Trustee

As a member of our Board, you will play a vital strategic role in shaping the future of Hackney Empire. You’ll support our mission to empower young people, champion diverse artistic voices, and strengthen our connections within our local community and the wider cultural landscape. We’re particularly keen to hear from individuals who share our values, have strong strategic and advocacy skills, and bring experience in arts management, fundraising, legal practice, heritage/buildings projects, or digital and social media strategy, as well as people whose lived experience reflects the communities we serve. Disabled and D/deaf people are currently under-represented at Hackney Empire, we will offer an interview to anyone who identifies as D/deaf or disabled if they are able to demonstrate they meet the person specification. Recognising under-representation of people from the global majority in our Heads of Department Team, we actively encourage people from the global majority to apply for this role. To find out more about the role, please download our Recruitment Pack (PDF) here, download our Recruitment Pack (Large print Word document) here, or via the links below. You are encouraged to contact the Chair of the Nominations Committee for an informal and confidential conversation before expressing interest. She can be contacted via [email protected], or at 020 8510 4507.

To apply: Please send your CV and a covering letter (no more than two sides of A4) setting out your interest in the role and examples of how you meet the person specification to [email protected] or call the Chair of the Nominations Committee at 020 8510 4507.

Please also send us a completed equal opportunities monitoring form, which you can download below, with your application. This form is for statistical purposes only and will not be used in the assessment of your application. If you need any of our recruitment documents in a different format, please email [email protected] or call 020 8985 2424 and we will send them over to you.