Music for Everyone
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Music for Everyone
Director
Nottingham
£35,000-£40,000
Closing date: Wednesday 9th February 2022 at 12 noon
Music for Everyone (founded 1983) provides people of all ages and abilities with opportunities to make music, combining the achievement of high standards with fun and enjoyment. We run instrumental, choral and singing workshops, short courses, regular groups, public concerts and performance opportunities for over 2000 participants, both adult and youth, each season.
With our founder Angela Kay MBE stepping down at the end of the season, the Trustees are looking for an inspirational leader with a passion for music to provide artistic and strategic vision for the future.
The role involves heading-up the organisation and leading its professional staff team. The job description is very wide-ranging and we do not expect candidates to have prior experience in every area of the work involved. Training and support can be provided.
For further details, see below or download the detailed job pack via the link above.
Director of Music for Everyone – role
The role of Director of MfE is an exciting opportunity for an entrepreneurial and creative leader to take us into a new future. Reporting to the Board of Trustees, the Director will be the public face of MfE, responsible for its artistic and strategic planning, profile and management, with overall responsibility for the financial and operational effectiveness of the organisation.
We are looking for a candidate who will act as an ambassador for the charity and shares our enthusiasm for working in the artistic, not-for-profit sector and for enabling music-making to enhance lives by combining the achievement of high standards with fun and enjoyment.
For a full Job Description, please see the Job Pack PDF, available to download above.
Person Specification
Music for Everyone’s Trustees are looking for a candidate who has artistic vision and a passion for music, and is also able to manage a successful charitable organisation.
The job description is very wide-ranging and we do not expect candidates to have prior experience in every area of the work involved. Training and support can be provided.
Anyone interested in the role but unsure if their skills set is a sufficient match, should please contact us to have a conversation about it. We will welcome this sort of enquiry. Please phone or email our General Manager, Su, who will arrange a call with a trustee. (Email su@music-for-everyone.org or call Su’s mobile 07853 415379).
For a full person spec, please see the Job Pack, available to download above.
How to Apply
Please send your CV with a covering letter saying why you are applying for the role and how you meet the person specification. Please include the names and contact details of two referees.
Send to: Su Evans, General Manager, Music for Everyone, 10 Goose Gate, Hockley, Nottingham NG1 1FF or email su@music-for-everyone.org and reference ‘MfE Director’.
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 9th February 2022 at 12 noon.
Interviews will be held over Thursday 24th and Friday 25th February and candidates will need to attend on both days. There will be opportunities to meet staff and trustees and also visit some MfE groups in rehearsal on the
Thursday. Formal interviews will take place on the Friday.