Position Description

The current trustees are arts and non-arts professionals, artists and audience members with a range of valuable skills and experience to offer the organisation. The additional areas of expertise we seek in new trustees include:

• HR;
• Finance and accounting;
• Fundraising, including private donors, trusts and sponsorship.

Selection Criteria

We are looking for people who:

• Believe in the value of OCM’s work and/or arts and culture;
• Have a passion for music;
• Can contribute ideas as well as challenge the status quo;
• Are keen to be ‘noses in, fingers out’, asking questions, challenging, offering alternative perspectives but happy to leave the detail to the management team;
• Have time to be involved and plenty of curiosity;
• Are able to advocate and be champions for OCM as well as critical
  friends;
• Can attend 4 quarterly board meetings per year.

OCM also wants to reflect a greater diversity of experience and perspectives within our governing body, as we think this will lead to a greater variety of ideas, voices and perspectives that represent the diversity of the communities that we serve.

With this in mind, we recognise that our governing body is under-represented in a range of ways and would welcome interest from:

• Young Adults;
• People from the Global Majority;
• People with a disability;
• People from lower socioeconomic backgrounds;
• People who are neurodivergent;
• LGBTQI+ people.

How to Apply

Find Out More

If you’d like to find out more before submitting an expression of interest, please email Victoria ([email protected]) to arrange a chat with one of our team.

How to submit an expression of interest

If you would like to submit an expression of interest to become an OCM Trustee, please send a cover letter and CV to [email protected]. You can submit a video (up to 5 minutes) instead of writing a cover letter if you would prefer. A written CV is still required alongside the video.

Once you have submitted your expression of interest we’ll be in touch to let you know whether your skills and experience are a good fit for the Board of Trustees. If they are, we’ll invite you for an interview with the Chair of our Board and our Director. We may take up references after interviews as part of our decision-making process. In this situation, we usually ask to speak to two referees. You will be offered a financial contribution of £20 for attending the interview to cover any costs you may incur such as time away from your current job, or childcare.