Board Director/Company Secretary

The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre is seeking a new board member and company secretary to join our active and engaged Board of Directors. 

The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre is a charity organisation owned and funded by Fingal County Council and gratefully receive additional supports from the Arts Council of Ireland as well as donations from our members, friends, patrons and visitors, which we use to continue to enrich people’s lives through art, culture, education and creativity whilst commemorating the work and life of the late Séamus Ennis without whom, our stories would be lost.  

General Responsibilities of TSEAC Board Members: 

• Comply with the Charity’s governing document 

• Ensuring charity is complying with its charitable purpose for the public benefit 

• Acting in the best interest of the charity 

• Act with reasonable care and skill 

• Provide strategic oversight to the organisation 

• Ensure that TSEAC is complying with all its regulatory and legal requirements 

TSEAC would welcome applications from people with the following skills and/or working in the following areas:  

• Finance 

• Strategy  

• Business Development  

Specific Responsibilities of the Company Secretary:

• Maintaining the register of any members, the register of directors and secretaries, the register of trustees’ and secretary’s interests. 

• Being familiar with the charity’s governing document, the legal responsibilities of charities under the Charities Act 2009 and the charity’s internal governance rules. 

•  Helping to ensure that charity trustees file all relevant statutory returns and information with the Charities Regulator (e.g. annual reports, changes to the charity’s details and/or trustees’ details); 

• Ensuring that the board of TSEAC are aware of the requirements to comply with the relevant codes such as the charity’s Code of Conduct for Charity Trustees and the Charities Governance Code. 

• Making sure any correspondence for the charity trustees is brought to the attention of the board. 

• Assisting the Director and Financial Officer with accounting or audit queries and guidance re same.  

This is a voluntary unpaid position.  

The Board of Directors meets 4-6 times per year plus the AGM. Board members are expected to contribute to the ongoing development of the organisation and attend additional events where possible. For further information on the current makeup of TSEAC’s Board of Directors and policies click here. 

HOW TO APPLY:  

To apply we ask applicants to submit a comprehensive CV or biography (a statement outlining your roles, responsibilities and achievements in the organisations in which you currently and previously worked). Please include details of any service as a Board Director, Trustee or any other voluntary/community work, but please note that no previous experience as a Board Director is required.  

We welcome applications from everyone and would like to encourage applications by people from a diversity of national, ethnic or cultural groups.