General Manager

Gorilla Circus
Wisbech
11 months ago
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We are recruiting a new General Manager to help us with management in the following key areas:

Ready to make your application Please do read through the description at least once before clicking on Apply.Administration and organisationData collection and processingPolicies and monitoringFinance and fundraising supportGeneral support for team membersPlease contact us for a more in-depth job description.About Us:We are a circus production company, Arts Council NPO and a flying trapeze school. Established in 2009 as London’s first grand volant flying trapeze school and later expanding into an outdoor arts production company, we have been providing activities and aerial spectaculars to people young, old and in between ever since.Until recently our production work consisted of large-scale outdoor shows featuring a variety of aerial circus acts. As the company develops, we are experimenting with a variety of styles of both indoor and outdoor circus performance.Our Mission and Ambition:Gorilla Circus has a mission to innovate, improve and increase access to high quality contemporary circus and spectaculars through international collaboration, the professional training of UK based artists and cross-pollination of disciplines. The company aims to create unique high impact, innovative yet affordable work that can compete on an international level. We are one of a handful of UK based companies able to produce shows both at a significant large scale and smaller theatrical work.One of our primary ambitions as part of our NPO funding agreement is to build new community relations from our base in Fenland and widen access to the arts in the local area. The company has previously worked in priority investment areas such as Great Yarmouth, Luton and Grantham so welcomes the opportunity to engage closer to home. We aim to inspire and connect communities throughout all of our touring with works that highlight global issues, and bring in the voices of the communities that our work will serve.About You:These are the qualities and experiences we think you will need to fulfil this role. They might all apply to you, or only some. If, after reading the role description, you feel that you would be right for the job, we want to hear from you.You don’t need to have ALL the qualities, just SOME of them.You love Circus, Theatre and/or live arts and performanceYou’ll be motivated to work independently in remote environmentsYou have experience of theatre/live performance administrationYou have knowledge of Arts Council England Let’s Create strategyYou have experience of Arts Council England reportingYou have knowledge of email marketing platforms (e.g., Mailchimp), social media tools, and website back-office systemsYou have experience of online accounts packagesYou have the ability to organise and prioritise your own workload and work to deadlinesYou’ll be confident in working independently, working to a tight scheduleYou’re able to balance your own decision-making with a collaborative approach. An essential part of your work ethic will be asking questions of others in the project team, to support you in your decisionsYou’ll be someone who relishes the opportunity to be part of a small team, gaining valuable experience, maybe learning some new skills, as well as bringing your own individual qualities to the team – we want to learn from you tooWe encourage applications from people currently under-represented in the sector.Please note that this is a role that involves travel to different locations around the UK, including overnight stays.Terms:Salary:

£27,500 - £30,000 per annum, pro rata (salary dependent on experience)Hours:

32 hours per week (the equivalent of 4 days full time), usually between 10am-6pm Monday to Friday, but we are open to flexible working hours and days. You’ll probably spend some time away from your desk, for example travelling to London & tour venues in the UK and as you would expect in live performance - there will be occasional evening work.Contract:

Fixed term, 12 months, starting April 2025 with the potential to extend subject to funding.Flexible working:

We are open to flexible working patterns for this role. We are really happy to discuss whatever might be the best arrangements for you. We are strongly committed to the principles of PIPA – for more info on what that means, see PIPA Campaign and our Family Friendly Working Policy.HOW TO APPLY:Please send us the following to :A CVContact details for two champions of your work who know you in a professional capacity. We will take up references if you go through to the 2nd round of interviewsTell us in around 300 words (feel free to write more if you like!)Where you are in your life?What are your passions or motivations?What is something artistic you’ve seen or experienced that inspired or influenced you? It could be a play, a gig, an exhibition, a festival etc.It’s 4pm and we are having a sit down, what are you having with your tea?Deadline is 10am Wednesday 12th March.Seniority level Mid-Senior levelEmployment type ContractJob function Management and Manufacturing

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