Making Music is the UK association for leisure-time music groups. We represent over 3,900 groups comprising around 200,000 musicians of all types, genres and abilities. The Chief Executive provides strategic leadership for Making Music and its trading subsidiary, working closely with the Chair, Board of Trustees and Senior Management Team to develop and deliver the organisation's mission, strategy, and long-term sustainability. The CEO oversees sound organisational and financial management, leads on governance and compliance, develops a motivated team, and champions best practice. As a membership focused charity, Making Music places leisure-time music groups at its heart. The CEO ensures members' voices inform strategy, services and advocacy, maintaining visibility and accessibility while fostering trust and engagement across a diverse national community. The CEO leads external advocacy, lobbying, and partnership development, acting as an ambassador for Making Music and the wider leisure-time music sector. They represent the organisation and its members in the media, to policy makers, partners, stakeholders and funders; to strengthen recognition of the social, cultural, and wellbeing value of community music-making. We are looking for the best person for this role and understand that having different voices from all sections of society in our team will help us be the best organisation we can be and best support our diverse membership. We especially welcome applications from disabled people, people of the Global Majority or people whose socio-economic background has limited their opportunities. The first stage of our application process is to complete three questions. These will be assessed anonymously to produce a longlist of 10. Click apply now to visit our website for full application details.Job Summary
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