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We are looking for a People Coordinator to join the National Theatre People Team.

As our People Coordinator you will be the first point of contact for People related queries maintaining a positive, proactive, and outward-facing operational service in a fast-paced environment.

Delivering excellent day to day administration for the full employee lifecycle including payroll and recruitment this role undertakes a broad range of administrative activities working in close collaboration with colleagues across the National Theatre.

Contributing and supporting process improvement this role works alongside other People Coordinators to deliver an exceptional People service.

The successful candidate will have the following: 

• Experience of working in a busy administrative environment.

• An understanding of HR/People administrative processes and practices.

• Experience of working effectively under pressure with an ability to maintain meticulous attention to detail.

• Experience of using an HR system to support tasks and working within defined processes.

• Excellent time management skills with experience of organising and delivering multiple tasks to completion successfully.

• Experience of communicating confidently in a clear and professional way with colleagues across an organisation; in person, remotely and in writing.

If that sounds like you, this may be the role for you!

Working with us will give you...

• Complimentary staff tickets for shows and backstage tours, subject to availability and policy

• 25 days annual leave increasing up to 32 with length of service (plus bank holidays)

• Training and Development Programme via e-learning platform, and specialist in-person training relating to role

• Hybrid and flexible working, subject to agreement and policy

• Access to interest-free season ticket loan and cycle scheme partnership

• Generous sick pay

• Family-friendly employer – we are a member of Parents and Carers in the Performing Arts (PiPA)

• Pension schemes with Legal & General and NEST

• Sabbatical option, subject to agreement and policy

• On-site staff canteen and social facilities

• On-site Occupational Health support

• In-House Mental Health and Wellbeing Advisors providing workplace counselling and support

• Wellbeing programme of events including mental health awareness, financial wellbeing, skills sharing and opportunities to get active

• Exclusive staff talks to hear more about NT productions, past and present, from some of the world’s leading practitioners

• Discounted access to NT at Home

• Volunteer Leave – paid day a year to volunteer for your chosen charity

• Discounts in the NT’s bars, cafes, restaurants, and bookshop, as well as in local businesses (from Wagamama to gyms, on and around the South Bank)

• Access to retailer discounted gift cards and a cash-back-on-spending card

Please note 

The closing date for the receipt of a completed application is Friday 17th January 2025 at 12 noon.

Unfortunately, we are unable to progress an application for this role if you do not currently have (or would be able to obtain) an ongoing right to work in the UK. We cannot sponsor candidates under a work visa for this role because the role is ineligible for sponsorship under the UK government’s requirements for the Skilled Worker visa route. 

We support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for our vacancies.

People Department 2024

The Corporate Partnerships Manager is a new role at Curve. The successful individual will build on our existing corporate fundraising activity by researching prospective corporate supporters; securing new partnerships; and retaining existing sponsors and donors. The successful individual will join a small and vibrant fundraising team with ambitious plans to create a step-change across all areas of fundraising over the next three years. 

We want to attract applicants with a track record of success in corporate fundraising and outstanding networking skills who are keen to get their teeth into a new challenge. We are happy to consider flexible and/or some remote working for the right candidate. This is an 18-month contract initially, with a view to making the role permanent. Due to the nature of the role, the successful individual will have a flexible approach to working, including the ability to work some unsociable hours (for which as much advance notice as possible will be given).

We want to employ passionate, hard-working people. If this is you, please consider applying to join the team. Even if you don’t meet all the criteria in the person specification, we want to hear from you.

The Deputy General Counsel role will provide general legal advice to the National Theatre and be responsible for the day to day management of the  legal team.  The postholder will provide advice on a range of commercial, intellectual and data protection matters as well as disputes and litigation, insurance, property, corporate, fundraising, governance and compliance matters and any commercial issues faced by the National Theatre or its trading subsidiaries. The postholder will explain legal issues clearly in layman’s terms to non-legal colleagues.  The ideal candidate will be comfortable advising on a range of issues but aware of when it is necessary to draw on external expertise.

