Chair

Job Description

Hospital Rooms is excited to announce that we are recruiting a new Chair for our Board of Trustees to lead us through a period of growth and ensure we continue our mission to bring world class art to mental health hospitals. Artist Tim A Shaw and curator Niamh White founded Hospital Rooms after a close friend was sectioned and admitted to a mental health hospital. On visiting her, they were shocked to find that the hospital environment was cold and clinical at a time when she was so vulnerable. Having worked in the arts for 10 years each, they felt they had the skills and community to be able to transform these spaces with high quality artworks. Hospital Rooms have now completed 14 high profile projects in a range of mental health settings including Psychiatric Intensive Care, Forensics, CAMHS and Rehabilitation with artists such as Anish Kapoor, Tschabalala Self and Sonia Boyce. Hospital Rooms is led by its Chair and Board of seven Trustees, who are responsible for overall governance and strategic direction of the charity. Being a member of the Hospital Rooms Board is an exciting and valuable role where you will make an important contribution to our current work and future direction. Key Responsibilities• Contribute actively to the Boards role in setting overall strategy, defining corporate goals and targets and evaluating performance against agreed targets;• Play a leading role in fundraising activities;• Support the Chief Executives, members of the Senior Leadership Team and Development Committee in their delivery of the charitys strategy;• Act as an outstanding ambassador and advocate for Hospital Rooms and its mission;• To help ensure that Hospital Rooms complies with its Articles of Association, charity law, company law and any other relevant legislation or regulations, and pursues the charitable objects as defined in the articles and in accordance with accepted standards of best practice and propriety.Person SpecificationThe successful candidate will ideally bring the following qualities:• A passion for the arts and mental health awareness, and the conviction that the arts have the power to transform lives and communities;• A desire to play an active role in profile raising and to support Hospital Rooms mission;• A strong track record of leadership;• A strong understanding of governance and board leadership and development, ideally gained through prior experience in a chairing or non-executive capacity whether in the commercial or charity sector;• Exceptional relationship-building and communication skills in order to act as an ambassador for Hospital Rooms in liaising with a wide range of stakeholders;• Capacity for strategic thinking to support the ambitions and long-term development of Hospital Rooms;• The ability to contribute to strategic conversations, particularly relating to income generation;• Emotional and strategic intelligence;• High level networks and a willingness to use professional and personal contacts for the benefit of Hospital Rooms and to advance the organisation externally; and• A demonstrable commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.Terms of AppointmentThe appointment is for an initial three- year minimum with a maximum of two successive terms of three years.The Board meet four times per year.The role is unremunerated.Hospital Rooms works hard to be an open and inviting organisation to all members of society and to reach out to underrepresented and marginalised groups. It embraces the Arts Council England Creative Case for Diversity and believes that the greater the range of perspectives, lived experiences and cultures embodied in the artists and teams with whom it works, the more exciting, relevant, resilient and culturally productive the projects will be. Hospital Rooms is an equal opportunity and a Disability Confident Committed employer.To Apply: Please send a CV and short covering note to Niamh White via the form below.Closing Date 4th April 2021