Head of Community (part time or full time)

he Head of Community role at The Theatre Chipping Norton leads on engagement with our community, identification of need and helps to create programmes to meet it. It therefore has the unique opportunity to make connections and to create support that will have lasting and life changing impacts.

Our Community work delivers meaningful, socially impactful outcomes for our town and the wider region, with targeted programmes of work for those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Social, Emotional, and Mental Health needs, and those experiencing economic deprivation. We work with a huge range of partners to meet people where they want to be met, responding to need, tackling isolation and inequality at its root.

The Head of Community role sits within our Take Part Department. The Head of Community is line managed by the Take Part Director and works alongside the Take Part Officer and Mental Health Project Co-ordinator. Whilst the Take Part Officer is also line-managed by the Take Part Director, the Head of Community may instruct the Take Part Officer in their involvement in certain projects, as well as managing project managers in support of our work with older people.

The role is suitable for candidates with strong professional experience in community arts and social impact work. We are looking for someone who is passionate about the arts, and their capacity to effect positive change in people’s lives.

The position can be part time or full time, depending on your preference, but would require between 21 and 35 hours of work a week. Some flexibility is required to attend Take Part events which may sometimes be during evenings and weekends.

To find out more about the role and the person specification please visit our website using the link below, here you will find the related Job pack with full details of the role;

www.chippingnortontheatre.com/jobs