General Manager, Cheshire Dance

General Manager at Cheshire Dance
Salary: £32,279 Full Time Equivalent (FTE). Pro-rata to 0.6
Hours Of Work: 0.6 FTE, 21 hours per week
Holidays: 15 days (25 pro-rata), plus days for Christmas closure
Contract: Permanent
Application deadline: Friday 14th February 2025, 5pm.

Cheshire Dance is looking for a General Manager to work closely with the Director and the team to bring our artistic vision to life while ensuring the organisation’s long-term stability and financial resilience. This role offers the opportunity to join a passionate team within a dynamic, creative organisation.

A busy and rewarding role, this is a great opportunity to join a dedicated team and play an important part in a friendly, creative organisation and one 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 and you’ll be 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.

Application Process

Please send a CV and covering letter as pdf attachments to 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
(Thursday 20 March is a back-up interview date for those that cannot attend 18 March)

Interviews will take place at the Cheshire Dance main office at Winsford Library, High St, Winsford, CW7 2AS.

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