Role: Intro to Trusteeships / Board Observer

Contract Type: Freelance

Salary & Hours: £100 per Board meeting (approx 0.5 days of work across 2 weeks, per Board date)

Dates: 6th May 6-8PM & 12th Aug 6-8PM

Location: Central London - meetings are usually held at the National Theatre (Central London) in person, though people can join remotely as needed.

Applications close: Tuesday, 25 March at 12:00 (midday)

Reporting to: Executive Director

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About the Intro to Trusteeship role:

Zoo Co is keen to introduce more deaf and / or disabled people to the practicalities of being a Trustee with an arts organisation. We recognise that volunteer Trusteeships aren't always accessible to deaf and disabled people, so we've set up this programme as an experiment in changing that.

 

We'd like to offer two people the chance to observe each of our next two Board meetings, supported by our new Board Support Worker.

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You can apply to observe both meetings, or just one (ie. between 2 and 4 people will be selected to take part in this work). Please indicate in your application which dates you’re able to do.

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You can find out more about what it's like to take part in the programme in a blog post written by Alison, one of last year's participants, here.

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About Zoo Co:

Zoo Co is a multi-award winning theatre company based in South Norwood, Croydon. We’ve been making theatre for nearly a decade, and we think theatre is better when everyone is invited. 

 

Our core mission has three pillars:

1) To create highly innovative, relevant, ambitious and visual live productions for local and national touring, amplifying stories from marginalised people in our communities, using co-creation and community consultation. 

 

2) To champion access across all our activities, celebrating its immense creative and social impact and sharing our creative access methodology with the wider industry.

 

3) To empower children, young people and adults in Croydon to be creative, using co-creation and community consultation to build programmes that are impactful and informed/ led by our diverse doorstep community.

 

Zoo Co is an LGBTQ+ positive space, adheres to the social model of disability, and is committed to anti-racist practice  - we are looking for applicants who support this.

 

To apply:

• Email michelle@wearezooco.co.uk, attaching a CV (max 2 pages) and cover letter (max 1 page) explaining why you think you’d be a good fit and relevant experience

• Detail which dates you are available for

• Closing deadline: Tuesday 25 March 2025 at 12:00 (midday)

• We will shortlist a small number of applicants for an informal interview on Zoom or in person. 

• Interviews will be held during w/c 31 March 2025

 

Access

If you have access needs which mean that you would prefer to apply in a different format we are happy to receive:

• Audio applications (no longer than 3-5 minutes)

• Video applications in spoken english or BSL

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If you would like to discuss your access needs, either for the application process, or the role, please get in touch with fleur@wearezooco.co.uk our Creative Access Director.