General Manager at Chisenhale Dance Space

Could you be the glue that holds CDS together and manages the building, events and people within it?

Chisenhale Dance Space is seeking a General Manager to run the day to day operations of CDS. As a member of the management team, they will work closely with the Executive Director on business planning and operational work plans to ensure CDS makes best use of the resources available to us, and that our studio spaces are busy and the people using them are happy. They will be responsible for maximising every opportunity they can to keep our building active, seeking out and responding to new opportunities and overseeing the planning and delivery of events and activity for the CDS artist community and audiences in collaboration with our projects producer.

This is a great opportunity for an arts, events, office or stage manager looking for a new challenge, an experienced freelancer looking to work in a venue for the first time or someone with lots of the right skills that wants to take a step up. We’re looking for someone who wants to contribute to making active change, is eager to work as part of a dynamic team and who is excited to put their stamp on the role and the organisation by bringing bold new ideas.

Job Title: General Manager
Contract Type: Permanent full-time
Start Date: To be negotiated, ideally Jan 2023
Salary: £28,000 FT
Pension: 3% employers’ contribution
Annual leave: 20 days + statutory bank holidays, which equates to 28 days for a full-time employee, or 5.6 weeks.
Normal Hours of work: 40 hours per week to be worked on Monday to Friday 10am to 6pm.
Location: To work full-time from our offices at Chisenhale Dance Space (64-84 Chisenhale Rd, Bow, London E3 5QZ)

Deadline: Midnight, Friday 18th November, 2022