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SUNDERLAND CULTURE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
APPLICATION PACK
1
A MESSAGE FROM OUR
PARTNERS
WELCOME FROM Sunderland City Council Sunderland Music, Arts and Culture (MAC) Trust University of Sunderland
OUR CHAIR Sunderland City Council are proud to be a partner The Music, Arts and Culture Trust was formed with The University of Sunderland is an ambitious and
in Sunderland Culture. We have a rich history of the ambition to be: life-changing institution with 20,000 students
Culture and Heritage and together with many small based in campuses on the North East coast, in
1. A catalyst for more cultural activity, changing
groups we are committed to developing that history London, Hong Kong and at its global partnerships
Dear Colleague the lives of people of all ages and from all parts
for residents today. We have shipbuilding, mining, with learning institutions in 15 countries. We offer a
of society by engaging in cultural activities as
Thank you for taking the time to look at glass making, railways, beautiful architecture, professions-facing curriculum and careers-focused
participants, learners and audience members;
the details for the role of Chief Executive at Washington Old Hall, Sunderland Minster, St Peters teaching across five faculties – which includes our
Sunderland Culture. Church, The Elephant Tea Rooms, Sunderland 2. A developer of cultural infrastructure as a focal medical school as well as extensive arts and creative
Museum and Winter Gardens, Arts Centre point for the city’s regeneration and as places of industries provision.
We may be biased – but we think it’s one of Washington and many more. The city has many entertainment, excitement and learning;
the most exciting jobs on offer in the world of We have a national and international reputation
committed volunteers who give their time freely
arts and culture right now. Our partnership is 3. A strategic leader, partnering with other key for innovation in widening participation, world-
and we are extremely grateful for that.
a uniquely successful collaboration between players to deliver an exciting cultural future for the leading research and public and private sector
Sunderland City Council, University of We very much support a thriving Culture offer within city, inspiring its citizens, attracting people to live collaborations.
Sunderland and the MAC Trust, and in the five the city and having Sunderland Culture enables us here or visit here and raising its profile as a place
Our work in culture-led regeneration has been
years we’ve been operating, the organisation to work with and maximise those wider links across with great cultural assets, activity and aspirations.
recognised through our investment in National
has delivered real benefits for the people of the region and country to promote Sunderland as a
Sunderland Culture is delivering on all three: Glass Centre, Northern Gallery for Contemporary
Sunderland. place of Events, Culture and Heritage.
Art and Northern Centre for Photography. As well
We are an Arts Council England National Within the city we have many groups who are 1. With activities such as the Tall Ships cultural as being a founding partner of Sunderland Culture,
Portfolio Organisation, and both the Board and constantly working within their communities to programme and exhibitions of the work of great the University is the lead organisation for The
the staff team are united in our ambition to build record memories to keep for the future, whether artists such as Antony Gormley and Leonardo da Cultural Spring – an Arts Council England Creative
on our successes. As we start to prepare our next it be through sculpture, ceramics, painting, film, Vinci at one level and community participation People and Places project now in its seventh year of
five year strategy it’s an exciting time to join us, music or dance. These groups build confidence projects at the other and so much in between, working with artists and performers in community
with The Fire Station coming on line and a whole within our community and encourage them to learn there has been a huge uplift in cultural activity settings. Students also benefit from our academic
range of arts and cultural projects across the city. new skills and be successful. In many instances a and participation over recent years; partnerships with organisations including Dance
We want to develop our capacity and capability qualification is part of the experience but if not, it 2. The transformation of an abandoned fire City, Live Theatre and the Northern Academy of
to deliver outstanding creative and cultural paves the way for accredited qualifications. This is station into a thriving cultural hub and now Music Education. Our Chancellor is the musician
experiences for everyone, and if you are keen to also about combatting social isolation and mental the imminent opening of the magnificent new Emeli Sandé.
work with a great team and help us achieve even health and groups in the city, both constituted or auditorium adjoining it and neighbouring the We were ranked in the top twenty British universities
more, this could be the job for you. informal, frequently meet to knit, sew, cook, discuss majestic Sunderland Empire is giving the city the in the ‘University of the Year’ category of the
their feelings, and support each other. We also have venues it needs to meet its creative and cultural
I hope that the pack will encourage you to Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2019, the only
groups such as asylum seekers and residents with ambitions;
submit an application. Read on for more details national awards voted for by students. And our
language barriers who can get support within their
of who we are and what we do, and if you have 3. Sunderland Culture has been a tremendous commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
community and share their skills with others.
questions or would like to know more please get success since it was established and now is the was reinforced when we were named University of
in touch. Councillor Linda Williams, Sunderland City Council’s time to push on with a clear vision for the future, the Year for Social Inclusion (The Times and Sunday
Cabinet Member for Vibrant City, Sunderland full support from its board and partners and Times Good University Guide 2021).
