Background

“This project has literally been a life changing experience. Learning to express our true feelings pushing through the obstacles that lie in front of us the willingness to change our behaviour and unmask the self to show who we truly are.”

Participant

Fallen Angels Dance Theatre provide exceptional dance theatre experiences for people in recovery from addiction where they are accepted, valued and reach their potential. We have been instrumental in supporting over 500 individuals through our participatory workshops. We support people in the NW in recovery from addiction to transform their lives and share the recovery journey with the wider public, through dance, performance and creativity. Fallen Angels Dance Theatre (FADT) is led by Artistic Director Paul Bayes Kitcher and Claire Morris Creative and Strategic Director. Paul’s lived experience of addiction and recovery encapsulates the complex barriers that those in recovery face including mental health issues, disability and neurodiversity. We provide a structured pathway to enhance recovery through creative activities that promote well-being and inclusion in the recovery process.

Participants are at the heart of our work, sharing their stories in our R&D process, developing dance skills in our workshop programme and, for some, auditioning and performing in our professional company, showing how creative intervention can make positive and lasting change in recovery from addiction. We do not distinguish between professional and recovery dance practice at FADT. This means that there is no hierarchical value between our participatory and performance programmes and that all co-creators are equal in our creative process. We are company in residence at Storyhouse, Chester and are executive members of Dance Consortia North West.

In recent years we have developed from a small, project funded collaboration to an organisation delivering dance & movement recovery workshops across 3 major NW areas. With a core team of 5 employees and a number of freelancer Associate artists for our creative projects. We have increased provision to our vulnerable communities, provide mental health support for our participants & team, deliver ambitious creative projects and conducted a major organisational development process through funding from Arts Council England’s (ACE) Elevate programme.

Core duties and responsibilities

To ensure the smooth running of the organisation, working directly with the creative directors and finance associate. You will provide a full range of administration, and operations for FADT

This post involves:
• Reporting: To coordinate/administrate reporting to funders.
• Administration: Database, Impact Surveys via Microsoft forms, Mailchimp email marketing.
• Governance: To support the administration FADT charity including quarterly
meetings with trustees.
• Office and company administration and management: systems and
responsibilities.
• Operational support: To support the operational running of the company.
This is an excellent opportunity for a highly organised individual, with an excellent attention to detail, to play an important part in an innovative arts organisation that makes a difference to the lives of those in recovery from addiction or living with mental health conditions.

 

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Salary: £25,000-26,000 per annum pro rata, based on experience. 

 

Working hours: Part-time, 2.5 days per week, with flexible options and days of the week to be agreed. 

 

Contract: Initially 6 months fixed term, with the potential to be extended with continued or renewed funding  

 

Location: The role will be a combination of working peripatetically and from Storyhouse, Chester, where FADT is an associate company. 

 

Closing date: Monday 25th November 2024 5pm  

 

Interview date: Tuesday 3 December 2024. 

 

Start date: Week beginning 6th January 2025 

  

To apply: Please send Application form, CV and complete FADT EDI form to: claire@fallenangelsdt.org  

 

Please use the following subject in your email: “Your Name, Administrator.”