Step Into the Spotlight as one of our Trustees!

At the Belgrade, 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 17-strong 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, helping us to become a stage for Coventry.

Salary: Voluntary position

Hours: Part-time

Starting date: As soon as possible

Interview Dates:  w/c Mon 8 and w/c Mon 15 Dec 2025

Location: Coventry

The application deadline for this role is 12 noon, Tue 2 Dec 2025. Please apply via the link  here.

When applying, 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.

The Belgrade’s Board

The Belgrade Board includes 17 Board members, including two members elected by Coventry City Council,

The full Board typically meets four times a year. Meetings are usually held in person at the Belgrade, usually 4pm – 6.30pm.

The Board has three sub-committees:

• People
• Finance and Audit
• Risk and Compliance

Committees meet four 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:

• Complying with your charity’s governing document and the law
• Ensuring that your charity is carrying out its purpose for the public benefit
• Acting in the charity’s best interests
• Managing your charity’s resources responsibly
• Acting with reasonable care and skill
• Ensuring your charity is accountable

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.

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 Chartered Accountant, preferably with experience of the Theatre Sector or have extensive business experience.

Personal Qualities

• Understanding of governance
• Knowledge of the legal duties and responsibilities of a charity Trustee (e.g. Charity Commission guidance, compliance, accountability)
• A strong and visible passion and commitment to the Belgrade Theatre and its strategic objectives
• Strong networking and lobbying experience
• Ability to cultivate donors and support their journey with the Belgrade
• Experience of running a mid-scale organization with a charitable and commercial revenue mix
• Collaboration and the ability to foster and promote a team environment
• Strategic thinking and the ability to see the “big picture” and help shape the theatre’s long-term direction, rather than focusing on day-to-day operations.
• Risk management and the ability to assess and mitigate financial, reputational, and operational risks.
• Time to conduct the role well, including travel and attending events out of office hours

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.

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

Our board culture is supportive and inclusive and 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 diverse backgrounds and experiences, namely people identifying as LGBTQIA+, people of the Global Majority, people who are disabled, people who are neurodivergent and people who are currently under-represented in our industry. Self-definition is at the sole discretion of the applicant.

Equal Opportunities Form

The Belgrade Theatre is committed to ensuring equal opportunities, aiming to attract and work with staff from a wide, diverse pool. Filling in our form helps us to know if we are succeeding in this goal.

Any information that you provide will be treated confidentially and stored on our HR database as statistical information only. It will be used to help monitor the diversity of applicants, enabling 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.

When submitting an application, please complete our equal opportunities monitoring form here.

Disability Confident Committed Employer

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we have committed to:

• Ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• Communicating and promoting vacancies
• Interviewing disabled people who meet the minimum job criteria
• Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work
• At least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

Find out more about the Disability Confident Employer Scheme here.

If you would like to be considered under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme please complete this form:  Disability Confident Employer Scheme..

For more information, please download the Candidate Pack from the bottom of this page.

Contact

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