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The team at Funny Things 2017 from left to right - Sajida Carr (Director of Operations and Development), Janice Connolly (aka Barbara Nice - Funny Things 2017 Guest Director), Jenny Smith (Funny Things Creative Producer), Rosalind Argo (Project Administrator), Jeremy Brown (CBC Arts Advisor until 2018), Parminder Dosanjh (Creative Director), and Kerry O’Coy (Marketing & Content Manager).

The team at Funny Things 2017 from left to right - Sajida Carr (Director of Operations and Development), Janice Connolly (aka Barbara Nice - Funny Things 2017 Guest Director), Jenny Smith (Funny Things Creative Producer), Rosalind Argo (Project Administrator), Jeremy Brown (CBC Arts Advisor until 2018), Parminder Dosanjh (Creative Director), and Kerry O’Coy (Marketing & Content Manager).

 
 

POSITIONS AVAILABLE:

Invitation to Tender: Creative Director (Freelance Maternity Cover)

Creative Black Country, (CBC) on behalf of Black Country Together, are looking to appoint an experienced interim Creative Director to jointly lead CBC with the Director of Operations and Development.

Creative Black Country (CBC) is led by a Core Consortium of Sandwell Council of Voluntary Organisations, Wolverhampton Voluntary Sector Council and Walsall Voluntary Action (working as Black Country Together CIC), Multistory and Black Country Touring (Arts Council England National Portfolio organisations). This consortium brings together the community and voluntary sector and the expertise of professional arts producers with a long-standing commitment to the Black Country’s creative and cultural ecology and a depth and breadth of knowledge of leading contemporary arts practice.

Key principles of the role:

Alongside the Director of Operations and Development, the Creative Director provides visible leadership to ensure that Creative Black Country develops its role as a catalyst, enabler, and facilitator of community-led arts and cultural activity, broadening participation and engagement.

To meet the challenges of this period of maternity cover, Creative Black Country is seeking an experienced interim Creative Director whose approach embodies the values and ethos of its work with communities. This will enable the programme to build on its success in forging strong partner relationships over the last five years:-

  • Inclusive - committed to addressing barriers to engagement and participation for local residents

  • Mature – understanding that productive relationships take time and patience to nurture

  • A team-player – supporting, and working effectively with, Creative Black Country colleagues and artistic partners

  • Optimistic and empowering – taking an asset-based approach and being prepared to let communities take the lead and take ownership

  • Strategic – working effectively with local partners, seeking consensus where possible, and setting realistic expectations with all stakeholders.

Fixed Fee:  £18,500 (Inclusive of VAT)

DOWNLOAD THE FULL BRIEF HERE and the EQUALITY MONITORING FORM HERE.

For an informal conversation, contact Parminder Dosanjh (Creative Director) 07805 308 158 or Sajida Carr (Director of Operations and Development) 07793 244 031.

Timeline:

Closing date: 25th July 2019, 5pm

Notification of Interview: 29 July 2019

Stage 1 Interviews: 1st August 2019

Stage 2 Interviews: 7th August 2019