Chief Executive Officer

NYJC’S CEO KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure a long-term strategy, business plan and budgets are in place to guide NYJC in the successful achievement of its objectives including the 3-year strategic plan and fundraising strategy.
• The Artistic Director is responsible for devising NYJC’s artistic strategies and plans.
• The CEO will work with the Artistic Director to ensure their strategies & plans to deliver NYJC’s artistic remit are in budget, resourced and meet NYJC’s organizational goals & objectives.

• Oversee delivery & implementation of NYJC’s strategy with the management team, board of trustees & partners.
• Provide strategic and financial leadership to the organisation as a whole, included overall organisational budgetary responsibility in accordance with NYJC’s financial delegation policy.
• Ensure that sufficient and appropriate financial, staff and technology resources are in place to deliver the organisation’s strategy, projects and services.
• Devise fundraising strategies, produce funding applications and pursue other sources of income for NYJC.
• Lead on all management functions at the organisational level including finance, income development, policies & procedures, human resources & contracts, evaluation, quality & operations.
• Support the Board of Trustees by providing high quality, regular management and monitoring information so that it can carry out its governance role.
• Ensure appropriate risk management, policies and systems are in place to enable NYJC to continue to operate efficiently and effectively and comply with all regulatory requirements.
• Ensure the work NYJC does is communicated effectively both internally and externally.
• Represent the organisation as required in relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including government, other arts organisations and funders.
• Work within NYJC’s equal opportunities, safeguarding, health & safety & other policies at all times.
• Line manage NYJC staff including the Finance Manager, Programme Manager, Head Chaperone (In charge of residential pastoral care) and Marketing & Comms Officer.

NYJC’S CEO PERSON SPECIFICATION

NYJC seeks a candidate who meets the following criteria as closely as possible:

ESSENTIAL

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

Extensive & demonstrable experience at Senior Management level, working closely with Trustee or non-Executive Boards and Committees, in one or more of the following relevant fields:

• Youth services Charitable bodies Cultural agencies Arts Council England and local authority funders Music organisations including National Youth Music Organisations A strong understanding of public & charitable sector funding, budgetary management & responsibilities Sound knowledge of charity sector governance issues and regulatory requirements
• Experience of devising strategies, plans and budgets, monitoring organisational performance and reporting against financial measures and other management information metrics
• Experience of line management and managing a team of disparate staff & volunteers, including both musical & administrative personnel
• Experience of leading or overseeing marketing strategies with the ability to build a core brand profile for NYJC

SKILLS AND ATTITUDES

• Proactive and strategic leadership skills
• Financial acumen to understand, assess and interrogate financial data and information
• Ability to generate funds through grant applications, commercial sponsorship and individuals, and the necessary relationship management to ensure supporters receive value for money whilst ensuring resources are in place to enable NYJC to deliver and report on promised outcomes
• Strong skills in developing & sustaining partnerships within the music, education, political & commercial sectors
• Highly developed negotiation and advocacy skills
• Fluency with Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and WordPress

DESIRABLE

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience of delivering arts & cultural programmes in the current financial climate
• An understanding of the wider musical & education world & its opportunities
• Knowledge of the music education sector and issues affecting teaching and children and young people
• Understanding working with young people’s music activities & organisations, ideally those delivering National Youth Music activities

NYJC’S CEO APPLICATION PROCESS

Please send your CV and one-page cover letter to NYJC’s Co-Chairs, James Joseph and Andrea Gray, at outlining your suitability for the role and reasons for applying. Please mark the email’s subject as “ Application for NYJC’s CEO role ”

Application Deadline: Midnight 9 th March 2025

Email from NYJC to all applicants: Midday 17 th March 2025

Interviews:

Round 1 : 10am-5pm 24 th March 2025

Round 2: 10am-1pm 26 th March 2025

Both interviews will be held at PPL PRS Ltd, Mercury Place, St. George Street, Leicester, LE1 1QG

Start date:

Anytime 31 st March 2025 to 2 nd June 2025:

Depending on notice needed to be served, but before the new round of NPO’s

application period of 2 nd June 2025 to 31 st July 2025 .

Should you have any questions about the role, or NYJC more generally, please contact NYJC’s co-chairs on or Executive Artistic Director on