Plymouth Culture
Board Recruitment
Plymouth Culture is looking for new members to join its board. Plymouth Culture has recently
appointed a new Executive Director and is now refreshing its board to provide expertise on various
culture related sectors.
What is Plymouth Culture?
Plymouth Culture was set up to provide strategic direction for cultural development across the city
and to oversee the effective development and delivery of ‘The Vital Spark’ – a culture plan for
Plymouth, developed in 2009. This strategy is now being refreshed. The role of the board is to
support Plymouth Culture through providing advice, influence, expertise, knowledge and contacts
and so help Plymouth Culture to provide strategic direction on culture for the city.
It is anticipated that Plymouth Culture board will meet no more than six times a year
What do we mean by culture?
Culture is essentially about us as people and what make us tick. It is all of those things that help
make up our quality of life: opportunities to meet up with family and friends, or to take part in
activities we enjoy, like kicking a ball, making music, seeing a film, going to the, theatre, taking a
walk, reading a book or surfing. It means opportunities to learn something new, get fit and feel
healthy, volunteer in our communities, and work out who we are and what we want to do with our
lives.
Major forthcoming areas of focus for Plymouth Culture are:
• Mayflower 2020
• Capital developments such as The History Centre, Ocean Studios and The House
• Community engagement in cultural activities
• Development of a public art strategy and festival
• International collaboration
New members
We are looking specifically for new members who have experience of any of the following areas:
• Private sector - a senior well-networked business leader who understands and can advocate for
culture as a fundamental economic driver. An interest in culture is essential as is the ability to
understand how culture can interact and engage with the business community. The ideal candidate
will have national or international contacts which they could, when appropriate, bring to bear to
support Plymouth’s cultural development.
• Heritage - experience of working at a strategic level in areas connected to heritage such as
museums, parks and historic places to archaeology, natural environment and cultural traditions.
Experience of the development of new capital buildings and heritage policy would be
advantageous.
• Widening participation and inclusion - experience of developing strategies to widen
community participation in any activity area. This could be connected to children and young
people, older adults or marginalised communities. An understanding of policy and barriers
connected to community engagement is preferable
• Sports and recreation - experience of working at a strategic/management level in sports and
recreation. This can include community, amateur or professional sports and governing bodies of
sport.
• Voluntary 3rd sector - experience of working with voluntary groups, not for profit organisations
or charities. An understanding of developing pathways for volunteering and how to grow the
voluntary sector would be advantageous
• Fundraising - experience of fundraising at a strategic level with a good working knowledge of
trusts, foundations, sponsorship and individual giving. Experience of capital fundraising would be
advantageous as would established personal contacts with major national trusts and commercial
sponsors.
• Communications & Marketing - high level strategic experience of public communications and
marketing ideally in the cultural and visitor economy.
• National/international experience of working in the cultural industries - experience of
strategic involvement in the development of culture around city development and place shaping.
Expertise of visual arts, public art and capital development would be advantageous.
If you are interesting in this opportunity please submit a CV and covering letter to Dom Jinks at
Plymouth Culture by the 10th of October 2014. Email - dominic.jinks@plymouth.ac.uk or by post
to:
Dom Jinks
Executive Director
Plymouth Culture
Peninsula Arts
Roland Levinsky Building
University of Plymouth
Drakes Circus
Plymouth
Can you please specify in your correspondence which of the above areas you have experience of.
We only expect this to be one area.