The successful candidate will have the following: 

• Degree in English law or a degree in another discipline plus a postgraduate conversion or equivalent. Applicants with relevant transferable skills and equivalent experience are encouraged to apply.
• Experience of working in a confidential environment, using communication skills with tact and discretion including in influencing at all levels, up to and including executive.
• Proven ability to explain complex issues clearly to legal and non-legal staff in writing, using Microsoft Office suite, and orally
• Knowledge of and experience in intellectual property rights, general commercial work, charity law and data privacy advice
• Experience of operating as an independent advisor at a senior level managing a workload with  deadlines that may move depending upon organisational priority and able to work flexibly in a fast paced, changing work environment.

If that sounds like you, this may be the role for you!

The closing date for the receipt of a completed application is 19th January at 23:59

We’re looking for a stakeholder relationship manager, someone who excels at persuasive writing and communicating effectively with diverse audiences. In this role, you will manage and present data to highlight our impact, lead the coordination of projects including events and publications, and drive activations that make a real difference.

At Sadler’s Wells everyone is welcome.

The new role of Head of Advocacy and Policy will help ensure dance is at the top of the national cultural agenda as we open our fourth theatre Sadler’s Wells East in February 2025. If you’re thinking to yourself I want a strategic leadership role, I want to make an impact, then this is the role for you. If you're at a stage of your career where you’re looking for a new challenge, you won't get a better opportunity than this.

You’ll be working closely with our Co-CEOs in their public facing roles. You would be responsible for internal and external communications in collaboration with the Marketing & Communications team. This role will be to use data to tell our impact story and elevate our impact.

Your experience of collaborating across teams, evaluation and storytelling will be critical in this role. You’ll be great at engaging stakeholders and statutory funders and have a track record of successfully engaging and supporting teams. This is a people role, so you will need to be able to demonstrate your negotiation and communications skills.

There’s no better time for you to take this leap. You’ll be extending your networking reach and contributing to key sector and industry issues. You’ll be joining us at an exciting time of growth and ambition.

We’re a supportive and hardworking team, working on a variety of projects. We have a ‘smarter working’ approach and encourage both on-site and remote working. Sadler’s Wells benefits include: 

• Employee Assistance Programme 

• Complimentary tickets and discounts 
• Enhanced holiday and time off in lieu policy 
• Additional pay for parental and family leave subject to eligibility

We welcome all applications by 11:59pm BST on Sunday 12 January 2025. Interviews will take place on week commencing Monday 20 January 2025.

For more information, please go to the following link - https://sadl.rs/3ZCAPY4

We are committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and actively encourage applications from Black, Asian and those belonging to ethnic groups that are currently underrepresented within the Arts. Applications from d/Deaf and disabled communities and low socio-economic backgrounds are also welcome. As a user of the Disability Confident Scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in the Job Pack.

Sadler’s Wells is a PiPA (Parents and Carers in Performing Arts) Charter Partner, striving towards creating a more family friendly working environment.

Are you the Strategy and Executive Facilitator to work with Sam?

• Do you thrive in a collaborative, open, creative and highly adaptive environment where all forms of intelligence and perspective are valued?
• Do you have an aptitude and ability to effectively support and collaborate with neurodivergent leadership and with someone whose preferred style of working is strongly verbal?
• Can you be a conduit for creative ideas and visions and enable communications, strategy and organisation, and can you see what steps and actions need to be taken to support translating them into reality?

Our priorities and approach

The Roddick Foundation was established by Gordon and Anita Roddick, founders of The Body Shop. We are entrepreneurial and activist, driving innovative programmes and focusing on people and organisations that take unconventional approaches to advancing justice and empowering communities. We do this through two areas of work; grant making and initiating and incubating system-change projects. Historically some of these include initiating and incubating the Big Issue and 38 Degrees.

Current projects include indigenous rights in Canada and Brazil, a farming cluster project in Wales and creating new ways of trading with indigenous food growers.

The projects are led by Sam Roddick who is a creative entrepreneur and who brings her creative and intuitive abilities to being an activist and leading visionary projects. This role will work closely with Sam who is neurodivergent and the postholder will support her to transform her ideas and creativity into tangible work projects.