Jane Earl Culture Board member leadership that is ambitious, creative and focused Graeme Thompson, Pro Vice-Chancellor External
Board Chair on delivering great culture for this great city. Relations, University of Sunderland , Sunderland
jane.earl@sunderlandculture.org.uk
Paul Callaghan, CBE, DL, FRSA, Chair of Sunderland Culture Board member
Music, Arts and Culture (MAC) Trust, Sunderland
Culture Board member
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SUNDERLAND’S CULTURAL soul of the city. The redevelopment of The Fire
Station and the restoration of the historic Dun
REGENERATION Cow and The Peacock pubs by Sunderland MAC
Trust, alongside the historic Empire Theatre, the
The first phase of The Fire Station Sunderland is a city which stands on the threshold redevelopment of the historic Town Park next to the
Artist’s impression of the
opened in 2017 of change, with regeneration happening at an Grade II listed Sunderland Minster, and a cluster of
new Riverside Sunderland
unprecedented pace and scale. The second largest independent and unique food and drink offers, have development connecting to
in the North East, the city’s historic industrial heart all added to the growing excitement and energy in Keel Square
is being reinvented as an extraordinary place to live, this area.
a dynamic business location, and a vibrant focus for
The developments in the cultural quarter connect
community life – with culture firmly placed at its
to the new Riverside Sunderland. Heralded as the
core.
most ambitious city centre regeneration project in
More than £1.53bn of private and public money the UK today, Riverside Sunderland is transforming
will be invested in the city by 2024 - from vibrant 32-hectares on and around the former Vaux site in
seafront to city centre renewal, from the spectacular the heart of the city into a dynamic, carbon-neutral
International Airshow, a renowned indie music
Northern Spire bridge crossing the River Wear to the urban quarter with offices, hotels, restaurants, bars
scene, and a rich heritage offer which traces its
International Advanced Manufacturing Park offering and residencies - connecting nearby Keel Square,
history to the Anglo-Saxon church of St Peter’s,
a location of national strategic significance. New the soon-to-open City Hall and Culture House, with
where Saint Benedict Biscop brought the first glass
hotels are attracting new visitors and new road links The Fire Station and cultural quarter.
making to Britain in the 7th century, Hylton Castle,
are opening up under-used business areas.
A city by the sea with stunning beaches and open the Grade 1 listed Holy Trinity Church in Sunderland’s
The Fire Station is the corner stone development countryside on its doorstep, Sunderland has a historic East End – currently being transformed into
in the transformation of the Cultural Heart of vibrant cultural offering. Alongside the programme a cultural venue and Washington Old Hall - ancestral
Sunderland city centre; re-establishing the area’s in Sunderland Culture’s venues, visitors come to home to the family of George Washington, first
previous importance as the Edwardian heart and the city to experience major events like Sunderland president of the USA.
