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Recruitment: Part-Time Company Manager

16 hours/week / £24,000 per annum pro rata

We are seeking to recruit a Part-Time Company Manager for an initial contract period of 13 months (with possible extension), starting w.b. 3rd September 2018.

Working closely with the Artistic Director (AD), and the rest of the team (including freelance marketing and fundraising posts), the Company Manager role is pivotal within the company structure. It is a mixed and varied role, with both a high level of autonomy and responsibility, and a requirement to work flexibly as part of the team.

You will be joining FRONTLINEdance in its last year of organisational development funding from Arts Council England and Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, meaning that you will play an instrumental role in the future of FRONTLINEdance.

FRONTLINEdance has a small yet dedicated team of employees and freelance staff. It’s led by a voluntary board of directors and supported by additional volunteers.  Based in Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire, FRONTLINEdance break down barriers to engagement in dance through participation and performance, believing it plays a positive role in integration and community cohesion. You will be instrumental in fulfilling our vision and mission (https://frontlinedance.co.uk/about-us/).

For further information about FRONTLINEdance please visit www.frontlinedance.co.uk

Please download the Job Pack here:

FRONTLINEdance job-application-form JULY 2018 FINAL (1)

Company Manager Job Description July 2018 FINAL (2)

RECRUITMENT applicants monitoring JULY 2018

This is both an exciting and challenging time for FRONTLINEdance and we hope to find someone who will relish the opportunity to be a part of this busy yet small company.

The deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday 27^th July.  

Interviews will be held at our office in Stoke-on-Trent w.b 13^th August.

FRONTLINEdance is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from disabled people. Any disabled applicant who meets the criteria of the person specification will be invited to interview.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.

Rachael Lines, Artistic Director rachael@frontlinedance.co.uk

Please Download the Registration Form Here:
2018 Summer Residency Registration Form

DATE: Thursday 29th March 2017

TIME:  6pm

VENUE: Dance Studio, Stoke-on-Trent College, Performing Arts Dept, Moorland Road, Burslem. Stoke-on-Trent. ST6 1JJ

The evening will commence with a report of the year’s activity from our Chair, Zoe Papiernik-Bloor, followed by a performance from our Breakthrou’dance community dance participants.

Artistic Director Rachael Lines, will then present our Artistic and Annual Report, sharing photos and film footage of the wonderful projects that we have created and delivered during December 2016 to November 2017.

Other AGM general business will follow, ending with formal Thank You’s to all of our funders, supporters, board members and staff.

The board are actively seeking new board members who can help the company to achieve its ambitious plans over the next couple of years. We are looking for a treasurer, and are keen to speak to interested parties who may be able to help with Friends of FRONTLINEdance. As a disability focused company it is important to FRONTLINEdance that disabled people are represented within the board, its staff and its volunteers.

We would very much appreciate it if you could RSVP by Monday 26^th March to help us cater for numbers.

 

RSVP:

• Email: hello@frontlinedance.co.uk
• Call: 01782 208208 ext 3644

 

It’s been another great year for FRONTLINEdance. We very much hope you can join us to celebrate our achievements.

 

Deadline: Friday 23^rd March 2018

 About FRONTLINEdance:

Under the Artistic Direction of Rachael Lines, UK based FRONTLINEdance is a ‘not-for-profit’ company Ltd by guarantee (no shareholders). We are a disability-focused, integrated (disabled and non-disabled) dance company, with a strand for older people and another for dance and health. We have a small but dedicated staff team and voluntary board of directors.

Where the Company is based:
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Expectation for the role
We have an immediate vacancy for a Treasurer, who will lead financial oversight on behalf of the Board. In the last six months, we have been improving our systems and processes, but there is more to be done. Working closely with and supporting the Company Development Manager and other staff, you will build on the progress we have made so far.

You will also contribute more broadly to the strategic direction of the organisation as an active Board member. As with many small not-for-profit companies, financial sustainability is an ongoing challenge. You will help the Board and management to identify ways to consolidate the financial situation and deliver on our long-term ambition to diversify our income base, increasing the proportion of earned revenue while also delivering greater social and environmental impact.

As a guide, the typical Treasurer’s role commitment is 8-hours per month, and as a ‘not for profit’ company the role is voluntary (unpaid). The Board typically holds six evening meetings per year. The key responsibility is to actively engage in these meetings, setting out direction and reviewing big decisions for the company. Between meetings, each Board member provides ad-hoc advice and support in their area of expertise, and each is involved in supporting a particular FRONTLINEdance priority.
From you, we’ll look for skills and experience in accounting and financial management, as well as a commitment to FRONTLINEdance’s vision and aims, a willingness to devote the necessary time and effort to fulfilling the role, and the ability to be an effective member of a team.

FRONTLINEdance’s vision and aims:

VISION:

FRONTLINEdance wants a future where disabled children and young people have the same access and progression routes into dance that exist for their non-disabled peers; for older people to feel healthy, connected, and socially engaged within their communities; and for disabled dance artists to be viewed in the same professional light as mainstream contemporaries.

FRONTLINEdance believes that integrated dance plays a positive and active role in creating vibrant, healthy, cohesive communities. With participants continually gaining self-confidence, tolerance, knowledge, understanding and enthusiasm, these clear and strong long-term benefits will assist and develop in all areas of individual lives and communities.

 MISSION:

FRONTLINEdance’s mission is to develop and broaden its programme of dance participation and performance opportunities, to stretch the possibilities, and potential for, disabled and non-disabled people to integrate together within a community and professional context.

Running parallel to this is its desire to extend its work in increasing the physical health and well-being benefits dance can offer in health and with older people. This includes showcasing high quality, professional contemporary dance, and integrated dance performance in health care, residential and community settings.

Name and contact details for enquiries about the role:

Zoe Papiernik-Bloor (Chair) – hello@frontlinedance.co.uk

If you would like to speak to the Artistic Director, then please contact Rachael on 07919 026962 or email rachael@frontlinedance.co.uk

David Jowett and Matt Byatt, both FRONTLINEdance Breakthrou’aDvANCEr’s reveal their first attempts at making Dance for Film.

Searching, By David Jowett

Into the Unkown, by Matt Byatt

You can now watch an interview of Dave, Dan, Grace and Emily introduce their first attempts at making ‘Dance For Film’, AND watch the first two films of four made:

Friends to be Friends, By Grace Routledge

First Thing is Lost, By Daniel Allcock

 

 

 

 

Today, our Artistic Director Rachael, will deliver our first participatory workshop for Live Age. We have 11 people from all over the city, and aged over 60, visiting the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, to take part in our new ‘Moving Stories’ Project. After getting to know each other and experiencing a tour of the museum, the group will explore, discuss and find their own connections to the history and art. With a short cream tea interval, the day will include moving, talking, expressing, writing, drawing and sharing. We can’t wait!

The ‘Meet Me at Live Age’ programme has been made possible via the New Vic Theatre’s Arts Council England Celebrating Age Fund, in partnership with Keele University and Age UK.

 

More information coming soon on our community page. New members welcome