About the role and you

This is a truly unique position. It is going to bring a new capacity to the great projects we run. You’ll be integrated into our talented and warm community of colleagues. What we need from the postholder are the creative skills to fully communicate Sam’s ideas and the work to a wide range of people and partners, and the organisational skills to support pacing and planning of projects, creating systems and processes to advance and document progress and learning. They will act as a kind of bridge, relaying Sam’s vision and ideas once they have been conceptualised to various project managers, partners, and other audiences. It’s important to say also that there are elements of some traditional PA support that are required.

If this is how your creativity operates – enabling bridges to be built and creating effective communications – then you might be the person Sam, and the projects, need.

The successful candidate may come from any of a wide array of relevant backgrounds, such as: creative writing, communications, public affairs, campaigning, advocacy, policy influencing, media work, etc. Their career to date could be any number of settings: from film or theatre to think-tanks, to NGOs or international development, to private companies, to research or academia etc. The bottom line is that we are open to where you have honed your communications and organisational skills, and we are excited to hear from you.

How to apply

Please download the candidate information pack (attached). The pack contains lots of information about the role and how to apply (by uploading your CV and a short video, together with a completed equal opportunities monitoring form). The closing date is 20 January 2025.

If you require any further information or you would like to discuss anything in more detail, please contact Allyson Davies via the details in the pack.

The successful candidate will be a highly experienced fundraiser with a flair for creativity and a proven track record for generating income from a variety of sources. This should include individuals, trusts and foundations and the corporate sector. They will be adept at working independently and confident in leading a small team. The Executive Director will work closely with Michael Grandage and will report to the Board.

This part-time role requires someone with extensive fundraising experience and an understanding of philanthropy. They will have a passion for theatre and performance and a good knowledge of the theatre industry. If you feel that you can help us achieve consistently high levels of income year on year then we would like to hear from you.

BACKGROUND

Theatre director Michael Grandage CBE established MGCfutures as a charity in 2013 with the royalties from his first independent West End season.

Having transitioned mid-career from actor to director Michael is acutely aware of the obstacles and hardships that can prevent creative artists and technicians from achieving their true potential.

Since 2016 the charity’s primary focus has been its innovative bursary programme supporting career development across the theatre industry – from writers, directors and producers to costume designers, theatrical milliners and stage carpenters.

MGCfutures provides vital bridging support for theatre makers who reach a crucial stage in their chosen career.

The current Director, Andrew Broadley, is stepping down to pursue personal projects after seven years in the role. During his time with the charity there have been a total of 141 bursary awards amounting to more than £500,000.

As the programme continues to grow so does the charity’s need for funds.

The new Chair, Lady Lowy Mitchell (appointed in 2023) is committed to increasing the charity’s income and has considerable experience of fundraising and development. She intends to work closely with the incoming Director to achieve a minimum of £150,000 raised year on year.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job title: Executive Director

Responsible to: The Board of Trustees

Responsible for: Developing a robust strategy for income generation 

Reporting regularly to the Board ensuring compliance with Charity Commission guidelines

Supervising the work of the Creative Administrator (Job Share)

Key purpose: To work with Michael Grandage and the Board to strategically develop the charity in line with its stated objectives, including but not limited to fundraising, project planning and management, liaison with bursary beneficiaries and governance.

Terms: Currently 2.5 days per week. PAYE or Freelance

Key tasks:

Fundraising

• Drive income generation for the charity 
• Devise and implement campaigns
• Lead and manage fundraising events including but not limited to Gala Performances and Fundraising Dinners
• Liaise and manage relationships with all patrons, donors and funders
• Deliver all reporting required by funding organisations and donors
• Lead on writing applications to Trusts and Foundations as appropriate

Governance, Finance & Business Planning

• Review and develop the charity’s business plan in consultation with Michael Grandage and the Board of Trustees to ensure the charity’s long-term growth, development and sustainability
• Lead on long term financial planning, creating and managing budgets
• Ensure compliance with Companies House, the Charities Commission, HMRC 
• Oversee preparation of the charity’s annual accounts
• Create an annual report which promotes the charity and its work to all external parties including potential funders

