Administrative Assistant

Award-winning, Yorkshire-based GARY CLARKE COMPANY seeks a dynamic, experienced, and effective Administrative Director to be a key member of its growing team. This full-time, senior position is responsible for the organisation’s finance, HR, administration, governance and funder reporting, and day-to-day operations. The role is ideally suited to an experienced individual who is keen to work collaboratively as part of a small, highly professional, values-led team, as well as independently when required.

GARY CLARKE COMPANY, renowned for high impact, high quality, and high legacy dance theatre, tours extensively to middle scale venues across the UK. We nurture new partners and touring networks at home and abroad, most recently with our critically acclaimed productions COAL and WASTELAND.

As a new Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation, we are moving from an efficient project-by-project organisation that regularly exceeds its targets, to a year-round operation delivering a high-quality programme. The Administrative Director will be key to achieving this.

GARY CLARKE COMPANY is dedicated to putting marginalised and working-class communities at the heart of all our work and to producing the highest quality dance theatre. We actively encourage applications from those with less visibility in the arts and particularly welcome applications from global majority candidates and people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The role encompasses a range of managerial responsibilities in these areas:

·      Finance

·      HR management

·      Company administration

·      Governance

·      Funder reporting  

PERSON SPECIFICATION

ESSENTIAL DEMONSTRABLE EXPERIENCE OF:

• Financial management of an arts charity or third sector organisation including, production of management accounts, setting annual budgets, providing relevant data for annual Statement of Accounts.
• Management of staff in line with a defined HR system, implementing and developing good practice.
• Governance and statutory compliance of an arts charity or third sector organisation.
• Working with Boards of Trustees or equivalent Management Committees.
• Exemplary administrative skills.
• Computer literacy in relevant administrative applications and software such as Microsoft 365 or Office, Dropbox and similar.

DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE OF:

• Experience of National Portfolio Organisation administration or National Lottery Project Grant management.
• Working within a small and efficient team.
• Working knowledge of middle-scale touring and venues.
• Partnership working and relationship building with a range of stakeholders.
• Direct working with marginalised communities in the creation of artistic work and participatory practice.
• Managing teams of freelance artists, dancers, and creatives.
• Fundraising & report writing in an arts context.
• Distributing digital content.
• Using cloud-based accounting software such as Xero or Quickbooks.
• Mentoring artists, producers, and other creatives.