Jobs

CCA is recruiting new Board Members for our Board of Trustees. Trustees collectively guide the organisation through stewardship, advocacy, accountability, and securing resources.

We especially encourage applications from underrepresented groups in the arts, including disabled people, people from the Global Majority, working-class individuals, and those aged 18–30, reflecting our commitment to equity and inclusion. What we will expect of you CCA’s trustees share a passion for building a sustainable, inclusive, and equitable cultural sector. The Board has a particular role to create the conditions that champion that through trustees’ collective responsibilities in stewardship, advocacy, accountability and securing resources and opportunity.

What we are looking for

As part of our succession planning, we seek new trustees with skills to guide CCA’s funding ambitions and strengthen governance, including:

● Artists and representatives of the communities we serve

● Capital and Heritage projects

● Communications and external relations

● Community leadership, advocacy and local representation

● Equality, Diversity & Inclusion and social justice work

● Environmental sustainability and climate action

● Financial, accountancy, and business development

● Venue Management and Health & Safety

● Hospitality management

● HR, Fair Work and coaching

● Income Generation and Fundraising

● Legal expertise

● Organisational change and risk management

● Safeguarding and Accessibility

Commitment

Board appointments are offered on a three-year term, and can be extended by mutual agreement for a second three-year term.

The board meets four times a year in person at CCA for two-and-a-half to three-hour meetings, usually in the evenings from six pm. We prefer to meet in person, but we can accommodate hybrid meetings. There is also an Annual General Meeting, normally added on to one of the quarterly board meetings.

In addition to the board meetings, CCA has a finance subcommittee and a people subcommittee, which focus on EDI, HR, staff wellbeing, and Fair Work. These subcommittees meet quarterly, in person or online, depending on availability.

Trustees will be welcomed with an introduction to the CCA team and take part in personal development alongside the CCA staff team, including anti-racism and decolonisation training.

There is an annual away-day once a year, generally in the summer.

Reasonable expenses for trustees’ participation will be reimbursed, in line with our board expenses policy and OSCR guidelines.

How to apply

Please apply by sending us your CV and a covering letter (no more than 2 pages) telling us about your experience, your interest in CCA and what you would like to offer CCA as a trustee. Please refer to the skills and experience mentioned in this pack under ‘What we are looking for’.

We are also happy to accept video applications. These should be no longer than 3 minutes long, and should tell us why you would like to join the board and what skills you have to bring. Please submit a CV along with a video application.

All applications will be reviewed in line with a scoring criteria established with CCA staff input. An easy read and audio file of this recruitment pack will be available from our website’s vacancies section.

Please send your application to recruitment@cca-glasgow.com

Applications received by 10am, Monday 10 November 2025.

Shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interviews, expected to be held at CCA the week commencing Monday 17 November 2025.

New Trustees will be invited to meet staff and be appointed in December.

CCA plans to host further board recruitment within the next year.

If you would like to speak to a member of the CCA team regarding your application, please contact the above recruitment email address, and we will come back to you as soon as possible.

Application Deadline: Monday 10/11/2025