MGCfutures Bursary scheme

• Oversee the running of the bursary scheme ensuring the Creative Administrator (job share) delivers the programme as required
• Lead on developing regional relationships to ensure applications are geographically diverse
• Mentor recipients and attend their work, particularly in relation to the bursary award

Press and Communications

• Oversee press relations for the charity, working to raise profile and secure stories, features and photos
• Supervise and direct the Creative Administrator (Job Share)

General

• To keep abreast of all current industry and charity practice, guidelines, responsibilities and duties 
• To implement and adhere to charity statutory policies
• Undertake any other duties deemed reasonable and necessary to assist in the activities of the charity.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential Experience 

• A proven track record in raising significant sums from individuals, foundations and corporates
• Experience in stewardship, liaising with donors and keeping them informed 
• Experience of organising fundraising galas and events 
• Experience of working with/reporting to a Board

Essential Skills 

• Engaging written and verbal communication skills 
• Proven ability to work strategically
• Demonstrable experience of Communications and PR 
• Commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Desirable Experience 

• Experience of working in a small team
• Experience of running campaigns

Desirable Skills 

• An understanding of the challenges facing freelance creatives in the theatre industry 
• A knowledge of professional career development in the theatre sector

One-year contract (maternity cover)

Full-time, 35 hours per week

A world class drama school and educational charity, LAMDA – the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art – delivers exceptional vocational training in the performing arts. LAMDA’s core aim is to train and develop the best artists regardless of social or financial background. The Academy is at an exciting time in its evolution, paving the way for drama school training in the 21st century and developing multi-skilled creative artists and technicians. In order to ensure that its work is accessible to all, LAMDA is passionately committed to widening participation and operates a robust scholarship scheme, awarding significant support to one in five full-time students each year.

The Role

We are currently looking for an outgoing, enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to develop and manage LAMDA’s access and widening participation programme.

The ideal candidate will be able to build strong relationships with schools and youth communities within the west London area. Working with the Head of Academic Affairs and Research, they will lead and deliver LAMDA’s AWP programme. With proven experience in engaging with young people particularly in an access, outreach, or education role, they will have strong communication skills.

Application Process

For a full job description, please visit our website.

We want you to have the opportunity to really tell us about yourself and explain to us why this opportunity is right for you. All applications will be judged on content, not on format.

To apply, please complete:

• Application form together with the Equality and Diversity monitoring form
• All applications should address the following questions:

1. Tell us a little about yourself and why this position interests you
2. Tell us what experience you have had that means you meet the person specification outlined in the job description, include practical examples

To be considered for this role, please send the above information by email to the HR Department.

Closing date: 5.00pm on Friday 3rd January 2025.

Interviews will be held w/c 13th January 2025.

Equality, diversity and inclusion are essential values at LAMDA and we are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to have a diverse and inclusive workforce and value the benefits that a diverse workforce can bring to the Academy. We welcome applications from the Global majority, those with disabilities and from other under-represented groups.

Registered Charity No: 312821.

Executive Director / Joint CEO

We are seeking an experienced senior leader to join as Executive Director /Joint CEO at an innovative arts centre in the heart of Deptford.

Position: Executive Director /Joint CEO

Location: Deptford, Flexible working negotiable; minimum of 50% office-based working

Salary: £70k per annum, pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: 12pm, Tuesday 28th January

First Interview: Tuesday 18th February

Second Interview: Thursday 27th February

About the role:

With our long-serving CEO and leadership team stepping down in 2024/25, the executive function has been updated into a co-CEO model of a Creative Director and Joint CEO and an Executive Director and Joint CEO (new role) to provide joint development and leadership for the organisation and affiliated projects.  Together they will be responsible for articulating and achieving the creative vision and business objectives, to maintain and grow a versatile and vibrant performing arts centre and cultural community hub. They will contribute to fundraising and developmental work to achieve sustainability for the organisation. They will also oversee programmes of activity which represent the ethos and maximise artistic innovation, social and creative engagement.

