Executive Director at Super Culture

Super Culture are looking for an outstanding and collaborative Executive Director to join their leadership team.

The Executive Director will work closely with the Creative Director to lead the growth, development and delivery of the ambitions of the organisation. The postholder will play a key role in shaping and ensuring the successful delivery of Super Culture's ambitious and inspirational programme of festivals, events, community-led arts projects and artist development.

Super Culture are looking for a co-leader who works with generosity and care to make amazing things happen. Working with the Creative Director, the postholder will be responsible for building a sustainable and flexible business model for the organisation.

They are looking for someone who brings creative approaches to business and finance strategy and has an appetite for developing working cultures that empower distributed leadership and decision-making.

The post holder will have lead responsibility for business planning, finance, income generation, evaluation, HR and artist development. The post holder will work closely with the Creative Director on partnership development and with partners, residents and artists to enable creative capacity building in neighbourhoods across Weston-super-Mare.

This is an exciting time to join the team, with Weston-super-Mare benefitting from significant Levelling Up Fund investment and the council launching a new cultural action plan. Weston-super-Mare and North Somerset are also Arts Council Priority Places.

As a key member of the leadership team – working closely with the Creative Director – the postholder will work collaboratively with the staff team, the Board of Trustees, and stakeholders to further progress Super Culture’s growth trajectory.

Together with the Creative Director, the role will maintain and nurture a positive working culture that is ambitious and inclusive. This is a leadership position in a growing organisation that is building creative opportunities with amazing communities in Weston-super-Mare.

Terms of Employment

Role: Executive Director

Contract: Fixed term until 31 March 2027 (with extension subject to securing further Arts Council NPO funding)

Salary: £43,075

Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week (could be done over 4 or 5 days)

Holiday entitlement: 25 days per year plus bank holidays

Probationary period: 6 months

Place of work: Super Culture operates flexible and hybrid working as standard. In weeks leading to up to, and during, the organisation's festivals and events, increased in-person working will be required.

How to apply

Please read the recruitment pack here (PDF, 1.2MB).

The recruitment pack should take around 10 minutes to read. It includes information about the role and sets out the jobs main responsibilities the skills, experience and qualities required.

Access & Inclusion

Super Culture want to ensure that their recruitment process is accessible for you. Please contact the team if you have questions about Super Culture, its accessibility provision, or the recruitment process. If you require this call out in a different format, please contact the team at hello@superculture.org.uk.

As part of its commitment to being a Disability Confident Employer, Super Culture guarantees an interview to anyone who identifies as disabled (as defined by the Equalities Act 2010) that meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification.

Making an application

Please complete an online application form here:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TTTTQQH

You will be asked some basic details, to respond to the 3 questions below and to upload a CV.

1. Why do you want to work with Super Culture and in this specific role?

2. How would you describe your approach to leadership and personal motivations?

3. How do you meet meet the essential skills, experience and qualities set out in the person specification?

You can answer to questions in writing or by linking to a video or audio clip. Written answers should be no longer than 250 words for question 1 and 2 and 750 words for question 3. Video or audio clips should be no longer than minutes in length and uploaded to an online platform that does not expire (not WeTransfer).

Further information about the role

If you would like any advice or support on completing the application form, or would like an informal conversation about the role with the current postholder, Tom Newman, please contact tom@superculture.org.uk or call/message 07791010546.

Closing date

Midnight, Monday 26 August 2024

Interview Process

There will be a two-stage interview process. Interview questions and information about the panel will be shared 48 hours in advance. If invited to the second interview, candidates will also be required to prepare a presentation – the topic will be shared at least 1 week in advance. There will also be a chance to meet the team.

Interview dates

The initial interview will take place online on Tuesday 10 September 2024, followed by a second in person interview on the 18/19 September 2024.

Start date

Super Culture are looking for someone to start the job as soon as possible, but understand that the successful candidate may have a notice period to serve.

Contact

If you have any other questions, please contact hello@superculture.org.uk.