Director of Community and Place
Are you interested in making a difference to communities in Gloucestershire (particularly Gloucester and the Forest of Dean)?
Are you committed to empowering young people, particularly those from challenging circumstances, supporting them to thrive and shape the communities that they live in?
And are you a brilliant project and people manager who can influence all sorts of different people to make Gloucester and the Forest of Dean vibrant, creative places for young people to live in?
If so we want to hear from you!
Position: Director of Community and Place
Location: Gloucester/hybrid (plus some time in the Forest Hub in Cinderford)
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours, job share/flexible working considered
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 (plus pension)
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: Friday 9th February 2024, at 17:00.
Please note that although short-listing will be on a rolling basis, we reserve the right to close recruitment early if the right candidate is found. So, apply ASAP don t wait!
The Role
This new and exciting role will lead the development of local Music Hubs, working with young people and a team of staff and volunteers to put on exciting all year-round music programmes.
You will lead this place-based work that will:
- Develop Gloucester and Forest of Dean Music Hubs as vibrant, youth-led creative centres that change young lives in the places they live
- Integrate these Hubs into surrounding communities through outreach on the Music Bus, in schools, and community partnerships
- Have overarching project management responsibility of place-based programmes
- Create partnerships in youth, cultural, and educational sectors, emphasising music s role in developing a place and empowering young voices to influence local strategy
- Lead the place-based team
Key areas of responsibilities include:
- Vision and strategy
- Programme management and development
- Place-based partnerships
- Line management
- Funding and business development (supported by the fundraising team)
- Strategic leadership (the role is part of the strategic leadership team)
About You
We are particularly keen to hear from people from Gloucester or the Forest of Dean, as this new and exciting role will lead the development of these local Hubs within each community, working with a range of local partners. You don t need to be a musician (although it s fine if you are), but you need to be experienced working with young people, developing, managing and influencing programmes at a community level.
You will have:
- Leadership experience: demonstrated track record in senior leadership roles, specifically in areas of youth and community engagement, with proven success in team management and programme development
- Strategic vision: strong strategic thinker with the ability to develop and execute long-term plans
- Stakeholder engagement: exceptional communication, negotiation and relationship-building skills
- Budget management: proficiency in budget management
- Project management: extensive experience in project management
- Inclusivity: a strong commitment to inclusivity and experience in engaging hard-to-reach or marginalised youth and community groups
- Passion for empowerment: a genuine passion for empowering and positively impacting youth, people with disability and communities
- Understanding of local context: a good understanding of existing community activity
If you wish to apply, you will be asked to submit your current CV and a cover letter and complete an equity, diversity and an anonymous inclusion form. When writing your cover letter, please ensure that you provide specific examples to demonstrate your competencies, achievements and skills. The cover letter is a key part of the short-listing.
About the Organisation
The charity has worked at a grassroots community level for 20 years. They are young-people led and use music as an engagement and transformative tool to support young people from challenging circumstances to thrive in their lives. Working with a really broad range of young people including those who are disabled, have mental health challenges, have been (or still are) involved in knife crime and anti-social behaviour, those who have been excluded, those who are NEET and many more in short any young person who has barriers to thriving.
Some of the benefits of working with us include:
- Pension is 3% of basic salary
- Flexible working
- Lots of staff training and development opportunities
- Enhanced Maternity policy: 6 weeks full pay, 6 weeks half pay, 27 weeks statutory
- Annual leave: 22 days plus bank holidays plus all the days between Christmas and new year
- A really amazing staff team and culture
Diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our organisation, and we promote equal opportunities. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who reflect the community we serve. We encourage applications from all backgrounds.
In line with The Music Works safeguarding policy, this job is subject to enhanced DBS checks and satisfactory references.
You may also have experience in areas such as Director, Director of Youth, Director of Community, Community Engagement, Youth and Community Engagement, Director of Community Engagement, Youth Work, Youth Worker, Director of Youth Work, Community, Community Development, Youth, Disability, Music, Music Hub.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.