Your main duties will include:

• Provide strategic leadership for the organisation and strategic advice to the Board, ensuring the development of Strategic and Business Plans, budgets and KPIs (jointly with Creative Director).
• Responsible and accountable for the overall management of the organisation through effective implementation of agreed vision, objectives, plans and targets.
• Ensure financial leadership, including annual budget setting, effective management of resources and monitoring of accounts.
• Joint lead on strategic fundraising, contributing to key fundraising applications and funder relationship management.
• With the Creative Director (and Board) maintain a wide and longer-term perspective of the external environment and developments relevant to our work; be proactive in identifying future opportunities and challenges.
• Ensure high standards of governance (with the Board), including charitable objectives and compliance with relevant statutory and regulatory responsibilities.

About you:

We are now looking for a confident leader to work alongside a team of experienced senior managers, you will need to bring with you the following skills and experience:

• Significant experience as a senior manager and leader in a major arts organisation or equivalent transferable skills; with a strong sense of how the organisation can enrich and transform the arts ecology, while meeting key stakeholders’ needs.
• Demonstrable record or potential for commercial awareness, financial acumen and business management skills to run a complex charity as a social enterprise with a vision of considered growth, innovation and risk.
• A desire to work in a creative organisation and a commitment to, and knowledge of, culturally diverse arts environments; confidence addressing equity and inclusion and realising and promoting the values of diversity in every aspect of the work.
• Proven ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders in the voluntary, public and private sectors; a confident communicator with excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Ability and enjoyment of working within and leading an organisational culture equipped to generate cultural, management and institutional change internally and within the sector.
• Experience of management in a venue licensed for public entertainment, including demonstrable understanding of health and safety and facilities with the ability to oversee and lead on statutory compliance and best practice.
• Well-honed practical skills relating to running a similar sized organisation: highly skilled in and understanding of administration, HR, legal aspects, financial planning, monitoring and budget management.

Benefits include:

• 25 holiday days per annum, plus bank holidays
• Complimentary tickets to performances
• Company discount
• Training and development opportunities
• Health and wellbeing support
• Hybrid and flexible working policy
• Access to interest-free season ticket loan and cycle scheme partnership

About the Organisation

The arts centre committed to representing the extraordinary creativity and diversity of Deptford, Lewisham and South East London. Each year over 60,000 people attend our events, ranging from music to theatre, spoken word and family performances; and take part in our award-winning participatory projects for young people and adults over 60. We were Lead Delivery Partner for We Are Lewisham, the Mayor’s London Borough of Culture 2022, with over 400,000 audience members attending over 600 events throughout the year.

The organisation aims to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and want their team to represent the same diversity of audiences and artists they welcome into venues every day. They are keen to hear from a diverse range of candidates from all backgrounds. They particularly want to encourage people who have lived experience of Black and ethnically diverse communities. The organisation will offer an interview to anyone who identifies as a D/deaf or disabled person who meets the essential criteria.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Charity Director, CEO, Chief Executive, Chief Executive Officer, Senior Director, Theatre Director, Arts Director, Venue Director, General Manager, Venue Supervisor, Creative Arts Director, Operations Manager, Head of Development, Festival Director, etc.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Permanent, part-time position (24 hours per week)
circa. £40,355 per annum, plus benefits

Your genuine passion for developing others and your commitment to fostering a learning culture is exactly why we’re seeking you to be our new Learning and Development Manager. Come and join our team at this exciting time of growth.

At Sadler’s Wells everyone is welcome.

The new role of Learning and Development (L&D) Manager will help to instil the importance of personal and professional development and expand the learning culture in our organisation.

You will work with the Director of People and Inclusion to create and deliver a L&D strategy to enhance the skills and colleague experience for our workforce and talent pipeline. 

You’ll have the chance to exercise your coaching skills, design and deliver workshops and will play a vital role in driving our line managers development programme.

