Regional Screen Scotland is a charity registered with OSCR and currently in receipt of Regular Funding from Creative Scotland. Our aim is to enable more people in more places to share great screen experiences. We do this in two ways: delivery, through operating the Screen Machine mobile cinema, touring throughout the Highlands and Islands, and development, through working with partners across Scotland to assist the development of new screening venues, from DVD-based film clubs to multi-screen community cinemas. We believe passionately in the ability of cinema to strengthen and transform communities. Currently, we are delivering a two year programme A Cinema Near You, to address gaps in cinema provision, with a budget of £500,000.
Board members are responsible for setting the overall strategy and budget for the organisation, monitoring performance, and employing the staff of seven. The company has recently increased the mix of skills and experience available to the Board, which now has eleven members.
However, four of those Trustees will reach the end of their second term in the first half of 2020, and will have to stand down from the Board. That group includes two Trustees with specific experience in film exhibition.
We are therefore looking for one or two new Trustees who can bring to the Board a particular expertise in aspects of film exhibition, especially in a local or rural context (ie outside the four major cities).
Previous experience as a member of a Board or management committee would be valuable but not essential: equally important is an interest or involvement in community support and development.
The RSS staff structure consists of: a CEO and four
operational staff (all part-time), based in our Edinburgh office, and two
fulltime Operators who deliver the Screen Machine service on a two-weekly rota.
Board meetings are held 4-5 times a year in Edinburgh. Meetings are
normally held on weekdays at 13.00 and last about two hours. Trustees are also
invited to participate in sub-committees and in joint working groups with staff
members, as the company’s circumstances require. The Trustees do not receive
remuneration for the role, however expenses incurred in carrying out Board
duties will be fully reimbursed.
Applications would be particularly welcomed from segments of the population currently under-represented on RSS’s board, such as people from black and minority ethnic communities, people with disabilities, and people aged under 40.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please make contact with RSS’s CEO, Robert Livingston by emailing robert@regionalscreenscotland.org to arrange an initial phone conversation. If you’d then like to take matters further, you’ll be sent a copy of our current business plan asked to submit a CV and a letter explaining your interest in the work of RSS. We’ll then arrange an informal phone interview, either with the CEO or with the Chair of the Board, Paul Harris. If that goes well, you will then be invited to attend a Board meeting as an observer, with no commitments on either side.
You can read more about Regional Screen Scotland’s work at our two websites, www.regionalscreenscotland.org and www.screenmachine.co.uk.
Deadline for initial enquiries: 17th February 2020