Theatre Director -maternity cover, ATG ENTERTAINMENT

Theatre Director – Maternity Cover

Richmond Theatre, a historic venue with 127 years of tradition, seeks a Theatre Director to lead our stage productions during a maternity cover period. The Director will drive performance, profit, and service delivery while collaborating with colleagues across venues and the wider community.

Key Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for the overall performance of your business, ensuring a balanced approach to Customers, Shareholders, Employees, Reputation, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Development.
• Provide and determine the smartest allocation of resources in your control and ensure the balance of resources is proportionate and appropriate to achieve short-, medium- and long‑term goals.
• Actively create and pursue new income streams, including sponsorship, that fit the overall business objectives and vision.
• Work to formulate the Business Plan for your venue, in consultation with the Business Manager, Business Director and Finance Business Partner, and deliver against its objectives.
• Take responsibility for the growth of venue EBITDA as agreed with the Board of Directors by setting, monitoring, and reviewing the goals and objectives of the venue’s management team.
• Contribute to the programming of the venue through participation in an effective and collaborative dialogue with the Programming lead and their team; take positive ownership of the resulting programme and offer ideas or new relationships to contribute to its longer‑term development.
• Create a positive work culture for your team – ensuring a focus on individual development, open dialogue, and creative thinking to drive both employee and venue performance.
• Ensure your teams are capable and able to deliver first‑class service to a range of internal and external customers.
• Ensure teamwork towards the agreed goals and targets, regularly review performance against those targets, and address performance issues appropriately.
• Represent the venue and ATGE generally as necessary, ensuring the venue maintains its reputation and status as part of an industry‑leading organisation.
• Support the development and delivery of community engagement activities and seek opportunities to further develop or support the venue through local partnerships.
• Support the work of Richmond Theatre Trust, participating in meetings and compiling reports as required.
• Ensure compliance with all legislative requirements for people, standards, health & safety.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Previous experience working in a leadership and management capacity, at least at an equivalent level to a head of department, or in positions of significant responsibility in smaller organisations.
• Proven ability to organise, lead and motivate a large and diverse team while engendering a sense of teamwork and common purpose.
• Creative and results‑driven approach to delivering sophisticated, high‑quality customer service in a busy environment; focus on and prioritisation of the needs of our customers, clients or collaborators.
• Ability to pioneer positive change, engaging others and steering the team towards priority goals.
• Ability to manage and develop internal and external relationships at all levels and collaborate effectively with a diverse team.
• Skills and practical experience of supporting other people’s development, ideally including managing performance and training.
• Ability to work smartly, with proven skills in problem‑solving, generating new ideas and budget management.
• A highly organised yet adaptable approach: the ability to plan and prioritise a varied workload, meet deadlines and ambitious targets, with flexibility to seize opportunities as they present themselves.
• An ability to create a positive, engaging and collaborative working environment.
• Good IT skills, with the ability to learn to use new software and systems.

Desirable

• Personal licence holder.
• Knowledge of ticketing or retail systems.
• Relevant management qualifications or training.
• Health and Safety qualifications and/or experience.
• Genuine interest in the live entertainment industry; work experience in the industry is desirable but not essential, and we actively encourage applications from individuals working in other sectors.

EEO Statement

We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer, taking action to ensure that people with disabilities and long‑term health conditions feel supported, engaged, and able to fulfil their potential in the workplace. We will offer an interview or recruitment event to disabled candidates who tell us they wish to participate in the scheme and who demonstrate in their application that they best meet the essential criteria for the role.

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