People Dancing

Key Responsibilities

• Providing strategic leadership of IRIE Dance Theatre, working closely with the Board of Trustees and the Founding Artistic Director, ensuring organisational clarity and long-term resilience
• Develop a sustainable business model that ensures operational excellence across HR, governance, compliance and organisational culture
• Develop, strengthen and progress new ways of working that are sustainable and meet the needs of stakeholders, audiences and participants
• Identify new business and income opportunities for IRIE Dance Theatre. Manage financial management, budgeting, fundraising and income diversification
• Track record in relationship building and working in partnership with a range of funders, agencies and organisations, raising the profile of the organisation globally
• Developing a new Business Plan for the period 2026 – 2028 and taking lead responsibility for the NPO submission that will ensure a sustainable financial future for the Company
• Collaborate with the Founding Artistic Director to support artistic vision, programme delivery, champion equity, representation, and the development of African and Caribbean dance practices
• Strategic development and management of a network of international and national partners and stakeholders
• Working closely with all heads of departments to ensure that marketing communications, access, education, technical administration and all departments contribute to maximising both impact and artistic outcomes
• Monitoring and understanding sector developments and policy and political change which can impact the organisations activities and governance
• Support the Chair with an ongoing programme of board development, including attending and servicing all board, and sub-committee meetings.