We are recruiting to our Board of Directors! We’re seeking to grow our Board with two ordinary Directors and to recruit a Treasurer and Board Secretary. If you’re passionate about driving LGBTQ+ inclusion through education, we’d love to hear from you. ShoutOut’s Board is made up of energetic, dedicated queer folks and allies, who work to guide and support the charity’s staff and volunteers as we create inclusive spaces for LGBTQ+ young people.

ShoutOut is governed by a board of Directors who meet every 6 weeks to provide oversight and support risk management for ShoutOut operations and growth, with an AGM in November and occasional strategy days and social events. Meetings have now returned to ‘in person’ in Dublin, with online attendance for those based outside Dublin.

Board Directors are also asked to serve on at least one subcommittee and attend meetings of that subcommittee. Board Directors may support ShoutOut staff, contributing from their areas of expertise. Board Directors are invited to attend any public ShoutOut events.

ShoutOut is currently seeking to recruit two Board Directors to support our growth.

We are particularly seeking to recruit Board Directors with expertise in:

• Charity and company governance, including charity and company law

• Finance (ideally with expertise in the charity sector)

• Policy and advocacy

We’re also seeking to recruit a Treasurer with financial experience to provide financial oversight and expertise to the Charity, and a Board Secretary to support on the Board’s administrative functions.

The following are the functions of the Treasurer:

Financial oversight of the board:

• Providing the board meetings with financial reports including income, expenditure, cash flow, reserve funds, and estimates for future expenditure;

• Providing advice to the Board of Directors on all financial matters including procuring outside services;

• Overseeing the preparation of annual accounts and financial reports to the board for the Charities Regulator and the CRO;

• Convening the Finance and Audit (F&A) Committee for review and approval of financial actions.

• Drafting and oversight of financial policies and procedures;

• Advising the board on how to carry out its fiduciary responsibilities and on financial propriety.

• Monitoring and advising on ShoutOut’s reserve funds.

Support to staff on finance functions:

• Oversight of the ShoutOut quarterly and annual budget and financial performance;

• Oversight of financial (e.g. cash management) and cost controls;

• Monitoring the financial administration of ShoutOut;

• Review of salaries and consultant fees;

• Oversight on payroll with HR Committee;

• Supporting external oversight and audit of ShoutOut accounts;

• Providing oversight on ShoutOut’s expenditure and payment of expenses, particularly on the Executive Director's transactions and expenses.

The Treasurer role does not involve reimbursing volunteers for their expenses, nor does the role involve writing grant applications.

We welcome applications from all but would like to encourage applications by people from a diversity of national, ethnic or cultural groups (including, but not limited to, Asian, Black, Traveller and minority ethnic, refugees, people with disabilities, working-class and LGBTQIA+ people). If you’ve never served on a Board before, please consider submitting an application! 

This is an unremunerated role. Applications are accepted via Boardmatch or by contacting ShoutOut directly (director@shoutout.ie) along with a recent CV and cover note explaining your interest in joining the Board at ShoutOut. If you have any questions and would like a conversation in confidence, email Ruadhán on director@shoutout.ie