Published - Fri, 24 Jan 2025
Job Summary
Cheshire Dance is looking for a General Manager to work closely with the Director and the wider team to bring our artistic vision to life while ensuring the organisation’s long-term stability and financial resilience.
Job Description
A busy and rewarding part-time role (21 hours per week), this is a great opportunity to join a dedicated team and play an important part in a friendly, creative organisation that is already realising some of its bigger ambitions for dance and for creative, social, and health outcomes.
You will lead our administrative team, report to the Director, and collaborate across the team to ensure smooth day-to-day operations. You'll manage our planning, evaluation, policy review, and human resource processes, while collaborating with team members on driving positive brand awareness, supporting stakeholder events, and ensuring financial control. This senior role in charity administration requires at least five years of relevant experience, ideally in the arts or non-profit sectors.
You will bring strong organisational skills, an analytical mindset, and a desire to improve organisational systems and administrative processes. With a proven ability to communicate strategic and operational matters in both verbal and written forms, you'll be able to inspire, listen, and motivate to build positive and trusting relationships across the organisation and with partners and stakeholders.
Job Requirements
The ideal postholder will have at least 5 years of professional experience in a related role with the transferable skills and knowledge required to succeed in the role. They will have a proven ability to communicate strategic and operational matters utilising excellent communication skills and be able to work collaboratively, form effective partnerships, listen, inspire, motivate, manage, negotiate, and problem-solve.
Cheshire Dance values diversity in its workforce as it does in its artistic programme. We aim to attract a mix of applicants from different backgrounds for this role, going further than simply reflecting the stakeholders and geographic areas we currently serve. We particularly welcome expressions of interest from under-represented groups in dance and the arts.
Job Responsibilities
For more information, including full job responsibilities and requirements, please download a General Manager Information pack before submitting an application.
Please send a CV and covering letter as pdf attachments to michaela@cheshiredance.org with ‘General Manager application’ as the subject line.
The covering letter should detail how the skills, experience, and knowledge you’ve acquired to date are suited to the role both in terms of the job description and person specification.
Timeline
Application deadline: Friday 14 February 2025, 5pm.
Interview date: Tuesday 18 March, 2025
Interviews will take place at the Cheshire Dance main office at Winsford Library, High St, Winsford, CW7 2AS.
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