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About the Role

The Community Manager will project manage, develop, and oversee The Old Vic’s community projects. This role involves collaborating on strategic community engagement and contributing to organization-wide initiatives from an Education and Community perspective.

Responsibilities

Project manage, develop, and oversee key Old Vic Community projects including Theatre Club and Community Choir.
Ensure community projects meet objectives, are regularly reviewed, kept to budget, and evaluated thoroughly.
Collaborate with the Education Manager on the development and delivery of 12 Choirs, taking responsibility for community groups engagement.
Support the Education and Community Coordinator in the delivery of the OV Community Network and wider community projects.
Support the creation and delivery of workshop content in collaboration with facilitators.
Support the Education and Community Director in the delivery and development of the community strategy, including consultations and evaluation.
Recruit, maintain, and develop strong relationships with participants for Community projects.
Maintain strong relationships with all stakeholders, from participants to supporters to professionals.
Research, develop, and maintain strategic links with local community organisations, developing referral routes for participants.
Contribute to the development and content of wider Education and Community initiatives.
Manage freelance artists and facilitators working on community programmes.
Act as a point of contact for community participants.
Update and maintain our database of community organisations.
Work closely with the marketing team to create marketing material for projects, in line with Old Vic branding guidelines.
Support annual reporting through provision of data and interpreted evaluation reports.
Support the Development department by providing data for reporting purposes and ensuring supporters’ needs are met.
Maintain an awareness of best practice in community arts participation settings.
Attend Development events as requested.
Contribute to regular all staff meetings, sharing information and connecting staff with activity across projects.
Represent The Old Vic at various events and ensure its reputation is maintained.

Requirements

Significant experience of facilitating and delivering high-quality community theatre projects or similar.
Significant experience in the design and delivery of large-scale community theatre projects or similar.
Excellent organisational and project management skills.
Experience of working with people from diverse backgrounds.
Proven line management experience.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Budgetary management experience of up to £50K - £100K.
Acute attention to detail.
Robust understanding of best practice and new developments within a community arts context.
Experience of evaluation design, analysis, and reporting.
Experience of writing copy for content and marketing materials.
Experience of working within a theatre building or arts organisation.
All applicants with disabilities who meet the essential criteria for this job will be invited to interview.
All appointments are subject to satisfactory references and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Skills

Project management
Community engagement
Facilitation
Budget management
Communication (written and verbal)
Organisational skills
Evaluation design, analysis, and reporting
Content and marketing copy writing

Location

Mix of home working and from The Old Vic, 103 The Cut, London, SE1 8NB (min 3 office days to include Monday and Tuesday)

Work Type

Permanent
Full-Time
Hybrid

Experience Level

Significant experience of facilitating, and delivering high-quality community theatre project or similar
Significant experience in the design and delivery of large-scale community theatre projects or similar
Proven line management experience

Salary/Compensations

£32,000 - £35,000 depending on experience

Benefits

Reimbursement for reasonable travel costs may be available for interviews if struggling financially.

About the Company

The Education & Community department is led by the Education & Community Director and also includes the Head of Education and Community, three Education Managers, the Participation Manager, the Participation Coordinator, the Education & Community Coordinator and the Education and Community intern.
This team is supported by a network of Education Associates and freelance artists.
The Old Vic Business Plan defines strategic objectives for community projects.
The role will take advantage of opportunities presented in our new Backstage Building.

Equal Opportunity

We actively support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do.
We are particularly keen to receive applications from people of the global majority, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse and disabled candidates.
We may take positive action, in cases where candidates are equally qualified, to increase the employment of under-represented groups at The Old Vic.
We partner with a range of inclusive organisations.