Chair
Taylor Bennett Foundation
London SE1
Voluntary Basis
The Taylor Bennett Foundation (TBF) is an award-winning UK-based charity that welcomes diverse talent from Black, Asian, and ethnic minority backgrounds from ages 16- 24 to pursue a career in public relations and communications via six professional development programmes. Since we were founded 15 years ago, we have supported hundreds of young people and every single one of our graduates say they would recommend the programmes to a friend.
Everything we do is to increase ethnic diversity in our complex and enormously broad profession and earlier this year we appointed a new Chief Executive, Koray Camgoz who will lead our growth as we empower even more Black, Asian and minority ethnic talent across the country to pursue and thrive in communications.
THE ROLE
Within our industry, TBF has established itself as a driving force in supporting young people in their career options. However, we need to build greater awareness with young people. As we consider our future strategy with Koray at the helm, we
are focused on doing everything we can to broaden our reach to excite and inspire young people to consider a future in communications.
Our Board of Trustees is deeply committed TBF’s mission and purpose and have guided us through myriad challenges in recent years. Now is a pivotal time for us; Koray’s appointment brings a clear sense of future direction and the potential to build our partnerships both within industry and universities to deepen our impact. Our Chair will be central to this. We are looking to you to lead our Board, ensure our clear strategic focus and help to build connections where we need them most. You will be an experienced non-executive leader, with experience in charity governance, and evidence of having delivered a step change in reaching new audiences and communities. You will bring visionary leadership skills to our Board and executive team and the ability to build and leverage connections to enable more young people to see what a fascinating, fulfilling and rewarding career in communications can be.
We are open to where you have built your leadership career. However, it would be desirable that you have some understanding of our profession and its dynamics. Fundamentally, you will be able to give clear leadership to the Foundation and demonstrate a deep commitment to encouraging diverse talent to thrive.
How to apply
To make an application, please click on the apply now button below, with the following prepared:
- Your CV (no more than three sides).
- A covering letter which sets out your motivation for the role and describes the specific experience you can bring to the appointment
Closing date
Monday 24th February 2025
Informal Conversations with Starfish Search
w/c 10th March 2025 and 17th March 2025
Final Panel Conversations
w/c 31st March 2025
