Boston Circus Guild Volunteer Board Memberexpired
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Description:
Are you organized, collaborative, and great at thinking critically about complex problems?
Does the idea of working with a professional circus intrigue you?
Volunteer Opportunity: Boston Circus Guild Board Member
The Boston Circus Guild Board guides the organization according to the BCG’s mission and core values. As a collaborative, deliberative body, the BCG manages strategic planning and long-term vision for the BCG, while dealing with some short-term organizational tasks. Current board priorities include: Planning the structure and policies of the BCG while looking through a lens of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Prioritizing organizational activities while recovering from pandemic financial losses; Implementing recommendations to ensure that event performances are safe for staff, performers, and clients.
Responsibilities include:
Participating in committees that oversee different parts of the organization’s operations
Contributing to critical discussions about the direction of the organization and issues that arise
Option to volunteer for positions of responsibility and leadership
Working collaboratively with a team to accomplish administrative and organizational tasks
Responding to email communications, including votes, in a timely manner
Attending one 2-hour board meeting per month
Qualifications:
Board members should exhibit qualities of being reliable, proactive, and communicative, as well as a drive to learn. Successful candidates will have some relevant experience in organizational leadership and operations, and possess a commitment to BCG’s mission. We use the Google suite to manage our documentation and communication, so having literacy with and experience using Google Drive is a plus.
BCG is an anti-racist organization actively looking to add diverse voices to our board. We strongly encourage people of any race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, immigration status, gender presentation, sexual orientation, age, ability or disability, socioeconomic class, or veteran status to apply to join our team.
Time Commitment
Board members are expected to spend a maximum of 10 hours per month on work related to board committees including one 2-hour board meeting per month. Board meetings occur on Sunday afternoons between 12:30pm and 2:30pm.
Process
Interested candidates should send a brief statement of interest (about one paragraph) about why they are interested in joining and why, as well as a resumé or statement about what they are able to contribute to the board. Select applicants will be invited for an informational interview with the board chair. Selected candidates will enter into a shadow period, and become non-voting board members for a minimum term of 2 board meetings after which - if they are still in desire of joining - board members will nominate them for a position and vote on their membership.
The first term is one year, and following that members may serve an additional two terms that are two years each, with a limit of five years serving on the board.
About Boston Circus Guild
The Boston Circus Guild is a collaborative membership-based organization of over fifty musicians, artists, circus performers, dancers, and event producers from the New England area.
Mission Statement:
Our Mission is to create career opportunities for circus performers, artists and musicians; to create a community of artists and foster the cross pollination of arts and ideas; to entertain, educate, and inspire our audiences; and to encourage people of all ages to engage with the circus arts.
We execute our mission through:
The creation and running of original theatrical circus productions
Entertainment booking for corporate events, weddings, bar mitzvahs, festivals, and social events
Our Core Values:
Community: Help foster a society in which artists work together for the collective benefit of themselves and their fellow artists, their audiences, and their wider communities. We believe that the partnerships we form with our communities are reciprocal, and that our ability to thrive depends on each other.
Circus is for everyone and is meant to be shared.
Inclusivity: Welcome and support diverse artists, audiences and community members of all backgrounds. We strive to pursue and support antiracist work in the arts and in our communities. We respect people of every race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, immigration status, gender presentation, sexual orientation, age, ability or disability, socioeconomic class, and veteran status.
Circus is for everyone and is meant to be shared by everyone.
Integrity: Hold ourselves to the highest standard of excellence, both as artists and as human beings. We value honesty and transparency in communication, mindfulness for our artists’ wellbeing, and respect and kindness for all members of our community, both on and off the stage.
Circus is for everyone and is meant to be shared with respect.
Curiosity: Push ourselves as artists and creators to challenge expectations, and to constantly improve our artistic presentations, our business practices and the ways in which we connect with our audiences. We value innovation, creativity, and the belief that inspiration can be found in many different styles, voices and stories.
Circus is for everyone and is meant to be shared and to inspire.
Safety: Demonstrate, encourage and promote high standards of safety, always. We endeavor not only to follow industry safety standards, but also to prioritize the personal safety of our artists, our clients and our communities, especially those whose identities may put them more at risk.
Circus is for everyone and is meant to be shared safely.
To apply:
Send a statement of interest and resume/statement of qualifications/contribution to [email protected].
Application Deadline:
July 31, 2022 12:00 pm
Job Duration:
Open ended
Job/Audition Type:
Part Time
Job Category:
Administrative
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United States, New Jersey, Weehawken
