Post:                         Trustee
Salary & Band:    Voluntary Position
Hours:                    Part-time
Starting date:     As soon as possible
Closing Date:        2 December 2025

Interview Dates: 8 and 15 December 2025

Location: Coventry

Step Into the Spotlight as one of our Trustees!

Thank you for your interest in becoming a Trustee of the Belgrade Theatre.  We know a strong, effective and inclusive board leads to good governance.  We are looking for a Trustee who shares our passion for the arts and its ability to change lives for the better.  Our board culture is supportive and inclusive. We encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and experiences, namely LGBTQIA+, Disabled and Global Majority candidates. Self-definition is at the sole discretion of the applicant.

THE BELGRADE’S BOARD

The Belgrade Board includes 17 Board members, including two members elected by Coventry City Council,
The full Board typically meets 4 times a year. Meetings are usually held in person at the Belgrade, usually 4pm – 6:30pm,

The Board has 3 sub-committees 

Committees meet 4 times a year, usually 4pm – 6:00pm and can be attended remotely.  Once or Twice per year the Board has ‘Away Day’ sessions to discuss Special Topics.

Board Members are encouraged to attend events, to support the Belgrade team, to gain a good knowledge of the organisation, and make introductions for potential supporters.

As a Board Member you are a Trustee of the registered charity and a Director of the limited company.

THE ROLE OF A TRUSTEE

As the Trustees of the charity also act as Directors of the company, they have legal, and financial obligations under company law and in compliance with charity legislation.  
These include:

The Board draws on its members’ wide ranging knowledge, skills, experience and, importantly, contacts to provide strategic and occasionally operational guidance for the organization, and to advocate for the Belgrade.

TERMS OF APPOINTMENT

Trustees are usually appointed for an initial three year term and may be reappointed to serve one additional term. Trustees are not paid a salary, fee or any other remuneration or benefit by the Charity, except for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. All Board Members must declare any conflicts of interest (where those interests’ impact on their duty to act solely in the interest of the Charity) and conform to the Code of Conduct.

What we are looking for

ATTRIBUTES WE DESIRE

We expect the Trustees to show high integrity and commitment, as well as strong empathy with our mission and values. We are particularly interested in new Trustees that are either a qualified Accountant, preferably with experience of the Theatre Sector or have extensive business experience.

Personal Qualities

Experience

Successful track record of achievement through your career,
Experience of  operating at a senior strategic leadership level within an organization.

On appointment the successful candidates must be able to provide the correct documents as proof of their  right to work in the UK.

How to Apply

Please send a CV and your expression of interest noting:
Why you want to support the Belgrade Theatre, and the experiences and skills you have that you feel illustrate your suitability to join the Board.

Please send your application by 12 noon on 2 December 2025.

If you are interested and would value an informal conversation, please contact our board via execassistant@belgrade.co.uk

If you are applying through the Disability Confident Scheme, please reference that in your cover letter or application, and also complete the disability confident survey via this link: Disability Confident Survey.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FORM

The Belgrade Theatre is committed to ensuring equal opportunities, aiming to attract and work with staff from a wide diverse pool. The information that you give us on this form will be treated confidentially and stored on our HR database as statistical information only. This will be used to help monitor the diversity of applicants and to enable us to continue to develop policies and procedures regarding diversity and to submit required data to our funders. The information you supply will not be made available to anyone in any form other than anonymous data.

Please complete our monitoring form via this link: Diversity and Equal Opportunities form.

 At the Belgrade Theatre, we are dedicated to creating an environment where everyone has equal opportunity to thrive and contribute to telling powerful, diverse stories that reflect us
as a vibrant community.

If you need any support to help you apply, please don’t hesitate to get in touch and we will do our best to meet your needs. We particularly welcome applications from people of the Global Majority, people who are disabled, neurodivergent and people who are currently under-represented in our industry.