Dear all
Our excellent Chair of Trustees, Nick Poole, will be stepping down at the AGM in July after six years as a trustee (which is the maximum term) and just over a year as Chair. We are therefore recruiting for a new Chair, and are advertising the role externally as well as promoting the opportunity amongst our existing trustees, committee members, volunteers and wider networks.
*Please do consider whether this might be the right opportunity for you*. If so, do feel free to contact our Communications and Governance Co-ordinator Katie on katie.crampton@wikimedia.org.uk to arrange an informal conversation about the role. If not, we would be very grateful if you could help us to promote the role by circulating it amongst your own networks. Katie will be promoting the opportunity on social media so if you follow us there, please do share/retweet etc.
The ideal candidate might come from a wide range of professional backgrounds but will have a good understanding of charity governance, the skills and experience to run productive meetings, and a collegiate, collaborative approach in keeping with the ethos of the Wikimedia movement. They will also bring a strong commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and understand how important this is to an organisation like Wikimedia UK. It goes without saying that they will need to be passionate about open knowledge and understand the importance and value of Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects. To see the role description and/or download the recruitment pack, please go here:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Chair_of_the_Board_of_Trustees
The deadline is Sunday 6th June and interviews are likely to be on 14th June.
Thanks and best wishes Lucy