Job SummaryWe are seeking a Director to take on the leadership of Oxford Contemporary Music with overall responsibility for the organisation, working alongside the Associate Director and supported by the Deputy Director, the rest of the team and Board of Trustees.Job DescriptionOxford Contemporary Music is one of the UK's foremost new music organisations, working across many genres and disciplines. We produce innovative live music and cross art-form events, outdoor and site-specific work, run talent development initiatives, and engage with communities…

Job Summary

Job SummaryWe are seeking a Director to take on the leadership of Oxford Contemporary Music with overall responsibility for the organisation, working alongside the Associate Director and supported by the Deputy Director, the rest of the team and Board of Trustees.Job DescriptionOxford Contemporary Music is one of the UK's foremost new music organisations, working across many genres and disciplines. We produce innovative live music and cross art-form events, outdoor and site-specific work, run talent development initiatives, and engage with communities…

Job Summary

Job Description

Oxford Contemporary Music is one of the UK’s foremost new music organisations, working across many genres and disciplines. We produce innovative live music and cross art-form events, outdoor and site-specific work, run talent development initiatives, and engage with communities and young people to create music making experiences.

OCM strives towards equality, diversity and inclusion in all areas of activity, and positively welcomes applications from disabled people and people of any ethnicity, age, belief, sexuality, and gender. We are committed to environmental sustainability as a value that underpins all our work.

We are seeking a Director to take on the leadership of OCM with overall responsibility for the organisation, working alongside the Associate Director and supported by the Deputy Director, the rest of the team and Board of Trustees. The role requires vision, knowledge of the sector, leadership and strategic development, staff management, a proven track record in fundraising, and experience across finance, commissioning, producing, and marketing. You will have a passion for new music and sound based events, a network of relevant industry contacts locally, nationally and internationally.

The role requires vision, knowledge of the sector, leadership and strategic development, staff management, a proven track record in fundraising, and experience across finance, commissioning, producing, and marketing. You will have a passion for new music and sound based events, a network of relevant industry contacts locally, nationally and internationally.

OCM is supported using public funding by the National Lottery throughhttp://www.artscouncil.org.uk/ – Arts Council Englandand supported with funding fromhttp://www.oxford.gov.uk/culture – Oxford City Council. OCM is ahttps://prsfoundation.com/ – PRS FoundationTalent Development Network Partner supported byhttps://www.ppluk.com/ – PPLand an Affiliate Organisation ofhttp://www.brookes.ac.uk/ – Oxford Brookes University.

Job Requirements

The post requires someone who enjoys managing and leading a small team and has a generous, non-hierarchical approach. The Director is responsible for all aspects of the organisation’s work. The person should have a good awareness of contemporary music and its contexts, be an excellent communicator, and have a track record in fundraising and partnership working. Experience and a track record in marketing and in organisational management (including finances) is also essential. It is desirable that the postholder can quickly build a working knowledge of cultural life within Oxford, and should ideally be resident in the city either full or part-time.

Please see the job pack on our website for a full list of essential and desirable criteria for the role.

Job Responsibilities

Although there are many tasks listed, it should be noted that not all of them are required all the time, and some are shared with other colleagues, so are not the sole responsibility of the postholder. Fuller details of what each area of responsibility involves are given in the job pack on our website.

Artistic programming and producing

Financial management

Fundraising (shared with Deputy Director and Associate Director)

Managing staff

Advocacy and profile raising

Strategic development, reporting and compliance

Contact for more info : info@ocmevents.org

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