DanceSyndrome has three exciting job opportunities to join our team in Lancashire.
This is an exciting time to be joining DanceSyndrome where inclusivity, equality and equity create a vibrant energised connected ‘family’. We aim to maximise our impact on a big scale. We have bold ambitions to deliver an outstanding, collaborative, and high-quality programme of co-produced and co-delivered inclusive dance across the North-West, to develop a pathway of opportunities for people with learning disabilities from early years to adulthood and to develop a best practice social replication model.
At DanceSyndrome, we change mindsets about leaders with learning disabilities through a bold model of co-produced dance. Our direct impact creates hope for the future by growing confidence, building experience and providing creative opportunities in a pioneering way.
The charity was founded by Jen Blackwell, who has Down’s syndrome, because she found it difficult to find opportunities in community dance that were accessible to people with learning disabilities.
DanceSyndrome’s ethos is that disability should never be a barrier to following your dreams. All DanceSyndrome sessions are disability led, with people with learning disabilities taking visible Dance Leader roles to inspire people to see what can be achieved when we all become more inclusive.
Over the last four years, the charity has experienced an exponential increase in demand, both regionally and nationally, so we are looking to grow our team to help us to achieve our ambitious plans, and have three new exciting job opportunities.
Our Strategic Approach
This is a really exciting time for our charity. We are working towards our strategy: Vision 2030 with three key strands:
The Job Opportunities:
We are looking for an exceptional, experienced, self-motivated and enthusiastic individual to represent DanceSyndrome at the heart of our communities taking our inclusive person-centred offering to the next level.
The Head of Community will oversee several vibrant and active communities; build community engagement and cohesion; and collect, collate and analyse key data to demonstrate impact and to drive forward strategic planning and decision making. This is alongside developing and managing both strategic and operational long-term partnerships & collaborations across communities in the North-West and building and executing an engaging and effective Volunteer Programme to support all Community workshops.
This role supports strand one of DanceSyndrome’s ambitious strategy; Vision 2023; ‘To deliver an outstanding, collaborative, and high-quality programme of co-produced and co-delivered inclusive dance across the North-West’.
Download the full Job Description and Person Specification here.
DanceSyndrome are looking for a highly skilled Programmes & Operations Manager with a minimum of three years’ administrative experience to provide professional, inclusive and efficient administrative support across DanceSyndrome’s Community Programme and Operations.
This role is responsible for overseeing and managing the weekly Community timetable, and all associated administrative processes, co-ordinating key systems, and ensuring the smooth running of day-to-day operations, particularly in relation to session bookings, CRM management and team co-ordination.
This role is comprises of administration and programme management.
Download the full Job Description & Person Specification here.
DanceSyndrome are looking for a Data & Impact Manager with a minimum of 2 years’ work experience to lead, manage and ensure the effective day-to-day execution of DanceSyndrome’s Data & Impact work.
You will lead on data collection and gathering impact and evidence through a number of different tools from various Stakeholders and analyse and interpret the results to inform Organisational Strategy and Operations.
The role will assist to embed DanceSyndrome’s Evaluation Framework, which has an emphasis on the Five Ways to Wellbeing.
Download the full Job Description & Person Specification here.
Equal Opportunities:
The DanceSyndrome family is filled with passionate and motivated people who are committed to creating a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential.
Inclusion, diversity and equity are at the heart of our organisation. We are keen to hear from applicants of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences. You do not need specific experience of working previously with people with learning disabilities, we are looking for people who believe in what we do and want to support DanceSyndrome to grow its impact and to help create a fairer, more inclusive and equitable society for everyone.
To Express An Interest In Applying:
To apply for any of the job opportunities, please send a CV and covering letter stating why the role interests you to the Managing Director, Julie Nicholson at julie@dancesyndrome.co.uk with “Job Application” as the email subject.
If you would like an informal chat about the role, Julie can be contacted by phone on 07887 931510.
We are very happy to accommodate any requests for reasonable adjustments. Please let Julie know as part of your application.
Please apply before 12pm on Monday 11th August.
There will be a two-stage formal application process with interviews conducted online. Stage one interviews will take place on the 20th, 21st & 22nd August. Stage two interview dates TBC.