We’re a supportive and hardworking team, working on a variety of projects. We have a ‘smarter working’ approach and encourage both on-site and remote working. Sadler’s Wells benefits include: 

• Employee Assistance Programme 
• Complimentary tickets and discounts 
• Enhanced holiday and time off in lieu policy 
• Additional pay for parental and family leave subject to eligibility

We welcome all applications by 11:59pm BST on Monday 13 January 2025. Interviews will be held towards the end of January 2025.

For more information, please go to the following link - https://sadl.rs/3ZAkTWc

We are committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and actively encourage applications from Black, Asian and those belonging to ethnic groups that are currently underrepresented within the Arts. Applications from d/Deaf and disabled communities and low socio-economic backgrounds are also welcome. As a user of the Disability Confident Scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in the Job Pack.

Sadler’s Wells is a PiPA (Parents and Carers in Performing Arts) Charter Partner, striving towards creating a more family friendly working environment

Our client is the UK’s only theatre company and participatory arts charity focused on addiction. They develop, nurture and produce new writing and performances that are related to substance. For the very first time, they are recruiting a new Senior Development Manager and Prospectus are pleased to be leading the search.

The Senior Development Manager will lead the development and delivery of fundraising and income generation across a range of revenue streams, including trusts, foundations, corporate partners and individuals. The Senior Development Manager will take a proactive response to managing pre-exiting relationships with funders and use previously produced fundraising scoping exercises to develop new relationships with fundraisers.

The selected candidate will ideally be considering the next step in their fundraising career and would be looking to take on more responsibility in a fundraising-friendly environment. You will be supported directly by the CEO and Development Committee, made up of expert fundraising leaders and so the selected candidate will be someone willing to learn and jump in to managing a wide portfolio.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process then please contact Ryan Burdock at Prospectus.

If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.      
 
 In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon. 

A world class drama school and educational charity, LAMDA – the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art – delivers exceptional vocational training in the performing arts. LAMDA’s core aim is to train and develop the best artists regardless of social or financial background. The Academy is at an exciting time in its evolution, paving the way for drama school training in the 21st century and developing multi-skilled creative artists and technicians. In order to ensure that its work is accessible to all, LAMDA is passionately committed to widening participation and operates a robust scholarship scheme, awarding significant support to one in five full-time students each year.

The Role

We are looking for someone who is highly organised and approachable, who displays excellent communication and administration skills. The role requires working at pace and the ability to prioritise and work well under pressure.

With proven experience in a customer facing role and confidence in creating and building relationships, you will be empathetic and professional.

Hours of work: 25 hours per week (0.71 FTE), Monday to Friday between 8.30am to 1.30pm.

Application Process

For a full job description, please visit our website via the apply button.

We want you to have the opportunity to really tell us about yourself and explain to us why this opportunity is right for you. All applications will be judged on content, not on format.

To apply, please complete:

• Application form together with the Equality and Diversity monitoring form
• All applications should address the following questions, and please attach a basic CV:

1. Tell us a little about yourself and why this position interests you
2. Tell us what experience you have had that means you meet the person specification outlined in the job description, include practical examples

To be considered for this role, please send the above information by email to the HR Department.

Closing date for applications: Midday on Friday 10 January 2025.

Interviews will be held w/c 13 January 2025.

We welcome applications from people of the global majority and those with disabilities, as these groups are under-represented at LAMDA.

We would like to hear from people whose situation, background and/or identity is currently under- supported across the arts and training sector and within our organisation. Including but not limited to people who are culturally and ethnically diverse and experience racism in our society, those with LGBTQ+ identities, neurodivergent and/or d/Deaf and disabled, and those with caring responsibilities and those who have experienced socio and economic barriers.

Registered Charity No: 312821.

For over 1,000 years West Horsley Place has been a hidden, private estate centred around a grade I listed manor house and 400-acre landscape. Now, we are a fledgling arts charity. At our heart is the belief that culture, heritage and nature improve people’s wellbeing. Added to that is the opportunity to see just how differently an historic house and estate could be used.

We now run a vibrant programme of arts & crafts courses, open house days, house and estate tours, school holiday family fun, performance, theatre and cultural talks. We are looking for a Fundraising Manager to successfully grow our philanthropic income to underpin our work. 

