The Trustees of the Kent & Sharpshooters Yeomanry Museum Trust are seeking to appoint a new Chair. After ten years in post, the current Chair, Chris Sutton, is planning to step down in November 2025 and so a suitable candidate is sought to take on this exciting role from that date.
The purpose of the Trust is to help promote and broaden the museum reach to best secure the museum’s long-term prosperity. The Museum currently has three sites – the main museum at Hever Castle (opened in 1985 and redeveloped in 2015) and two smaller museums within the Army Reserve Centres in Bexleyheath and Croydon.
The Museums are managed by Dan Taylor as Honorary Curator, supported by several assistant-curators and volunteers at the three sites. We have no employees, everyone involved with the Museum is a volunteer. The Museum also has an active living history arm, who help to bring the history of the Kent & Sharpshooters Yeomanry to life and to engage the public at events away from our primary sites.
The Museum Trust is a registered charity, and we are members of the Association of Independent Museums, the Army Museums Ogilby Trust and National Army Museum networks, and are accredited by the Museums Association.
The Board of Trustees comprises the Chair, Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer, Curator and four other trustees.
The preferred candidate would have the following attributes:
The main tasks for this role is governance, including developing the Board and chairing its biannual meetings (currently one remote and one in central London); liaison with the management team at Hever Castle and with the current key personnel at our serving squadron sites; co-ordination of projects undertaken by the museum and overseeing fundraising activities.
If you would be interested in undertaking this voluntary role, or have recommendations for someone who might be interested, please contact Dan Taylor by email on curator@ksymuseum.org.uk
You can find out more about us at www.ksymuseum.org.uk