DaDa Recruiting CEO BSL

DaDa is looking for someone who will bring leadership skills, a new vision, energy and direction to our leading and influential company. They should have a combination of business acumen, artistic experience and imagination, commercial insight, and an entrepreneurial approach to new opportunities.
DaDa would like to be transparent and let interested parties know that we have a preferred candidate who has shown an interest in this role.
DaDa runs DaDaFest, a bi-annual festival which has an international reach and impact, and the CEO/Artistic Director will have the rare opportunity to influence and develop future artists and practitioners, both disabled and non-disabled, create and commission exceptional work, and create a new artistic identity for the company by supporting our core team.
2025 marks the 40th year in which DaDa has pioneered the active involvement of disabled people in DaDaFest, the arts, and creative industries as audience members, artists, employees, and participants. DaDa remains the largest organisation of its kind in the Northwest, delivering Disability Arts events in the North of England with international reach.
Considering the ethos of the company, the successful applicant must have direct or personal experience of Disability and ideally have experience of working within, or for, a Disabled-led organisation.
We encourage applications from anyone who can demonstrate relevant CEO skills, including strong leadership, business planning, financial, fundraising, partnership working, governance, and artistic experience, with a knowledge and understanding of Disability arts - this might be theatre directors, creative producers, live artists, designers, visual artists/sculptors, and performers. Applicants need to demonstrate excellence in their discipline, and the ability to lead and influence an organisation, or groups of practitioners, in both formal and informal settings.
We are also aware of the need for the arts to be more inclusive in terms of diversity. We are looking for a leader who will champion inclusivity and ensure representation across ethnicity, class, ability, gender, sexual orientation, and more, to strengthen our work, approaches and initiatives.
Please visit our website on www.dadafest.co.uk to download the full application pack in Word or PDF and, if you require support in accessing these documents, please contact our team via [e-mail].
Closing date for applications is 5.00pm on Friday 18th October 2024