Creative Dundee is looking for new voluntary Board Directors with skills, experience and enthusiasm to assist the organisation in driving the city as a sustainable, thriving base for creative people and organisations.

As a small and ambitious operational team, our Board is critical to meeting our charitable purpose, ensuring our sustainability and relevance, and creating ripple effects to benefit creative communities, our sector and place long term.

We are excited to be seeking a number of voluntary Board Directors who understand the issues that people working in the creative/cultural sectors and residents of Dundee and the wider region face. We are keen to ensure that young people are represented by joining us and gaining experience of being part of our supportive Board through a Board buddy.

In return we offer the opportunity to work with an innovative organisation which is generative, caring and forward looking.

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Board of Director role

Directors help set the strategic direction of the organisation. As a charity, Creative Dundee has a social responsibility towards the city, its creative communities and its residents. Directors play an active role in providing leadership and direction of the organisation. 

Creative Dundee has completed an audit of the skills and lived experiences of our Board, and we would particularly like to recruit new Directors who have skills in the following areas. We do not expect anyone to meet all the points listed; and if you feel you have skills or experiences to offer that are not listed here, we still encourage you to apply if interested.

• Understanding of Dundee’s creative communities.
• Commitment to the purpose and work of Creative Dundee. 
• Ability to contribute to the strategic direction of Creative Dundee – ensuring that programmes, governance and finances adhere to the organisation’s constitution. 
• Practical knowledge of charity income generation and trading.
• Industry experience of Creative Economy, Placemaking or Social Innovation projects.
• Experience of developing work in equity and access / mental health and wellbeing. 
• Policy development in the creative and cultural sectors.

Equal opportunities

Creative Dundee is committed to being an equal opportunities organisation and welcomes all applications for consideration. We know there are candidates who may not fit every criteria we’ve outlined here, or who have key skills we haven’t listed. If this is you, please do apply if you feel your particular experience or skill set could enhance this role.

We want to ensure that our application process does not present any accessibility barriers to potential applicants. If we can provide any assistance to support you through this process (or if you want to discuss alternative ways to show your skills and relevant experience), please get in touch.

How to apply

Apply in a format that feels comfortable to you – this could be in writing, an audio recording or a video. If we can provide any assistance to support you through the application process, or if you want to discuss alternative ways to show your skills and relevant experience, please get in touch.

Please apply by detailing your name, email address and phone number, and let us know the following: 

• What interests you about Creative Dundee?
• What can you bring to our organisation? 

In writing this can be up to 300 words per question, or by audio/video up to 3 minutes each.

Send the above, or to ask any questions in advance, to Gillian Easson, Executive Director, board@creativedundee.com by the deadline: noon, Monday 16 June 2025. 

Meetings: expected to be held on Zoom, Monday 23 June 2025. We’ll aim to meet with all who are interested but should the volume of responses exceed expectations, we’ll create a shortlist that prioritises those who outline the key qualities that we’re seeking. Thanks for your understanding.

Start date: we would like new Directors to join our next Board meeting on Tue 26 August 2025, 5-7pm.