DCA Trustee
Closing date 20 July 2025
Introduction
We are pleased to announce that the Board of Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) is seeking new trustees with a diverse range of professional skills and lived experiences to help us achieve our vision: to enrich people’s lives through art, culture and creativity; and to oversee a period of exciting growth and development.
The Trustee Role
As a trustee, you will be responsible for providing overall governance to DCA with the Chair and the rest of the Board, ensuring we are working to our vision and mission, and upholding our values of being bold, open, meaningful, magical and caring.
Trustees are expected to attend Board meetings, which are held four times a year, from 16:00-18:00 on a Thursday, usually in March, June, September and December. This are held in person at DCA in the centre of Dundee and are also hybrid, to enable Trustees to join the meeting using Teams. We expect Trustees to attend at least one Board meeting in person every year. There is also an annual Board development day in Dundee in September that Trustees are expected to attend. Travel, accommodation and childcare expenses are available for all meetings for those who live outwith Dundee, as well as support with access requirements and reasonable adjustments.
DCA board has three subcommittees: our Finance, Audit and Risk Committee, our HR and Organisational Development Committee, and our Capital Development Group. Meetings for subcommittees are also held quarterly, approximately two weeks before Board meetings. These are also hybrid meetings. All trustees are expected to join at least one subcommittee during the course of their term.
You must be able to give the necessary time to being an effective trustee, including reading reports and Board papers, attending Board meetings, and participating in sub-committees. Board papers are issued one week in advance of Board meetings and take 60-90 minutes to read. We also ask that Trustees attend major events, for example exhibition openings, which are held three to four times a year, and around three to four other launches of film festivals and learning projects. Attendance at these events is not mandatory but appreciated.
As with all charities, the role of a Trustee is voluntary. This means Trustees are not paid for their time, but we are able to reimburse people for expenses incurred in travelling to attend Board meetings, for any access needs and/or childcare, or care of other dependants, while attending meetings. Trustees are appointed for an initial term of four years. The maximum term for trustees is eight years (a maximum of two four-year terms).
For more information, including how to apply, please visit DCA’s website.