Head of Community

ArtsJobs; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead DanceSyndrome's community work across Lancashire as Head of Community. This role focuses on managing inclusive dance workshops and building engaging community partnerships while driving strategic planning. Candidates who identify as part of the Global Majority, LGBTQIA+ or with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage community workshops and partnerships.
• Collect and analyze data to demonstrate impact.
• Develop and execute a volunteer programme.

Job description

Thu, 03 Jul 2025">published - Thu, 03 Jul 2025

Job Description

This is an exciting new role to head up DanceSyndrome's Community work across Lancashire developing, nurturing, growing, and managing our community workshops. At the heart of our organisation are our weekly bespoke Community Inclusive Dance Workshops; 'Everybody Dance'. These workshops are co-delivered by a qualified Dance Leader with a learning disability, working side-by-side with a non-disabled Dance Artist. As part of our ambitious strategy, we will be establishing several new workshops across Lancashire over the next five years and co-delivering inclusive dance provision for all ages from early years through to adulthood by 2030.

As Head of Community, you will oversee several vibrant and active communities; build community engagement and cohesion; and to collect, collate and analyse key data to demonstrate impact and to drive forward strategic planning and decision making. This is alongside developing and managing both strategic and operational long-term partnerships & collaborations across communities in the North-West and building and executing an engaging and effective Volunteer Programme to support all Community workshops.

This role supports strand one of DanceSyndrome's ambitious strategy; Vision 2023; 'To deliver an outstanding, collaborative, and high-quality programme of co-produced and co-delivered inclusive dance across the North-West'.

We particularly welcome applicants from Global Majority, who identify as LGBTQIA+, People with Disabilities and Older People to apply for this role.

Job Requirements

Please download the full Job Description and Person Specification in the useful links section to see the roles and responsibilities.

To apply for the role, please send a CV and covering letter to Julie Nicholson, Managing Director on [e-mail] with “Job Application” as the email subject. If you would like an informal chat about the role, please email Julie to arrange this.

We are very happy to accommodate any requests for reasonable adjustments. Please let Julie know as part of your application.

Please apply before 12pm on Monday 11th August.

There will be a two-stage formal application process with interviews conducted online. Stage one interviews will take place on the 20th, 21st & 22nd August. Stage two interview dates TBC.