THE CITY’S HISTORIC INDUSTRIAL HEART IS
BEING REINVENTED AS AN EXTRAORDINARY
PLACE TO LIVE AND A VIBRANT FOCUS FOR
COMMUNITY LIFE - WITH CULTURE FIRMLY
PLACED AT ITS CORE
Riverside Sunderland is A cyclist stops to admire
heralded as the most Sunderland’s stunning
ambitious city centre coastline
regeneration project in
the UK today
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Portolan closed the Tall Ships
Races in 2018 ACHIEVING
OUR MISSION
IMPROVING LIFE FOR EVERYONE IN
SUNDERLAND THROUGH CULTURE
ABOUT SUNDERLAND Improving the Creating Building Improving Growing
CULTURE city’s profile
and reputation
connectivity
amongst our
confidence
and aspiration
health and
wellbeing
our creative
economy
communities in young
Sunderland Culture brings together Wearside’s most people
important cultural assets and activities, and works to
realise the ambition of a city brimming with creative
potential. We deliver the creative programme
in National Glass Centre, Northern Gallery for
OUR AIMS
Contemporary Art, Sunderland Museum & Winter
Gardens, Arts Centre Washington and The Fire
Station, as well as with communities across the city. Delivering an excellent Encouraging everyone Securing a revitalised
and diverse arts and to get involved and resilient cultural
Sunderland Culture comprises the three main
heritage programme infrastructure
funders of arts provision in the city, Sunderland City
Council, University of Sunderland and Sunderland
Music, Arts and Culture (MAC) Trust into a single,
independent, and resilient delivery model. We are
OUR ASSETS, AUDIENCES, PARTICIPANTS AND PARTNERS
a not for profit, limited company and registered
Charity in England and Wales. In 2018 we became
an Arts Council England National Portfolio Across our venues, Growing existing and Working with our
Organisation. citywide and online: building new audiences, partners to maximise
and opportunities to resources
• National Glass Centre
Our mission is to improve life for everyone in take part:
• Sunderland City Council
Sunderland through culture. To do so, we are driving • Northern Gallery for
• People who live and • University of Sunderland
Contemporary Art
five step changes through our work: improved visit Sunderland
• Sunderland Museum • MAC Trust
profile and reputation of the city; more vibrant With a particular focus
creative economy; raised outlook and aspiration of and Winter Gardens • Vibrancy Group
on:
young people; improved health and wellbeing; and a • Arts Centre • Creative, cultural and
• Artists and creative
more socially cohesive city. Washington digital sector
businesses
• Fire Station • Funders
• Ethnically diverse
• City programme communities • Businesses
Anti clockwise from bottom left: Pupils • People with disabilities, • Health sector
from Columbia Grange SEN Primary School autism or additional • Education sector
take part in Bamboozle’s residency at Arts needs
Centre Washington; Pupils from Usworth • Voluntary and
Colliery Primary School take part in a mass • Older people community organisations
participation event as part of our Great Place
programme; Artist Padma Rao at Mackie’s
Workshop during the Friends of the Drop In’s
residency for National Refugee Week
Right: Wonderlooper was created with local A UNIQUE MODEL FOR
communities and artist Di Mainstone as part CULTURAL REGENERATION
of our Great Place programme, to mark the
opening of the Northern Spire Bridge
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OUR YEAR IN FIGURES 2019-20 OUR ORGANISATION EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY
(our last full operational year pre-Covid 19 pandemic)
The Sunderland Culture team is made up of venue Sunderland Culture recognises, celebrates and
specific staff from Sunderland City Council and values the diversity of our audiences, staff and
University of Sunderland and some recruited directly community. As an organisation receiving public
into the organisation to work on specific projects funds with high profile venues, we aim to act as
798,399
(e.g. Sunderland Great Place, National Partners an exemplar of good practice and to influence our
Programme). participants, stakeholders and local community to
share in our values.
Operational management of the University and City
Council venues is embedded in the systems of those We actively seek to promote and support the
organisations. work of artists from diverse backgrounds and to
enable visitors from diverse and/or disadvantaged
Sunderland Culture delivers a single programme
backgrounds to enjoy and participate in our
of learning opportunities, exhibitions, audience
visitors to our venues and programmes work. We ensure that this commitment is
63,421
development and communications across all of the
demonstrated through all aspects of business
venues under the direction of Sunderland Culture
- our governance structure, staff recruitment
Board and delivered via a small core team in its
and training, creative programme, and audience
direct employment. All other venue specific staff
development activities.
remain employed by their current organisation
20,597
but under the direction of Sunderland Culture for In June 2020, Sunderland Culture joined together
all matters relating to the programme. Delivery of with the North East cultural sector to denounce
participants programme and learning activity is governed by racism - www.cultureagainstracism.org. We
agreements between Sunderland Culture and the stand together in solidarity with individuals and
partner organisation. organisations that are anti-racist, and we embed
42,824
equality and tolerance in our organisation’s aims and
day-to-day activities. Our anti-racism pledge sets out
family participants the proactive steps we are undertaking to deliver
313
against this commitment.
adult participants
exhibitions,
performances
and events
261,867
social media engagements
17,967
375
school visitors
74,236
volunteers
284,004
visits to our website
social media followers
Sunderland Culture Organisation and
Staff Structure
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CITYWIDE PROGRAMME
From high-wire spectacles across the River Wear
attracting thousands to participatory experiences
in care homes, Sunderland Culture’s city-wide
programme offers an exciting range of activities and
events for everyone to experience and benefit from.
