Head of Aesop Services - Recruitment Information Pack September 2020 "Arts solutions for society's problems" - HR Services Partnership
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Head of Aesop Services
Recruitment Information Pack
September 2020
“Arts solutions for society’s problems” 1
Contents
Contents ................................................................................................ 2
Welcome message from the Chief Executive and Founder .............................. 3
Strategy and our 5-year plan .................................................................... 4
Governance & Finance.............................................................................. 5
Organisational Structure ........................................................................... 6
Job Description & Person Specification ........................................................ 7
How to Apply ........................................................................................ 10
Dame Darcey Bussell interview at the Aesop Biennial Arts-and-health Conference
for Health decision-makers.
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Welcome message from Tim Joss, the Chief Executive
and Founder
Thank you for your interest in Aesop and the role of Head of Aesop Services.
Aesop is an ambitious organisation that has grown rapidly since professionalising
in 2014. Our vision is for a future when arts solutions for society’s problems are
valued and available for all who need them. Our current focus is on arts
solutions to major health challenges.
We now want to recruit a Head of Aesop Services to lead on the successful
delivery of all our projects and services, including quality assurance, evaluation,
and development. The main current services are Dance to Health, a falls
prevention dance programme for older people, and the Aesop Institute
professional development programme for health and arts professionals wanting
to deliver successful arts-and-health programmes.
The successful candidate will have experience of programme planning,
successful delivery and monitoring and evaluation. They will need to provide
evidence of their ability to review relevant research to develop evidence-based
programmes and develop strong relationships with a range of stakeholders,
including funders. The successful candidate will be able to identify and develop
new projects in addition to building strategies to help deliver Aesop’s current
aims. They will work closely with the new post of Head of Business and
Marketing, and me, to develop Aesop’s offer further.
Aesop currently has 10 employees, 6 trustees and 300 volunteers. Aesop
funders currently include Arts Council England, Birmingham City Council, John
Ellerman Foundation, Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Peter Sowerby Foundation.
For more information please visit www.ae-sop.org and follow us @AesopHealth.
Thank you again for taking an interest in learning more about Aesop and we
hope the following pages help you consider our Head of Business Development
and Marketing role.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Tim Joss
Chief Executive and Founder
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Strategy and our 5-year plan
The 5-year plan 2019 – 2025 has four broad aims from which a number of KPIs
have been drawn.
Aims 2019-2025
Show health, Develop
Develop arts care and
solutions Accelerate research and
other sectors the pace of practice
based on how the arts
social needs adoption of networks for
can work for arts solutions arts solutions
them
These aims are realised through the following programmes:
Arts solutions:
▪ Dance to Health aims to be the first arts programme which goes to scale
in the health system. It addresses older people’s falls and problems with
current provision. A £2.1 million programme [2017-19] confirmed it is
effective and cost-effective for the health system. The next phase [2020-
25] takes Dance to Health online. Many more local groups and a
randomised controlled trial are planned.
Engaging the health and social care sector:
▪ Arts-and-health Conferences/showcases for health decision-makers. The
next event will be presented in partnership with the Southbank Centre.
▪ Annual surveys of GP attitudes to the arts.
Accelerate the pace of adoption of arts solutions:
▪ Chrysalis (in development) – a venture philanthropy fund to help scale
promising arts and health programmes.
Research and practice networks:
▪ 1st project linking arts and health economics – with the LSE and DCMS.
▪ 1st arts in health evaluation framework, commissioned by Public Health
England and downloaded over 3,600 times.
▪ ‘Active Ingredients’ project studies how arts programmes actually work –
their artistic active ingredients – and how to increase their social impact.
▪ Action learning set for arts organisations already funded by health.
▪ ‘Aesop Institute’, university-accredited training developed and run with
Canterbury Christ Church University.
4Governance & Finance:
Aesop is a company limited by guarantee with charitable status. It is chaired by
Professor Kevin Fenton, Public Health England Regional Director, London.
Registered in 2009, it was volunteer-run until 2014. Since professionalising,
income has risen from £78,390 (2014/15) to £863,665 (2018/19).
