Chaired by Angela Dixon, our Board of Trustees brings an outstanding range of musical and other professional expertise to governing the Royal Philharmonic Society. We are newly looking to appoint a couple of new Trustees to complement the strengths of those currently on the Board, whom you can read about here.

Trustees meet quarterly to review the progress of the organisation, and on occasion to address further exceptional issues, and they engage individually with the Chief Executive and management to support specific matters. The Board of Trustees joins together with a wider cohort of around 15 further individuals to form a historic collective called the RPS Council.

This is an exciting time to join the RPS. Strategic steps since James Murphy was appointed as Chief Executive in 2018 have been warmly welcomed by the sector, and have set the charity on a stronger footing. Year on year, we relish deepening the scope of how we fulfil our charitable objects. Following Angela's appointment as Chair in 2024, we have refreshed our strategic aims and objectives, with ambitious plans to build on recent successes for the benefit classical musicians and UK music-making. To join our dedicated Board, we are seeking individuals ready to get involved and play a significant part in fulfilling our current strategic direction. We are looking for highly-respected, trustworthy individuals with a range of skills they are willing to apply to our charitable cause.

We invite you to read the full role brief and person specification linked here and at the end of this page. The closing date for applications is 10am on Wednesday 12 March 2025.

The role brief will tell you how to apply and, when you are ready to do this, you should use the application form (link now removed as applications have closed). In this, you will need to submit:
 

• an up-to-date CV of no more than two pages outlining your relevant experience, saved as a PDF (not a Word document). Its file name should simply be: Forename Surname CV

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• a covering letter addressed to Angela Dixon, Chair, of no more than two pages detailing your interest and suitability for this role, and what you would hope to bring to the role of RPS Trustee, saved as a PDF (not a Word document). Its file name should simply be: Forename Surname covering letter

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• instead of a covering letter, you may choose to provide a link to a short film of yourself talking to camera, ideally for around 3 minutes duration, telling us about your interest and suitability for this role, and what you would hope to bring to the role of RPS Trustee. This need not be high-quality and we welcome it being filmed on a smartphone. This should be submitted as a link to YouTube, Vimeo or equivalent platforms, and the footage should remain visible there till at least May 2025. You may send a link to footage that is ‘unlisted’ but, if applicable, please supply any password that may be needed in the application form.

Please note that late or incomplete applications cannot be accepted.

We expect to invite select candidates for interview, ahead of new Trustees being co-opted by the Board in April, and formally approved at the AGM in May.

For any further information about the RPS Board of Trustees or any other aspects of the charity’s governance or its wider work, please contact RPS Chief Executive James Murphy on 020 7287 0019 or james@philharmonicsociety.uk.