Director of Community and Education

The Director of Community and Education is responsible for devising and implementing RPO Resound, the orchestral community and education programme of the RPO, both nationally and internationally. In addition to the three full time Community and Education team members, the role engages and directs the work of freelance Members of the Orchestra, workshop leaders, conductors, artists, and practitioners.

The role is responsible for the operational and strategic planning of the year-round RPO Resound programme, acting as the overall producer and manager and leading on fundraising and securing sufficient income to support the full programme of activities. It oversees the team members in the delivery of a high-quality programme of creative activities that respond to the specific needs of the communities it serves, and imaginatively connects participatory community and education work to the Orchestra’s concerts and residencies.

RPO Resound engages over 9,000 people a year with the Orchestra and its musicians through a diverse array of workshops, concerts, events and specialist projects. The programme encompasses a wide range of participants including stroke survivors, children and adults with learning difficulties, schoolchildren and prisoners.

Strategic Direction, Leadership and Planning
• Manage the community and education programme so that a long-term pipeline of projects is developed and maintained which fulfils the Orchestra’s charitable and education mission and its funding criteria obligations tied to its Arts Council England National Portfolio

Organisation funding
• In consultation with the Managing Director, to inform the strategic planning for RPO Resound, aligned to the Orchestra’s artistic programming, the department’s strengths, and integrated with the Orchestra’s UK residencies, including its new partnerships in Brent