Our work extends into the heart of Sunderland
communities, including schools, with children and
young people, older people living in social isolation,
dementia sufferers and their carers, young carers,
people with additional needs and/or autism, and
ethnically diverse communities. In 2021 funded
OUR VENUES AND by the Thriving Communities Fund, we will work
PROGRAMME in collaboration with Sunderland Carers Centre,
Groundwork North East, Equal Arts and Sunderland
GP Alliance - through the newly established
Sunderland Culture is firmly place-focused in its
Sunderland Social Prescribing Partnership – on
creative and cultural ambition. We work across
an ambitious and ground breaking approach to
the city with communities and local partners to
ensuring residents can engage in community
ensure the power of great art, culture and creativity
activities to support their health and wellbeing.
is harnessed for the benefit of Sunderland, its
residents and visitors.
In 2019 we were chosen as one of three regional
partnerships by Arts Council Collection to present
and curate exhibitions drawn from their Collection,
as part of the National Partners Programme.
Funded by the National Lottery through Arts Council
England, the programme is enabling communities
in the city to enjoy highlights from the largest
collection of modern and contemporary British art in
the world.
This, alongside other national partnerships with
organisations including the V&A (DesignLab Nation),
Royal Collections Trust (Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in
Drawing) and National Gallery (Castles: Paintings
from the National Gallery), positions our programme
at the very highest calibre.
Our programme is supported by a range of funders
including National Lottery Heritage Fund, Art Fund,
Garfield Weston Foundation through Weston
Culture Fund and Esmee Fairbairn Collections Fund,
and we are a host organisation for Weston Jerwood
Creative Bursaries.
Clockwise from left: Bare Toed Dance Company performed
a spectacular circus workshop for students with Special
Educational Needs at Columbia Grange Primary School;
Marion, age 95 from Primrose Care Home, Hetton, trying
her hand at suspended aerial hanging at an Ageing Well
Connectedness event; this interactive game was part of a
‘sharing’ event for the Who Do You Want to Meet? Great
Place project
Clockwise from left: Extraordinary Bodies performed What
Am I Worth? at the Tall Ships Races; Sunderland Culture’s
Great Place Village during Hetton Carnival; An image of
fallen WW1 soldier 2nd Lt Hugh Carr was etched into the
Roker sands as part of Danny Boyle’s Pages of the Sea
commissioned through 14-18 Now
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NATIONAL
GLASS CENTRE
An iconic building situated on the banks of the
River Wear, National Glass Centre celebrates the
origins, growth and history of glass making in
Sunderland. Our exhibitions programme presents
world class contemporary artists from around the
world working in glass and ceramics, while the
permanent exhibitions explore the city’s rich history
of glass making. Visitors enjoy a range of experiences
including glass blowing, family friendly glass making
experiences, adult classes and free daily glass
blowing demonstrations. National Glass Centre shop
presents a range of quality glass produced locally, NORTHERN GALLERY FOR
including in our studio.
CONTEMPORARY ART
We are home to around 130 students studying
Foundation/Level 0 Art and Design, and BA Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art has been
(Hons) Glass and Ceramics undergraduate and bringing art from around the world to Sunderland
postgraduate programmes at University of and revealing the depth of talent in the North East
Sunderland, who enjoy access to a huge range of for 50 years. Working closely with artists, it stages
world class production facilities. exhibitions and events, creates publications and
most recently, has begun to create a collection
In 2021 we look forward to launching ‘Glass
of contemporary art for the future. Since 2017,
Exchange’ - a series of ambitious new commissions
the gallery has been based inside National Glass
realised by high profile contemporary visual artists,
Centre, where it has focused on new work made in
many of whom are working in glass for the first Clockwise from above: National Glass Centre welcomes
over 230,000 visitors each year; daily glass blowing photography, film & video, and twenty-first
time, exhibited at sites between Sunderland and
Demonstrations; Felieke van der Leest, Yellow Kelly, century media. The gallery has a reputation for
Durham from March to Sept 2022, funded through part of No Strings: Beads in a Modern Context venue identifying new talent locally and internationally,
Arts Council England’s Ambition for Excellence and online exhibition; young people taking part in a having awarded artists with their first ever public
programme, Art Fund and Henry Moore Foundation. workshop as part of DesignLab Nation
exhibitions from Sean Scully in 1972 through to
Marvin Gaye Chetwynd.
