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Dancers’ Career Development (DCD) are currently recruiting for:

• Finance, Audit & Risk Sub-Committee of our Board, new member
• EDI Working Group, new member

Finance, Audit & Risk Sub-Committee member

We are seeking a new Co-opted Committee Member with finance expertise and an interest in dance to join our welcoming and experienced Finance, Audit & Risk Sub-Committee of the Board of Trustees. Our ideal candidate will have a good understanding of the requirements of charity governance and risk.

For full details, including how to apply, please download the role information pack here.

We are seeking someone who has experience of being a Treasurer or Finance, Audit & Risk Committee Member (preferably in the charity sector) and has a good understanding of the requirements of charity accounting and governance.

EDI Working Group, new member

We are looking for up to six dancers to join DCD’s EDI (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) Working Group – a collaborative space where your knowledge and lived experience will help shape the future of our organisation.

Working closely with the DCD team, the group’s purpose is to contribute ideas and solutions, surface risks and challenges, and ensure these insights feed directly into DCD’s vision and strategy. All members will have the opportunity to voluntarily Chair a meeting.

We want to hear from a genuine diversity of voices, people whose experiences and perspectives reflect the breadth of the community we serve. We will prioritise those who are marginalised, underrepresented or underserved in both our programmes and the wider dance ecosystem.

Who should apply?

These roles are open to anyone across the UK who wants to help make DCD a better organisation for all dancers. We are particularly keen to hear from current or former dancers (of any age) from Commercial, Hip Hop, Musical Theatre and South Asian dance forms, and especially those:

• who experience ableism
• who experience racism
• who are parents or carers
• who are from the LGBTQI+ community
• who identify as male and/or non-binary
• who have intersecting identities and lived experiences, recognising that experiences of marginalisation are often interconnected

What is the commitment?

You will need to commit to being a member for two years, and attend three 90-minute meetings per year: taking place in June, November and March. The first session will take place in-person, with all other sessions to take place online via Teams.

What will you be paid?

Each freelance committee member will receive £75 for attending a meeting. If you choose to Chair a meeting, this increases to £100, which includes a preparatory session with a member of the DCD team.

The first meeting

The first meeting will take place Friday 26 June, 10:30am–12:00pm in person (London).

How to apply

Please send an email to recruitment@thedcd.org.uk with the subject line ‘EDI Committee’ by Monday 11 May at 10am, answering the following three questions. You can respond in writing (maximum 500 words) or via a short audio or video recording (maximum 5 minutes):

1. Tell us about you and your artistic practice (past or present).
2. What does Equity, Diversity and Inclusion mean to you?
3. What impact do you hope to make on Dancers’ Career Development?

Please also complete our EDI Monitoring Form: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/SYwGyC7HwQ

This data is stored separately from your application, is anonymous, and is used solely for internal monitoring purposes to help us improve our recruitment practices.

We will be in touch with all applicants by Friday 15 May.