Responsibilities include researching, developing and leading on programmes that develop new, maintain existing and grow public participation in Dance4’s work, including festivals, regular programmes and one off events and activities. Researching, developing and leading on programme that support the development of artists and the art form. Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with commissioning partners, fundraising and ensuring appropriate monitoring and evaluation.

Researching, developing and leading on programmes that develop new, maintain existing and grow public participation in Dance4’s work, including festivals, regular programmes and one off events and activities.

A role specifically created for this key time for the organisation as Dance4 planned to open a new international Centre for Choreography in the summer of 2016. I worked closely with the Senior Management team to create and support a programme of activity, which would serve our community with Dance4’s ethos at its heart. Responsibilities included supporting fundraising, in particular through trusts and foundations, partnership development and maintaining relationships between key stakeholders including the Nottingham business community, building contractors, Nottingham City Council, artists and the local community.

Overseeing the delivery of the Children & Young Peoples programme including Danc4’s Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) programme, and the regions U.Dance profile. External partnership working and development work for example project managing the In Notts We Love Dance, a joint tourism campaign with Nottingham City Council and Experience Nottinghamshire including hosting the National U.Dance festival in 2014.

Contributing and project managing a high quality programme for Dance4, enabling the organisation to deliver plans for artistic, learning and public engagement.

The purpose of the CAT Programme Manager role is to develop the Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) programme, funded by the Department for Education (DfE). The scheme is for young people with exceptional potential in dance, working in partnership with the Curriculum Development Group and external partners. Within this post I contributed to the recruitment and selection of students, agreed individual learning plans, managed and evaluated the programme, and worked with the Dance4 team to ensure appropriate marketing, communications and financial management. I also oversaw a research project commissioned by Dance4 and undertaken by Trinity Laban. I co-presented this research at the International Association for the Scientific Studies of Intellectual Disabilities (IASSID) conference in Nova Scotia, Canada.

This was a 2-day a week job-share with the Dance Development Co-ordinator assisting the Dance Development Manager in rolling out the regions Youth Dance Strategy 2009 – 2012 through the co-ordination of County Partner Organisation events and projects. Such as, the County Youth Dance Platform, Interface. For the past two years organised all parts of this event including managing the budget, liaising and working with the marketing team, supporting performing groups, liaising with the venue and technicians and event managing the day involving over 20 groups and 300 young people.I also helped co-ordinate the two full-time DédaDance Artists, arranging school and community projects and performances as well as the DédaAcademy classes that happened on a weekly basis. Including supporting performance groups at events, chaperoning and co-ordinating the audition process of the Gifted & Talent group, Bounceback.

I worked 3 days a week in a small team with the Director and Administrator to plan the programme of training events. I planned, organised, marketed and managed all the opportunities for continual professional development, including the annual conference and AGM held at Elmhurst School for Dance, Birmingham and the Royal Opera House, London. This included allocating, liaising and contracting trainers and artists and monitoring the financial performance of all events and projects, focusing on income targets and monitoring expenditure. I updated the website, wrote, produced and sent a termly e-newsletter that is distributed to over 900 contacts as well as taking the lead on our social media communications such as facebook and Twitter.I managed partnerships with external agencies and attended strategic meetings as well as worked closely with the Executive Committee members, attended all meetings, minuting and updating on current activity.