In 2021 NGCA will host Antony Gormley’s Field for
the British Isles as part of our partnership with Arts
Council Collection through the National Partners
Programme, with support from Garfield Weston
Foundation. This major installation of 40,000 clay
figures by one of Britain’s best loved contemporary
artists, will be the centre piece of Sunderland
Culture’s summer re-opening programme, and will
feature an extensive wrap around programme of
participatory activity.
From top to bottom: Continuous Topography by Dan
Holdsworth; Based on a True Story: Works 1984 – 2018 by
John Kippin; Antony Gormley’s Field for the British Isles will
be presented at NGCA as part of the National Partners
Programme in July 2021
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SUNDERLAND MUSEUM
AND WINTER GARDENS
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens has sat at ARTS CENTRE
the heart of Sunderland’s cultural offer for over 170
years. A truly civic institution, it is a key part of a
WASHINGTON
Sunderland childhood; with grandparents bringing
grandchildren to the Museum that they visited Arts Centre Washington provides a year-round
as children. With a collection dating back to 1846, programme of theatre, music, comedy, dance, film
Sunderland’s fascinating history is explored across and exhibitions, as well as a range of classes and
four floors, with spaces dedicated to shipbuilding, courses from salsa dancing to scale model making.
coal mining, glass making and pottery, as well as A regular packed programme of performances
many other aspects of the city’s past. includes some of the very best of small-scale touring
artists, and a regular platform for emerging artists.
Our programme of special exhibitions features both Arts Centre Washington is a member of REACH - a
local and national collections brought here through strategic partnership of nine performance venues
links with national museums, including Leonardo da in the north east, aiming to bring some of the most
Vinci: A Life in Drawing in 2019 – a partnership with exciting companies and artists to the region. It has
the Royal Collections Trust, when the Museum was an established reputation for offering an inclusive
chosen as one of only twelve locations nationwide to programme for children and young people, from
host unseen works, marking the 500th anniversary theatre performances, participatory experiences for
of his death. In 2020 the Museum hosted Received children with learning disabilities to take-over days
Wisdom - the inaugural exhibition as part of the by the young people’s collective Celebrate Different.
National Partners Programme. The Centre also houses artists’ studios, a recording
studio and rehearsal rooms.
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens welcomes
over 380,000 visitors each year. In 2020 it won the Clockwise from above: Located within the city’s Clockwise from above: Housed in a converted barn, Arts
Mowbray Park, Sunderland Museum and Winter Centre Washington welcomes almost 200,000 visitors
accolade of Best Large Visitor Attraction at the North Gardens was the first civic museum in the country each year; Action Transport Theatre’s Adrift performed
East Tourism Awards. outside of London; Wallace the Lion remains one of the for school audiences; in 2019 Celebrate Different
venue’s favourite permanent exhibits; students take part Collective took over Arts Centre Washington; People’s
in activities around Received Wisdom, part of the NPP Pyrex was a popular exhibition celebrating the city’s
programme; young visitors to Leonardo da Vinci: A Life connection to Pyrex, presented as part of NGC’s 21st
in Drawing; the peaceful oasis of the Winter Gardens birthday programme
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GROWING OUR CREATIVE
ECONOMY
Our Unlock the City programme aims to increase confidence and
facilitate a more diverse, sustainable and profitable creative sector
within Sunderland. Since 2018 the programme has supported
over 300 creative practitioners through Creative Development
Fellowships, 24 fellowships, as well as residencies and commissions.
The programme has supported artists to increase funding and
investment in Sunderland’s creative industries, delivered over 60
support sessions and workshops to more than 200 artists, and
offered one to one advice to creative businesses. Unlock the City
is delivered in partnership with Sunderland BME Network, Digital
Catapult and the North East Business Innovation Centre, as well
THE FIRE STATION as creative partners including NEPN, Sunderland Music Hub and
We Make Culture.
