Volunteer Opportunity: Boston Circus Guild Board Member

Does the idea of working with a professional circus intrigue you?

Are you organized, collaborative, and support performing artists?

Volunteer on the board of the Boston Circus Guild!!

Volunteer Opportunity: Boston Circus Guild Board Member

The Boston Circus Guild Board of Directors guides the organization according to the BCG’s mission and core values. As a collaborative, deliberative body, the BCG board both manages strategic planning and long-term vision for the BCG, and supports short-term organizational tasks. Current board priorities include: Implementing the policies of the BCG through a lens of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Prioritizing organizational activities and growth after the pandemic; ensuring that event performances are safe for staff, performers, and clients.

BCG is an anti-racist organization actively looking to add diverse voices to our board. We strongly encourage people of any race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, immigration status, gender presentation, sexual orientation, age, ability or disability, socioeconomic class, or veteran status to apply to join our team!

Responsibilities include:

• Contributing to critical discussions about the direction of the organization

• Participating in committees that oversee or provide guidance for different parts of the organization’s operations

• Option to volunteer for positions of responsibility and leadership

• Working collaboratively with a team to accomplish administrative tasks and organizational responsibilities

• Responding to email communications, including votes, in a timely manner

Board members should be reliable, proactive, communicative, and excited to learn. Successful candidates will have some relevant experience in organizational leadership and operations, be excited about circus and other performance arts, and possess a commitment to BCG’s mission and core values. Experience with Google suite for file management and collaborative document editing is a plus.

Time Commitment:

Board members are expected to attend one 2-hour board meeting per month, and spend a maximum of 10 hours per month on work related to board committees or other responsibilities including the monthly meeting. Board meetings currently occur on Sundays between 10:00am and 12:00pm EST.

New Board Members serve an initial term of one year, after which they may serve an additional two terms that are two years each, with a limit of five consecutive years serving on the board.

Process

Interested candidates should send a brief statement of interest (about one paragraph) about why they are interested in joining and why, as well as a resumé or statement about what they are able to contribute to the board. Select applicants will be invited for an informational interview with the board chair. Selected candidates will participate in a shadow period, attending a minimum of 2 board meetings non-voting Board Members after which - if they still wish to join - Board Members will nominate them for a position and vote on their membership.

To apply:

Send a statement of interest and resume/statement of qualifications/contribution to dannas@bostoncircusguild.com.

About Boston Circus Guild

The Boston Circus Guild (BCG) is a collaborative membership-based organization of over eighty circus performers, musicians, dancers and artists from the New England area.

Mission Statement:

To create career opportunities for circus performers, artists and musicians; to create a community of artists and foster the cross pollination of arts and ideas; to entertain, educate, and inspire our audiences; and to encourage people of all ages to engage with the circus arts.

We execute our mission through the creation of original theatrical productions and entertain- ment booking for corporate events, weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, festivals, and social events.

Community: Help foster a society in which artists work together for the collective benefit of themselves and their fellow artists, their audiences, and their wider communities. We believe that the partnerships we form with our communities are reciprocal, and that our ability to thrive depends on each other.

Circus is for everyone and is meant to be shared.

Inclusivity: Welcome and support diverse artists, audiences and community members of all backgrounds. We strive to pursue and support antiracist work in the arts and in our communities. We respect people of every race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, immigration status, gender presentation, sexual orientation, age, ability or disability, socioeconomic class, and veteran status.

Circus is for everyone and is meant to be shared by everyone.

Safety: Demonstrate, encourage and promote high standards of safety, always. We endeavor not only to follow industry safety standards, but also to prioritize the personal safety of our artists, our clients and our communities, especially those whose identities may put them more at risk.

Circus is for everyone and is meant to be shared safely.

Integrity: Hold ourselves to the highest standard of excellence, both as artists and as human beings. We value honesty and transparency in communication, mindfulness for our artists’ wellbeing, and respect and kindness for all members of our community, both on and off the stage.

Circus is for everyone and is meant to be shared with respect.

Curiosity: Push ourselves as artists and creators to challenge expectations, and to constantly improve our artistic presentations, our business practices and the ways in which we connect with our audiences. We value innovation, creativity, and the belief that inspiration can be found in many different styles, voices and stories.

Circus is for everyone and is meant to be shared and to inspire.