Head of Business Development

ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND DRAMA; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent pension scheme

Generous annual leave

Hybrid/remote working

Job summary

The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama seeks a dynamic leader to develop a coherent, diversified portfolio of commercial income streams and to reduce institutional risk over a 2–5 year period.

The post holder will lead strategy development, drive implementation and evaluation of initiatives, and work with the Extended Leadership Team to secure buy-in while balancing home and on-site working.

Qualifications

• Experience developing and leading revenue-growth initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop a strategy and action plan for growing the College’s commercial revenue.
• Lead the implementation and evaluation of agreed initiatives.
• Collaborate with the senior leadership team to gain support and ensure delivery of the strategy.

Skills

Strategic planning

Leadership

Financial acumen

Stakeholder management

Job description

The job information is shown below. Please download all the Attachments available as these contain full position details which you should reference during the application process We welcome applications in Welsh or English. Applications made in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than those made in English

The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama is seeking a dynamic and experienced individual to lead the College’s ambition to grow further sustainable commercial activity. Specifically, this new role will be required to develop and introduce a coherent, diversified portfolio of commercial income streams that reduce institutional risk and deliver a meaningful increase to our capacity and bottom-line surplus over a 2-to-5-year period.

This new portfolio is expected to complement our existing programme of corporate events, venue hire and box office income, and support the three core themes for the College’s strategic framework:

The postholder will be responsible for developing a strategy and action plan for growing the College’s commercial revenue and will lead the implementation and evaluation of agreed initiatives, all underpinned by our values: expert and inclusive; contemporary and collaborative; resourceful and responsible.

The role reports directly to the Chief Finance and Operating Officer, is expected to be a member of the College's Extended Leadership Team and will work closely with the senior leadership team to gain their support to develop and implement this new strategy.

This is a full-time position. We offer a number of employee benefits including an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave. Discover the advantages of working with us. We have an agile approach to working at the College where you have the opportunity to balance your time between working from home and working in the College.

For an informal conversation about this post please contact the Chief Finance and Operating Officer [e-mail]