Overall role:

We have successfully secured grants from trusts and private individuals for specific projects and have been supported by freelance bid writers to do so. We now want to capitalise on these beginnings to grow our philanthropic income. To do that, we are seeking a dynamic, experienced fundraiser who can develop and implement strategy, create and manage giving platforms and grow both restricted and unrestricted income.

Main responsibilities:

 Strategy

• Create a short-, mid- and long-term fundraising strategy to achieve maximum success for restricted and unrestricted funding.
• Develop and articulate a clear case for support for each project.

Trusts and Foundations

• Working with the team, assess planned projects for fundraising potential
• Identify new trusts and foundations for identified projects, writing and submitting applications.
• Manage relationships with existing trusts, fulfilling reporting needs and financial compliance.
• Identify key sources and develop bids for the future capital campaign in line with the strategy.

Individual giving

• Create and manage giving vehicles for unrestricted funding from individual donors.
• Create and run a cultivation programme to support the soliciting of individual giving.
• Personally manage a portfolio of donors
• Cultivate and uncover new prospects working with and growing the charity’s network
• Advise and support the Director, Chairman, Board and staff in managing relationships with key funders

Compliance

• Be responsible for accurate record keeping and database management
• Be accountable for all development activity including compliance with relevant legislation such as data protection, GDPR, Gift Aid and tax efficient giving, and applicable charity commission legislation

General

• Represent the West Horsley Place Trust at a senior level to existing and potential supporters

Person Specification

Essential experience

• Demonstrable experience in a senior fundraising role
• Experience of devising and implementing fundraising strategies
• Track record in personally securing 5 – 6 figure gifts
• Substantial experience working with high-net-worth individuals
• Experience of devising and managing budgets; financial management skills
• Experience or reporting to Boards of Trustees and SMTs

Desirable experience

• Demonstrable experience of securing funds from other sources, e.g. companies, events, legacies
• Experience of fundraising in the arts or heritage sectors
• Experience of creating a new fundraising operation in a young organisation

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and presentational skills, with gravitas and the ability to act as an ambassador for the charity at the most senior levels
• Excellent written communications
• Strong negotiation skills
• Excellent judgement & decision-making ability
• Excellent financial management skills and experience of devising and managing budgets

The Royal Ballet and Opera continues to lead the way in opera, ballet, music and dance both live on stage and through multiple digital platforms, from live streaming to worldwide cinema screenings. Our Covent Garden theatre has been at the heart of London and British cultural life for three centuries. We are home to two world-class Companies: The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera.

As a charity, we could not maintain our reputation, the range of our work, or our digital presence, without the support of our business partners, sponsors, philanthropists and members. The Development and Advocacy Department is seeking to recruit a Patrons Coordinator on a part time basis who will work with the team to provide an efficient ticketing and customer service to all Patrons by telephone, email and post, ensuring that all Patrons ticketing requirements are met. They will also ensure related records are processed, recorded and fulfilled accurately within the department`s quality of service and compliance standards.

The ideal candidate will be committed to providing excellent customer service with a consistent high level of customer care and responsiveness. They will also have high attention to detail, and the ability to prioritise tasks, especially given this is a part time position. They will be able to demonstrate:

• Solid experience in a customer facing environment
• Experience in a membership organisation and/or Box office environment (not essential but highly desirable)
• Understanding of legacy giving and administration (desirable)
• Experience of databases and MS Office (Access, Word and Excel); some working knowledge of Tessitura or other CRM systems or ability to learn

A working knowledge of our arts forms is not a pre-requisite but the ability to get up to speed on RBO membership products and services quickly is.

The Royal Ballet and Opera is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone can thrive. We particularly welcome applications from those who are from a global majority background and/or those who are disabled, as they are under-represented within our organisation. As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential minimum criteria for our vacancies.

Closing date for applications: 8am, Monday 6th January 2025

Applicants must have work authorisation for the UK. No agencies.