The Fire Station is the most recently developed
cultural venue in the Sunderland Culture portfolio,
scheduled for completion by the end of 2021.
Developed by the Sunderland MAC Trust, and
located in the heart of Sunderland city centre,
the venue is a key pillar of Sunderland’s cultural
regeneration. Featuring a state-of-the-art
auditorium designed for music, theatre and dance,
it will have dual capacities of 450-550 seated
or 800 standing, bringing the ability to attract a wide
range of international and local artists to the heart Clockwise from top left: Artist’s impression of
The Fire Station Auditorium; school children take
of the city. The venue will also include the Parade
part in workshops at Dance City Sunderland Clockwise from top right: Dancer and Choreographer Patrick Ziza brought
Ground, a 600-capacity outdoor performance located in The Fire Station; the Engine Room Bar Dandyism to Sunderland through our Unlock programme. Dandyism is inspired by
space with an external integrated stage. and Brasserie; performance for the opening of the Dandies of the Congo; Museum Pieces, commissioned five short plays by local
The Fire Station in 2017; artist’s impression of the writers, which was staged at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens; through our
The Fire Station will programme, promote, produce, stage area Unlock programme, we awarded 14 Creative Development Fellowships to support
and present around 300 events all the year round, Sunderland artists in developing their practice; the Rebel Women of Sunderland
working with a range of artists, partners and visiting project commissioned through Unlock celebrated inspiring women from the city
companies on an ambitious and diverse range of
performances. While grounded in the city and the
extraordinary, diverse community of artists and
audiences on the doorstep, it will aim to attract
visitors from across the region and beyond.
OUR WORK DURING THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC
The events of 2020-21 turned our programme on its head in a way none of
us could have previously imagined.
Despite the significant challenges, we refocussed and repositioned our
programme to develop a new offer in an incredibly short space of time
which included digital exhibitions, an online and hybrid performance
offer, online learning and participation through activity packs, videos and
workshops and extensive support, bursary and commission opportunities
for artists and creative businesses. We will use what we’ve learned from
this period in our future plans.
Film still from The Gender Song, 2014, by Evan Ifekoya, Arts Council
Collection, Southbank Centre, London - part of Paint the Town in
Sound in Association with Field Music, as part of our National Partners
Programme, was initially intended to be an in venue programme in
2020, but the exhibition and participation programme was delivered
entirely online during the Covid-19 pandemic
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JOB DESCRIPTION AND
PERSON SPECIFICATION
JOB PURPOSE 2. Stakeholder Relationships • Represent the organisation to policy makers Experience
and politicians
• To provide inspirational leadership for Sunderland • Manage and nurture relationships with the • Evidence of successfully leading change and
Culture, being accountable and taking three founding partners through development • Work with the Head of Marketing and growth in a diverse, public-facing business by
responsibility for all aspects of the organisation’s and monitoring of SLAs, bespoke agreements Communications to deliver a single audience devising and delivering on strategic business
business from long-term strategy and plans to all and personal relationship building development programme across the city plans
aspects of day-to-day operations • Work closely with the strategic and operational • Work with the staff team to deliver excellent • A track record of developing and enabling high
• To lead, inspire and motivate the organisation, managers at the partners’ venues to ensure staff engagement performing teams
guiding it securely through necessary change and joined up activity and communications
• Experience of identifying, managing and
laying the foundations of long-term sustainability 5. Equality and Diversity
• Ensure effective management and delivery of mitigating risks whilst engaging appropriately
and success all external funding agreements, including Arts • Ensure that the organisation has a strong with Board Members and a wide range of
• To support the existing strategic partnerships and Council England commitment to diversity and meets the stakeholders
to work in ways which improve life for everyone in ambitions of the partnership in relation to
• Actively seek out partnerships and relationships • Experience of having led the development of
Sunderland through culture inclusivity and relevance
with social, civic, business and cultural partners strategic partnerships and delivery of projects in
• To develop an organisation that combines locally, regionally and nationally • Actively pursue opportunities and partnerships the arts and cultural sector
