YORKSHIRE DANCE

JUNIOR PRODUCER – £22k pa – LEEDS, 2 years, fixed term contract; Full time – 37.5 hours per week

Yorkshire Dance is looking for a highly creative and entrepreneurial Junior Producer to join its busy creative team for a 2 year fixed-term contract to deliver the Amplified programme. This role will work closely with the Senior Producer, who has been specially appointed to deliver Amplified, to design projects and raise funds to produce and tour work as well as develop other imaginative ways in which to develop relationships between promoters and artists in Yorkshire/The North. This is a fantastic opportunity for the right person to build their skills and networks with a leading regional arts organisation and work with some of the most inspiring dance artists in the North.

To apply, please download an application pack from our website at www.yorkshiredance.com or request a pack by email from [email protected].  Sorry, we can’t accept CVs.

Closing date:      10am, Monday 17 November 2014

Interviews:         Thursday 20 November 2014 in Leeds

Yorkshire Dance is an equal opportunities employer.

 Yorkshire Dance is supported using public funding by Arts Council England and Leeds City Council.

More about Amplified – Amplified sets out to connect the creative talent within the independent dance sector in Yorkshire/The North with the need for excellent artistic, sustainable dance performance with venues and festivals. The creative team working on this programme (Senior Producer and Junior Producer) will be tasked with designing and delivering new creative projects which are of relevance to the existing infrastructure of small scale venues and festivals and imaginatively engage communities with dance. They will work closely with artists to design projects and raise funds to produce and tour creative work as well as develop imaginative ways in which promoters can build confidence in working with artists based in Yorkshire/The North.  Amplified is a step-change project for Yorkshire Dance supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation: it is designed to support independent artists with a proven track-record whilst building a much stronger profile for dance with audiences, venues and festival partners.

YORKSHIRE DANCE

FUNDRAISING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER – £28k – LEEDS (Salary could be negotiable for an exceptional candidate) 

2 years, fixed term contract; Full time – 37.5 hours per week

Part-time working hours could be considered for the right candidate

The position is ideal for someone who is ready to take the next step in their fundraising career. Yorkshire Dance has created this new position within its management team as we move towards the next stage in our growth and explore new and innovative ways of meeting our charitable aims and objectives. You will be a dynamic people person and team player, who thrives on working with a wide range of people. You will enjoy using your initiative alongside your experience of the arts, public and charitable sectors to develop creative approaches to raising awareness and income for a wide range of projects and services undertaken by Yorkshire Dance.

This is a senior role within the organisation and you will be called upon to represent Yorkshire Dance with potential business partners, funders and clients. You will have excellent communication skills and act as an ambassador at networking events. Flexibility in hours and some travel outside the region may be required.

To apply, please download an application pack from our website at www.yorkshiredance.com or request a pack by email from [email protected].  Sorry, we can’t accept CVs.

 Closing date:      17 November 2014, 10am

Interviews:         Tuesday 25 November 2014 in Leeds

Yorkshire Dance is an equal opportunities employer.

 Yorkshire Dance is supported using public funding by Arts Council England and Leeds City Council.

More about Yorkshire Dance

Yorkshire Dance champions the value of dance and its development in Yorkshire. We do so by raising standards, increasing knowledge and understanding and fostering creativity and innovation.

We create opportunities for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to see, make and take part in high quality dance that is rooted in their creativity, in their lives and in their communities, with the power to transform and inspire.

We create opportunities for emerging and established artists and practitioners to research, create and present new contemporary work on the small scale, and in communities, developing their skills, expertise and networks.

We create opportunities for people to experience dance by working with partners in local authorities and the arts, in health and in sport, building a region-wide infrastructure for dance development.

Another great opportunity in our region for training, albeit quite short notice now! Please see below.

Also just to give you some advance warning – our regional CPD project Dance Transports – to support dance artists, teachers and practitioners across Yorkshire will be launched next week. There will be four regional 2-day CPD events delivered by Candoco Dance Company, 2Faced Dance Company, Stopgap Dance Company and Dance United Yorkshire. The first of these workshops will take place in Hull at Hull College on 29^th and 30^th November and will be led by Candoco. Booking will be through the Yorkshire Dance website or via our box office. The cost of each 2 day event is £30.00. I will circulate an e-flyer as soon as possible.

Kind regards

Hannah

Hannah Robertshaw

Youth & Community Dance Director

Yorkshire Dance

3 St Peter’s Buildings

St Peter’s Square

Leeds

LS9 8AH

T: (0) +44 113 243 9867

W: yorkshiredance.com

NORTHERN SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE NETWORK COORDINATOR (FREELANCE)

NORTHERN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLES (CYP) DANCE NETWORK Salary: £26,400 inclusive of VAT (18 month contract) (Year 1 – 2 days per week over 48 weeks / Year 2 – 1.5 days per week over 24 weeks)

The Northern School of Contemporary Dance, based in Leeds, is one of the UK’s leading centres for professional contemporary dance training and is seeking to fill the post of Network Coordinator (Freelance), for the Northern Children and Young Peoples (CYP) Dance Network. The Network Co-ordinator post is funded by Arts Council England and will follow through on key recommendations that were highlighted in the published report ‘A New Canvas for Dance’. The Post Holder will deliver the first 18 months of strategic development activity to develop a network for the Northern Area CYP dance ecology. Key purpose of Network Coordinator Role will be:

1. INFRASTRUCTURE: Set up the network’s infrastructure, including consolidating SAG working methods, governance role, reporting structures and evaluation plans.

2. COMMUNICATIONS: Develop a communication and marketing strategy, promote the network brand (including the value of a networked approach).

3. MEMBERSHIP: Build the network’s membership. Set up an administrative hub and membership database.

4. NETWORK MEETINGS: Hold regional (sub-regional and individual) meetings/events with membership and other CYP stakeholders, to explore, identify and define key priorities to strengthen the CYP sector (building on a New Canvas for Dance recommendations).

5. NEWS: Devising and managing effective CYP dance/Network ‘news’ and opportunity mechanisms. Integrating with consortium members’ current modes, and tools such as social media, twitter.

6. EVALUATE & FUNDRAISE: Completing evaluation of the Network’s development phase and research options for and apply for future funding to ensure sustainability of the Network. Flexible working hours, including some evenings and weekends may be required to complete the main duties and responsibilities of this role.

Candidates must be willing to travel across the North region with bases available in Durham, Leeds and Manchester. Closing date for applications: 5pm on Thursday 13th November 2014. Interviews to be held on Tuesday 25th November 2014 A job description, person specification and application form can be downloaded from www.nscd.ac.uk/jobs Completed applications may be returned electronically to [email protected] or in hard copy to Tracy Witney, Head of Learning and Participation, NSCD, 98 Chapeltown Road, Chapeltown, Leeds, LS7 4BH.

Applicants are welcome to submit a CV alongside the completed application form, but unaccompanied CVs will not be considered. The Northern School of Contemporary Dance is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community.

Yorkshire Dance provides activities for young people aged 11-19 years from the areas of Leeds LS9, LS14 and LS15.  Our Yorkshire Dance Youth company provision has recently receive funding to develop and continue for a further 3 years and so we are really keen to connect with more young people and the local communities that we are working. We believe the your team and services may be key to this development.

We will be holding a launch event on Wednesday 15^th October between 5.00pm – 7.00pm in Seacroft at East Leeds FM and we would love it if you or a representative from your team were able to attend.  I have attached a flyer with more information about this launch event.  Click Flyer Yorkshire Dance Youth flyer – Aug 2014

http://www.yorkshiredance.com/commyouth/youth-dance-conference/2014-dance-visions