Gain experience, go behind the scenes and support us as a Yorkshire Dance Volunteer!

Yorkshire Dance run performances, festivals and community dance programmes throughout the year. Our volunteer roles cover everything from event helpers, social media, fundraising through to care home dance session support.

We aim to provide all our volunteers a positive experience and welcome volunteers from all walks of life.

Current Volunteer Opportunities

If you are interested in finding out more about our trustee roles come along to our Meet & Greet event on Zoom with CEO/Artistic Director Hannah Robertshaw and Exec Director Bhuvan Sharma on Thursday 8th September. This is a chance to get a flavour of the team, find out more and bring your own questions.

Chair of the Yorkshire Dance Board of Trustees

Are you passionate about the arts and dance and its impact on communities to create a positive change? Are you interested in leading a group of creative thinkers and strategists and using your strategic leadership skills to help Yorkshire Dance, a registered charity to thrive?

Following the completion of her 6-year tenure, our Chair, Shirley Parks is stepping down, having guided the organisation brilliantly creating growth and stability. The end of her tenure coincides with the CEO Wieke Eringa who has been in post for 15 years, moving to a new role at University of Leeds. During this time the organisation has seen huge growth in (inter) national and cross sector partnerships, reputation and has developed greater clarity of strategic vision and purpose.

As a pro-active and forward-thinking board, we are taking this opportunity to review the organisational leadership structure. This means that the new chair will be able to contribute to the review process and help to shape the leadership of Yorkshire Dance for the future.

We are looking for a highly motivated, values driven, senior professional strategist who is passionate about social justice, community, and leadership. Our Trustees bring specific skills and expertise, including in HR, finance, legal, fundraising, digital, capital development and artistic development. This means we are seeking a chair with broad strategic skills and ideally strong, relevant professional networks in Leeds and the region.

As the chair of the board, your role will be to:

· With the board and executive team, set the organisation’s strategic aims, be a critical friend and ensure the necessary financial and human resources are in place for us to meet our objectives;

· Provide leadership of the organisation within a framework of prudent and effective controls which enable risk to be assessed and managed;

· With the board and executives, set the organisation’s values and standards and ensure that its obligations to its stakeholders, key funders and others are understood and met;

· Keep the executives of the organisation up to date with any changes/trends within your field of expertise which might impact the organisation directly or indirectly;

· Represent the organisation at various events and networking opportunities and be an advocate, where appropriate.

We pride ourselves on being a welcoming board where diverse perspectives are sought and respected. Our governance has been hailed as a model of good practice by our core funders including Arts Council England.

“I immediately felt welcomed, valued and heard. I’ve learned a great deal from the other board members and the wider organisation – the passion, commitment, and drive of Yorkshire Dance makes you want to be part of that positive energy.” Maria Maynard, Yorkshire Dance Trustee

FURTHER INFORMATION

Please download our Chair role pack to find out more. Browse our current Board of Trustees here. If you would like to have an informal, confidential chat about this opportunity, or have any queries, please contact our consultant Gregory Nash

HOW TO APPLY

There are three ways to apply. A letter of up to 2 pages, an audio recording of up to 8 minutes (MP3 file ) or a video application of up to 8 minutes (MP4) using WeTransfer.

Please explain why you are interested in becoming Chair and outline how your skills and experience meet the Chair Profile in the role description pack. Please include your CV and email to admin@yorkshiredance.com with the subject ‘Chair of the Board’.

The deadline for applications is: 10am on Monday 19 September 2022

Members of Yorkshire Dance Board of Trustees

Voluntary position covering out of pocket expenses

Are you someone who is passionate about the arts, dance and its impact in the community to create positive change? Would you like a chance to use your skills to help the community? Are you interested in creative thinking, strategic planning and expanding your network within Yorkshire?

We are especially keen to hear from individuals with one of the following areas of expertise:

• HR: a good understanding of UK Employment law, able to guide the organisation on various HR related issues, including updating related policies and maintaining best practice.
• Finance: The trustee will lead the Finance & HR sub-committee and ensure the organisation’s financial position is in control and the various controls set are being maintained. Having a deep knowledge of charity accounts, experience in audit and a background in financial accounts is desirable as is being a qualified accountant.
• Legal: Qualified Lawyer, specialising in litigation, able to support the Exec team in their management of our (paid) legal service providers.

As a Trustee, your role will be to:

• With the board and executive team, set the organisation’s strategic aims, be a critical friend and ensure the necessary financial and human resources are in place for us to meet our objectives.
• Provide leadership of the organisation within a framework of prudent and effective controls which enable risk to be assessed and managed.
• With the board and executives, set the organisation’s values and standards and ensure that its obligations to its stakeholders, key funders and others are understood and met.
• Keep the executives of the organisation up to date with any changes/trends within your field of expertise which might impact the organisation directly or indirectly.
• Represent the organisation at various events and networking opportunities and be an advocate, where appropriate.

Further information

Please download our Trustee role pack to find out more. Browse our current Board of Trustees here. If you would like to have an informal, confidential chat about this opportunity, or have any queries, please contact our Executive Director Bhuvan Sharma.

How to apply

There are three ways to apply. Send a covering letter, an audio recording of up to 4 minutes (MP3 file ) or a video application of up to 4 minutes (MP4) using WeTransfer.

Please explain why you are interested in becoming a Trustee and outline how your skills and experience meet the Trustee Profile in the role description pack. Please include your CV and email to bhuvansharma@yorkshiredance.com with the subject ‘Trustee Recruitment’.

The deadline for applications is: 10am on Monday 12 September 2022