entrepreneurial flair with awareness of to break down barriers to accessing or
• Participate in appropriate regular partnership
the charity’s standing as a leading cultural participating in Sunderland Culture’s Skills and Knowledge
meetings with the founding partners to identify
organisation in Sunderland programmes of work
opportunities for future growth and synergies • Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to
• To develop the profile of Sunderland Culture build rapport and partnerships with a variety of
6. Governance
as a model and an exemplar for other localities 3. Finance and Fundraising stakeholders
elsewhere in the country • Work with the Chair and the Board to ensure
• Ensure Sunderland Culture achieves positive • A skilled communicator, confident in articulating
good governance, compliance with all
financial performance in line with its agreed Sunderland Culture’s vision in any context
statutory requirements, and support a high
budgets through management of accurate
performing board in delivering on the mission • Intellectually able to translate ambiguity and
JOB DESCRIPTION budgeting and financial monitoring processes
of Sunderland Culture uncertainty into clear messages to inspire trust
1. Strategic and Creative Leadership, Vision and • Effectively manage Sunderland Culture’s and confidence and empower staff
• Ensure that the Board, Finance Committee
Strategy finance function, including relationships with
and any other bodies are properly serviced to • Extensive knowledge of the arts and cultural
external accountants, advisors and auditors
ensure good governance and compliance with sector including appreciation of curatorial
• Work with the Board and the staff team to set
• Actively seek new funding opportunities and statutory reporting approaches
the vision and direction for the organisation
represent the organisation in meetings with
• Develop and implement business plans and • Understanding and appreciation of, and a
funders
strategies, and run effective performance commitment to implementing steps to support,
PERSON SPECIFICATION
management approaches to ensure that • Line manage the finance lead and the Creative Case for Diversity
strategic plans for Sunderland Culture are Development Manager, including setting
Personal Attributes • Sound knowledge of financial and business
achieved targets for fundraising activity
planning and project/ programme management
• An inspirational leader with a palpable
• Work alongside the Creative Director to set the • Manage the practical application of risk to
commitment to Sunderland Culture’s vision and • Understanding of the Charity Commission
creative vision and direction of the programme ensure that Sunderland Culture can take
values guidance and regulatory approach
at the venues and across the city sensible and managed risks in delivering on
the vision • Demonstrable personal integrity, authenticity and
• Lead, develop and inspire the staff team and emotional intelligence with an ability to engage
ensure good management processes and 4. Advocacy and Communications constructively with a wide range of stakeholders
procedures are in place
• Act as the public face of Sunderland Culture • Energy, enthusiasm and an entrepreneurial
• Work alongside other partners to ensure and the cultural venues of the three founding outlook, balanced with pragmatism and the
that there are consistent staff management partners ability and resourcefulness to ensure delivery
practices across the organisation, in light of the across a diverse programme of work
mixed staffing model for Sunderland Culture • Work with Head of Marketing and
Communications to ensure a robust media and
communications strategy across activity and
partner venues to maximise profile
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CONDITIONS
SALARY
The role is offered at a salary in a range between
£60,000 - £70,000 pa
HOURS OF WORK
Full time with some evenings and weekends and some
flexibility
PLACE OF WORK
The role is based in National Glass Centre but
occasional hotdesking is required at other Sunderland
Culture venues, and some remote working possible
HOLIDAYS
25 days per year plus 8 public holiday days
PENSION
Auto enrolment in NEST scheme
HOW TO APPLY
We hope that you will want to make an application.
Please send us an up-to-date CV, together with a
two-page letter, outlining why you want to be part of
the Sunderland Culture team, and highlighting the
particular skills, experience and expertise you would
bring to the role.
Please also complete the equal opportunities
monitoring form here
Applications should be sent to Amy Martin
amy.martin@sunderlandculture.org.uk
Deadline no later than 5pm on 16 June 2021
First interviews - by Zoom Friday 2nd July
Second interviews – in Sunderland Wednesday 7th July
20 21FURTHER INFORMATION Find out more about our programme and activities on www.sunderlandculture.org.uk Read our 2019-20 annual review here Read our information on the Charity Commission website here Sunderland Culture Limited National Glass Centre, Liberty Way Sunderland SR6 0GL Registered Charity Number 1184073 Company Reg Number 10098742
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