The Icon Scotland Group is now recruiting new committee members for the roles of Treasurer, Vice Treasurer and Events Officer. These are volunteer unpaid roles.
Treasurer and Vice-Treasurer
What you get:
- You will get demonstrable experience managing budgets and expenses.
- You’ll work closely with Scottish Conservators from across the sector including private practice and museums and heritage bodies (we currently have committee members from NRS, NGS, NMS, Perth Museum, HES, NTS, and several freelance conservators).
- You will help the Icon Scotland Committee decide what Icon Scotland does next.
- You’ll get free tickets to some of Icon Scotland’s events (mainly when organising or providing support with events).
What we need from you (responsibilities will be shared between the two roles):
- You will contact Icon staff to get invoices and receipts paid/reimbursed.
- You will put together Icon Scotland’s yearly budget with help from the rest of the committee.
- You will help Event Organisers put together event budgets.
- You will be expected to attend 6 Icon Scotland committee meetings a year, where you will provide an update on the state of Icon Scotland’s accounts. 5 of these meetings will be online, and we usually organise a yearly in-person meeting and away day where travel expenses will be reimbursed. Online meetings usually take place every other month, 4pm-6pm, on alternate weekdays.
- You will attend our yearly in person AGM and provide an update on the state of accounts to our membership. Travel expenses associated with this meeting will be reimbursed.
- You will attend Icon Treasurers meetings (online, once or twice a year), and report any relevant information back to the Icon Scotland Committee.
Event Officers x2
You will be part of an Events Team (currently a team of two).
What you get:
- You will get demonstrable experience organising events.
- You’ll work closely with Scottish Conservators from across the sector including private practice and museums and heritage bodies (we currently have committee members from NRS, NGS, NMS, Perth Museum, HES, NTS, and several freelance conservators).
- You will help the Icon Scotland Committee decide what Icon Scotland does next.
- You’ll get free tickets to some of Icon Scotland’s events (mainly when organising or providing support with events).
What we need from you:
- You will organise 1 or 2 events every year (these can be online or in person): Contacting speakers, finding venues, submitting events to the Icon website, supporting speakers and delegates during the events, and requesting promotion of these events to the Icon Scotland Social Media team and the Icon Communications team.
- You will provide support to other Event Officers during online and/or in-person events.
- You will work with our Treasurer and Vice-Treasurer to put together event budgets and will help them put together our yearly budget.
- You will be expected to attend 6 Icon Scotland committee meetings a year, where you will provide an update on the events you are organising. 5 of these meetings will be online, and we usually organise a yearly in person meeting and away day where travel expenses will be reimbursed. Online meetings usually take place every other month, 4pm-6pm, on alternate weekdays.
- Every year, one of our team’s Event Officers will attend the yearly Icon Event Officers meeting and report back to the Events team and Icon Scotland Committee.
How to Apply
Please send your enquiries and expressions of interest to Hana Bristow (Secretary) at [email protected] before the role deadline on 3 May 2026 at 12:00AM.