Current opportunities:
Board Member Opportunity:
We are seeking up to two new Board members to join the Board in April 2024. As a Board member, you will play a crucial role in decision-making processes and advocating for the BID’s objectives within the community.
Working collaboratively with other Board members to represent the interests of levy-paying businesses within the BID area, you will oversee the BID’s strategic direction, good stewardship, and operational effectiveness, ensuring that BID initiatives align with the needs and priorities of the local business community.
About BID Leicester
The Business Improvement District (BID) for Leicester is a business-led, not-for-profit organisation working to transform Leicester city centre, making it a better place to live, work, visit, study and do business. Representing 624 businesses and organisations in the city centre, BID Leicester is focused on delivering the following priorities to transform Leicester city centre:
- A cleaner, greener, safer and more attractive environment
- Raising Leicester’s profile through high-quality marketing, campaigns and events
- Creating a stronger business voice within Leicester
BID Leicester is a company limited by guarantee funded by a 1.25% levy on business rate payers in the city centre BID area, occupying properties with a rateable value over £20,000. BID Leicester will operate for a second 5-year term until January 2028, when a ballot will take place to determine whether a further term is agreed.
Click here to read the 2023-28 business plan, written in consultation with more than 350 businesses.
About the role
Working with the Chair, Vice-Chair and BID Director, you will oversee the delivery of our business plan and participate in decision-making around BID budgets, projects and providers. You will oversee our finances and resources, ensuring that these are managed in the best interests of the BID company. Passionate about Leicester, with the ability to represent the needs of businesses, you will act as an ambassador for the BID and the city centre as a whole.
Board meetings take place in Leicester City Centre every quarter. Board members will also be invited to launch events for BID events/campaigns and have the opportunity to take part in panel meetings to select projects for the BID to support.
More information about the role and the responsibilities of BID Board members can be found in the BID Directors’ Handbook here.
As our Board represents levy-paying businesses in the BID area, we will only consider applications from individuals who work at a senior level or within a leadership role in a BID levy-paying business.
We will accept applications across all sectors, but would be particularly interested in applications from those in the following sectors:
- Professional services
- Hotels.
We welcome applications from individuals with the following skills:
- Strategic planning
- Financial management
- Developing campaigns and social media marketing
- Collaborative working, preferably with experience of working with Board members and business leaders.
We are an inclusive business, from our Board and team members to our businesses and those we engage with our campaigns and attend our events. We treat all applicants equally, regardless of class, age, disability, gender identity or gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any other equality characteristic. We particularly encourage applications from individuals representing the protected characteristics above.
To apply for this role please provide an up-to-date CV and a personal statement of up to 500 words outlining your suitability for the role and the expertise that you can bring to enhance the work of BID Leicester to [email protected] by Friday 3 May.
If you have any questions or would like to know more about the role, please feel free to get in touch.
Work with us as an external provider:
We often work with suppliers to help deliver the projects that we design – from design and videography to artists, training providers and public art installations, there are a wide range of opportunities for businesses to work with BID Leicester.
When identifying new providers we will issue a Request For Quotes (RFQ) document, outlining our requirements and inviting proposals from interested suppliers. RFQ documents will be sent to providers we are aware of who may be interested, and the opportunity will be posted on our social media channels and our website below with contact details. Proposals are usually reviewed by a panel of our board members who decide to appoint a provider.
We are keen to work with local suppliers and invest in the local economy but our decisions will always be driven by the quality of proposals that we receive.