. Broadcasts and podcasts reach a further 700,000 people each year. In recent years Spitalfields Music has worked with The Sixteen, The English Concert, Gabrieli Consort, Monteverdi Choir, James Weeks, Matthew Barley and Mica Levi as Associate Artists. This initiative has seen artists presenting concerts and participating in the Learning & Participation Programme, linking the two core strands of work.

The charity is part funded by Arts Council England, the City of London and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. In 2012 its turnover was just under £1 million with statutory funding amounting to 20% of this, a further 20% generated through ticket sales for festivals and 60% fundraised from businesses, trusts and foundations, and other private sources. Fundraising therefore forms an important part of the Council’s effort.

Objectives

Spitalfields Music’s objective is to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public through musical activities. Its activities are established to achieve this objective and to deliver public benefit.

The Council and the structure of the organisation

The affairs of Spitalfields Music are managed by the directors, who are members of the Spitalfields Music Council. The Council is supported by a sub-committee; Finance & Legal. Outside the governance structure, a Development Group oversees the charity’s fundraising and a Programme Advisory Group also meets three times a year and advises the staff and Council on programming.

Day-to-day management of the charity’s objectives is delivered by a staff team of twelve, lead by the Chief Executive, with support from the Senior Management Team. The Chief Executive has delegated authority, within terms of delegation approved by the directors, for operational matters including finance, employment, and programming.

Roleof the Council Member

There will be up to four vacant positions on the Council following the end of rotational terms for some current members. Members of the Council are required to advise and support the Chief Executive in achieving the charity’s objectives for the sustainable future.

The Council’s terms of reference are to take overall responsibility for the strategic direction and the legal and fiduciary health of the charity, with the following aims to:

  • Take legal responsibility for the control of the operations of Spitalfields Festival Limited and ensure that the charity functions within the legal and regulatory framework of its governing document
  • Set strategy in accordance with the governing document, legal and regulatory guidelines and monitors outcomes of strategies set
  • Support the charity’s fundraising requirements through exercise of own networks and supporting the charity in activating its networks.
  • Discharge fiduciary duty and will act to engender public confidence and trust in the charity
  • Take appropriate advice in all matters where there is material risk to the charity or where there is potential to breach trustees’ duties
  • Provide stability for the organisation and its growth
  • Delegate the responsibilities of the day-to-day running of the company and activity to the Chief Executive

Additional responsibilities may include:

  • Being a member of the Finance & Legal sub-committee, the Development Committee or other active advisory group or sub-committee the Council decides to establish
  • Attend cultivation or fundraising events on behalf of the charity
  • Attending any other meetings as required by the Chair

Candidates

The Chair is looking for candidates who:

  • Have an empathy for the charity’s work and willingness to contribute actively to its future development
  • Have proven ability and experience in one or more of the areas of expertise highlighted below:
  • financial management
  • education (music, arts)
  • community engagement
  • fundraising
  • strategic leadership and governance
  • local government
  • marketing and communications
  • Have proven ability to help shape strategy, develop robust governance arrangements and monitor performance in a complex organisation
  • Are able to make an active contribution to the charity’s fundraising
  • Have anunderstanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship
  • Have excellent communication skills, especially at Board level, with ability to convey sound and mature judgment, opinions and ideas clearly
  • Are strategic thinkers with an ability to make decisions of major importance with possible legal and financial consequences
  • Have a highly professional attitude and the ability to work with others

Additional experience and skills may include

  • Familiarity with arts funding environment and networks within independent trusts and statutory bodies
  • Experience with corporate CSR programmes and sponsorship
  • Experience in PR and communications
  • Specialist knowledge and networks within early and contemporary music sector

Terms and Conditions

These are voluntary positions, with no remuneration.

The Council meets four times a year close to Spitalfields Market, London E1. Attendance at festivals and projects is considered necessary to the effective execution of the role. The time requirement is estimated to be equivalent to around 50 hours a year to attend Council or other sub-committee or advisory group meetings, and events and projects.

The initial term of office for a Council member is 3 years, renewable up to 3 terms.

The Selection Process

Applicants with the most appropriate mix of qualifications and experience will be invited to meet members of the Council who are members of the Council Nomination Committee.

Application Eligibility

If you are selected for appointment, we may need to carry out enquiries to ensure that you meet the qualification criteria for appointment. To enable these enquiries to be completed we may need to see your original birth certificate and/or passport, as well as evidence of your educational qualifications that you consider relevant to your application.

Timetable

The deadline for receipt of application is 3rd May 2013 with meetings with candidates expected to take place in May 2013.

Equal Opportunities

Spitalfields Music is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and inclusion across the organisation’s work. To achieve this, the organisation understands and approaches diversity in its broadest and inclusive sense. This includes differences defined by social and cultural categories including gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability, ‘race’ and age. The organisation further acknowledges differences that cut across social and cultural categories but are equally significant to equality of opportunity and inclusion such as health, education, economic and material disadvantage.

How to Apply

Applications should be sent to reach us by Friday 3rd May 2013quoting referenceas follows:

Trustee 2013

By email:

Alternatively, you may post your application to:

Helen Bailey

Spitalfields Music

61 Brushfield Street

London E1 6AA

In order for us to progress your application please submit the following completed documentation:

  • A full curriculum vitae with your education and professional qualifications and full employment history.
  • A covering letter including a personal statement of why you think you are qualified for the post.
  • An Equal Opportunities and Diversity Monitoring form (attached).

Equal Opportunities and Diversity monitoring form (2 pages) – please return with your application

Spitalfields Festival Ltd (trading as Spitalfields Music) is committed to equal opportunities in employment. Recruitment and selection procedures are monitored to ensure that individuals are selected on merit and that there is no unfair treatment. This data is collected solely for equality monitoring and will not be used as part of the selection process.

Your reply will be treated in confidence (this sheet will be removed before any assessment of your application takes place). You are under no obligation to answer all the questions below.

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Thank you – please include this form with your application

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