Chair of Trustees
The Line Closing date: Mon, 07 Sep 2026
- Part time
- Unpaid
- Apply now
Mon, 17 Aug 2026 "> published -
Job Summary
Job Description
After celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2025, The Line is entering an exciting new chapter. What began as an ambitious vision to bring monumental sculptures into public space is now a key part of East London's cultural landscape and an internationally recognised model for expanding access to art. This is a pivotal moment for the organisation and an inspiring time to join us.
We're looking for a Chair - someone who shares our ambition and believes in the transformative role of art, helping to guide The Line through its next phase of development, strengthen our foundations and support our sustainability, influence and reach.
The Chair, together with the Board of Trustees, is responsible for ensuring that The Line delivers its mission and charitable objectives, operates in line with its values, and remains financially sustainable and well governed. You'll lead the Board and ensure constructive and effective relationships between Trustees and Senior Management, enabling strong governance, strategic oversight, and organisational performance, and will actively support fundraising, income generation and partnership development. If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you.
This is a voluntary role with a three-year term and the option to renew, requiring approximately 1-2 days per month and leading four Board meetings per year, usually in person at The Leadenhall Building, with hybrid meetings offered when needed. Reasonable expenses are reimbursed.
We encourage applications from individuals with connections to East London and those currently underrepresented in the cultural sector.
Job Requirements
We are seeking someone with senior leadership or non-executive/trustee experience, strong strategic and governance skills, and the ability to support fundraising and partnerships.
Qualities we're looking for include a passion for arts, culture, and public engagement; a collaborative and thoughtful leadership style; strong communication and influencing skills; and a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Previous Chair experience is welcome but not essential.
Job Responsibilities
Alongside all Trustees, the Chair will safeguard the charity's financial sustainability, including oversight and approval of budgets and accounts; ensure the organisation's operating model remains effective and sustainable; contribute to strategic direction, policy development and performance monitoring; observe and promote Board policies, including equality, diversity and inclusion; actively support fundraising, income generation and partnership development; act as an ambassador for The Line, building relationships and leveraging networks to advance its work; and maintain oversight of operational effectiveness.
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Job Overview
- Job Title: Chair of Trustees
- Salary: Unpaid
- Hours: Part time
- Artform: Charity
- Role: Creative
- Contract: Temporary
- Closing date: Mon, 07 Sep 2026
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Location:
London
How to Apply
To apply, please read the full Chair Recruitment Pack and submit your CV and a covering letter outlining why you would like to apply for this role and what makes you uniquely well qualified to support the leadership of The Line, to [email protected].
Please also get in touch if you'd like to arrange an exploratory conversation with the Director or one of the Trustees. Interested individuals would also be very welcome on one of our monthly Director-led walks on The Line.
Application deadline: 5pm, 7 September 2026.
- Contact name: Sarah Carrington
- Contact email: [email protected]