Are you a highly organised leader with excellent facilitation skills who is passionate about the transformative power of the Arts, building community and helping people grow and develop in their therapeutic arts skills? 

As Talitha Arts’ Therapeutic Arts Programme Manager, you will be responsible for managing Talitha Arts’ programmes, partnerships and practitioners, working with a wide range of stakeholders. You will come from an arts, management or therapeutic arts background (in any field) and have experience developing programming, managing people/volunteers, and growing partnerships.You will be committed to growth and development and passionate about the power of the creative arts to bring healing, restoration and transformation. You will have experience and a heart for working with vulnerable people, devising and developing creative arts workshops and training sessions, and will be willing to work flexibly with therapeutic intent but outside a clinical framework.

This position is home-based with regular travel within London for workshop, training and meetings (travel costs will be reimbursed). Working hours are flexible throughout the week and can be either part time or full time depending on the candidate (maximum of 30hrs per week).Talitha Arts also provides learning and development opportunities, travel for work within London and 3 extra days at Christmas.

Who are We?

Talitha Arts is creative arts charity that delivers creative arts workshops that benefit the mental health and wellbeing of those who have experienced trauma (through trafficking, living with dementia, domestic and sexual abuse, homelessness) and/or are living with mental health problems, addiction or disability. We are a small team comprising our Artistic Director (Executive), Fundraiser and Therapeutic Consultant. You will be managing 15 self-employed practitioners who work on a freelance basis.

At Talitha Arts, creativity is at the heart of everything we do, and therefore we are seeking someone who shares our belief in the transformative power of the creative arts and can reflect our creative and relational ethos in their approach to managing our programmes, practitioners, and partners. As we are a small charity, you may be asked to perform duties to support fundraising and other initiatives. 

Equal Opportunities

At Talitha we are committed to creating and supporting an inclusive environment and

to celebrate diversity and the value of different backgrounds and experiences. We

encourage applications from all backgrounds - we are particularly interested in

welcoming global majority candidates, those with disabilities and LGBTQI+ candidates.

Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our organisation's core values and

the work we do.

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Managing and developing all aspect of Talitha Art’s therapeutic arts workshop programming 

• Overseeing all programming, coordinating teams and managing Practitioner Coordinators

• Overseeing the planning and evaluation process of all programmes, including liaising with partners, monitoring and reporting

• Advising on creative and therapeutic processes

• Helping to create and develop new programme strategies in collaboration with the Artistic Director to ensure best practice

• Working closely with Talitha staff and practitioners to ensure programmes are well-managed and run to budget

• Overseeing and managing the content of sessions and monitoring therapeutic intent

• Working alongside Therapeutic Consultant to ensure that programmes are trauma-informed and therapeutic in intent 

• Act as Deputy Safeguarding Adult and Child Lead for Talitha Arts 

• Maintaining all databases and updates (in google workspace)

• Committed to ongoing learning and development, including exploring expressive arts therapies and researching beneficiary groups

• Delivering workshops alongside a team of practitioners as and when is necessary

2. Managing Talitha Art’s partnerships with organisations, care homes and community settings to develop ongoing collaborative programmes

• Building on existing partner relationships; and seeking and developing new partner relationships

• Partnering with various organisations to schedule and manage Talitha’s programmes

• Developing project proposals and pitch to new potential partners

• Collaborating with partners on project management of programmes including planning scheduling, coordinating publicity, and follow up with partners (liaising with AD)

3. Managing Talitha Arts Practitioners

• Developing, devising and delivering Talitha Art’s ongoing practitioner training and development and induction training for new practitioners (alongside AD)

• Helping to devise an effective approach to ensure practitioner retention and best practice (alongside AD)

• Coordinating programmes to fit availability of practitioners in accordance with their suitability for the client groups

• Working alongside AD to recruit practitioners (including DBS and references checks), liaise with them during the process, and assess suitability and progress of trainees 

• Delegating tasks to Programme Coordinators and working closely with them to have oversight of programmes they are responsible for

•  Organising and planning regular check ins and ongoing learning and development sessions and opportunities (alongside AD)

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