The Board of the Abbey Theatre wishes to invite expressions of interest from suitably qualified individuals to fill three vacancies which have arisen on the Board. The Board comprises 11 members; three members (including the Chair) are directly appointed by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, one member is elected by the Theatre’s staff, and seven members are appointed by the Board itself, based on the nominations of the Selection Committee (see below). The Board currently has three committees: the Audit and Risk Committee, the Development Committee and the Site Redevelopment Committee.

Expressions of interest for these vacancies will be considered by the Theatre’s Selection Committee, which is comprised of the Chair of the Abbey Theatre Board, the Chair of the Arts Council and the Minister’s Advisor to the Selection Committee. The Selection Committee will forward its nominations to the Board, which will make the appointments.

The Selection Committee seeks to ensure that, in its entirety, the Board has the necessary skills to support The Abbey Theatre’s mission and purpose effectively.

To this end, the Selection Committee works to ensure that the Board has a wide mixture of skills, ideally covering (but not restricted to) the following broad areas:
– Contemporary theatre practice (for example, a playwright, actor, director, designer, producer, theatre technician or other theatre artist or professional)
– Irish language and culture
– Finance / accounting / business / management / risk management
– Human Resources / industrial relations
– Education / community
– Law / Governance
– Marketing, including information and communication technologies / public relations
– Sponsorship / fundraising

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