The role is directly responsible for Stanley Arts’ capital, financial and development strategy & execution; while providing oversight and guidance to all operational aspects of the charity; including shaping the overall artistic programme.
The CEO will report quarterly to the Board of Trustees, engage with multiple board sub-groups and engage on a more regular basis with the Chair & Treasurer of the charity as required.
Key Responsibilities
Capital
- With the support of our Senior Fundraising Manager and Board, deliver a large scale capital development programme at Stanley Arts over the next 3 - 5 years.
- Maintaining & protecting the heritage of our historic grade 2 listed building.
- Support the Senior Fundraising Manager in developing & delivering a successful capital fundraising campaign.
- Lead the consultation and client-side design process to develop the details of future capital plans.
- Lead on the recruitment of the capital design team and any contractor tendering process.
Strategy
- Shape & ensure the delivery of a dynamic & financially-sustainable business plan which further diversifies Stanley Arts’ income streams.
- Shape the overall fundraising strategy of Stanley Arts with the support of the Senior Fundraising Manager.
- Shape the artistic strategy of Stanley Arts; and oversee the delivery and planning of the programme as led by the Senior Producer.
- (This includes driving improvements in ambition and quality and foregrounding the importance of diversity, innovation & experimentation across all artforms. Key current artistic themes for SA include dance, participatory work & work that combines heritage engagement with artistic expression. )
- Shape the evaluation and monitoring strategy with the support of the Data Administrator; ensuring it provides actionable insights to staff, trustees, key stakeholders and major funding partners - including ACE.
- Shape the overall audience and community engagement strategy for Stanley Arts, as designed and delivered by the Marketing Manager, seeking to further diversify the range of audiences, participants and artists.
- Shape the learning and engagement strategy of Stanley Arts, as designed and delivered by the Learning & Engagement Manager.
- (Key focuses for our L&E programme include children & young people, older people and heritage engagement.)
Leadership
- Lead the senior management team of Stanley Arts providing regular oversight, support and guidance.
- Provide leadership on promoting inclusive programming & recruitment practices across SA.
- Line-manage the General Manager, Senior Fundraising Manager, Senior Producer, Learning & Engagement Manager, and Data Administrator providing regular oversight, support & guidance.
- Actively seek the ideas & views of all staff, stakeholders and freelancers, integrating this input into the day-to-day management approach & future strategic planning.
Relationships
- Represent Stanley Arts in local, regional and national public forums.
- Maintain & develop our relationship with Arts Council England as a new member of the National Portfolio, ensuring our risk ratings stay low.
- Maintain and develop relationships with Croydon Council and the GLA at both officer and political levels.
- Provide sector leadership as part of local & regional partnerships to help shape culture & heritage across Croydon and wider South London. This includes playing a key role in the LBoC legacy group for the local culture sector; Culture Croydon.
- Maintain and deepen relationships with resident arts organisations, artists, regular building users and other members of the ‘Stanley Family’.
- Collaborate with local and regional cultural and community organisations to share learning on green capital investment & sustainable practice.
- Maintain & develop collaborative relationships with partner organisations and artists in the dance, queer arts, youth arts, global majority arts, disability arts, community arts and heritage engagement sectors.
- Develop a peer review network to help externally measure the ambition & quality of SA’s artistic programme.
- Maintain & develop relationships with major funders & stakeholders including National Lottery Heritage Fund, Historic England and Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
Finance
- Manage the overall organisational budget and track income and expenditure against agreed targets.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting for trustees and auditors.
- Oversee the financial processes of SA ensuring appropriate robust methodologies.
Targets & Reporting
- Prepare a quarterly CEO report, finance papers and the Activity Report for the board of trustees.
- Report in person to the board of trustees at board and sub-group meetings.
- Set out long term & interim targets on the Quality & Ambition of the programme.
- Provide an annual report of progress on Quality & Ambition targets to the full board of trustees & ACE.
Person Specification
Stanley Arts is a diverse organisation that welcomes and encourage applications from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, socio-economic background or disability.
Stanley Arts’ creative programme is centred on providing a platform for artists of colour, queer and trans artists, and other excluded creative communities. Successful candidates will be proud to be part of this creative identity. All appointments will be made on merit, following a fair and transparent process, in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Essential Attributes
- Experience of senior leadership within an arts or heritage organisation
- Experience of financial management and processes
- Experience of capital development programmes
- Experience of programming / curation in an arts or heritage organisation
- Experience of working with major statutory funders
- Experience of reporting to boards, funders or stakeholders
- Knowledge of ACE Investment Principles and Lets Create strategy
- An entrepreneurial and imaginative approach to organisational leadership
- A collaborative, flexible and open management style
- Able to work weekends, evenings and bank holidays when needed
- A personal commitment to radical inclusion in arts & heritage
Desirable Attributes
- Experience of management within an ACE NPO organisation
- Experience of data & reporting for an ACE NPO organisation
- Experience of community engagement & the civic role of cultural organisations
- Experience of working with local councils and regional government
- Experience of public advocacy in local/regional/national forums
- Experience of management in a heritage building
- Knowledge of the South London cultural scene
Salary: £55 - 60k (depending on experience)
Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week (incl. lunch breaks)
Holiday: 30 days during each holiday year. This includes the usual 8 public holidays in England and Wales. On 1 April after the first year of employment, you will be entitled to earn an extra day per year, up to a maximum of 5 days’ per year
Probation: 3 months’ probation during which four weeks’ notice required
Notice: Following successful completion of probation, three months
Benefits: Free wellness classes, discounted tickets, flexible working where appropriate, paid time for volunteering/trusteeships (3 days PA)