5Organisational Structure:
Head of Business
Development &
Marketing Communications
[Management Team Coordinator
member]
Local Dance to Health
Coordinator
(Cheshire)
Chief Executive
& Founder
Local Dance to Health
Coordinator (Norfolk)
Dance to Health
Manager
Head of Aesop Services (West Midlands)
[Management Team
member]
Local Dance to Health
Coordinator
(Sheffield)
Local Dance to Health
Coordinator
(South Wales)
Volunteering and
Public Engagement
Coordinator
6Job Description & Person Specification:
Job Description
Job title: Head of Aesop Services
Responsible to: Chief Executive & Founder
Responsible for: Project delivery staff
Job purpose: To lead and be responsible for the successful delivery of all Aesop’s
services and programmes, their quality assurance, evaluation and
development.
Salary: £42,500 to £47,500
Location: Witney, Oxfordshire
Full/part-time: Full-time
Duties
1. Ensure the ethos of Aesop is reflected in all its programmes and services:
▪ Commitment to realising the full power of the arts to help address challenges
in people’s daily lives.
▪ Inclusivity, equality and diversity.
▪ Customer care.
▪ Celebration of people’s creativity.
▪ Commitment to social enterprise.
▪ Professionalism.
2. Provide leadership to develop this ethos within the team and strong staff
leadership across Aesop.
3. Serve as a member of the Aesop Management Team:
▪ Work within the framework of Aesop’s Five-Year Plan 2019-25.
▪ Contribute to Aesop strategy, implementation plans and budgets.
▪ Report quarterly to the Board.
▪ Attend as required Board discussions of Aesop’s services and programmes.
4. Lead on the delivery, evaluation, quality assurance and risk management
of established Aesop’s services:
▪ Aesop Institute professional development courses.
▪ Arts and health evaluation framework (with Public Health England).
▪ Arts Enterprises action learning set of leading arts-and-health programmes.
7▪ Biennial national arts-and-health conferences and showcases for health
decision-makers.
▪ Dance to Health.
▪ Surveys of GP attitudes to the arts.
5. Lead on research and development of Aesop services, both the established
ones in 4 above and others at an earlier stage of development.
Currently these are:
▪ Active Ingredients Project.
▪ Chrysalis – a venture philanthropy fund to help scale promising arts and
health programmes.
▪ Online arts-and-health service for older people.
6. Working closely with the Chief Executive & Founder and Head of Business
Development & Marketing to support the development of new projects and
services.
7. Support the Chief Executive and Founder and Head of Business
Development and Marketing with new income-generation and business
development opportunities.
8. Lead on the recruitment and involvement of volunteers.
9. Nurture and maintain strong relationships with service participants and
partners and other stakeholders relevant to Aesop’s services.
▪ Lead on the Dance to Health Participant Panel and its development.
▪ Work closely with the Chief Executive & Founder to ensure that Aesop
develops key strategic relationships.
▪ Oversee and monitor partnership development across the organisation.
▪ Ensure Aesop has effective stewardship processes in place to nurture
relationships with customers and partners.
10. Manage resources for Aesop’s services:
▪ Negotiating contracts with clients and subcontractors.
▪ Drafting policies and procedures.
▪ Provide both leadership and supervision of freelancers, consultants and
volunteers.
▪ Ensure they are supported and inspired to deliver their objectives
effectively.
▪ Budget monitoring and control.
▪ Work with Chief Executive & Founder to ensure processes and systems are
effective.
11. Other activities to support Aesop that may be reasonably requested by the
Chief Executive & Founder.
8Person Specification
Essential experience:
▪ Education to degree level.
▪ Programme planning and management in healthcare and/or the arts or the
third sector.
▪ Knowledge and understanding of equality and diversity, what this means in
relation to this post and the ability to incorporate this into all aspects of work.
▪ Budgeting and budget management.
▪ Professional development programmes.
▪ Contract negotiations.
▪ Reviewing relevant research to develop evidence-based programmes.
▪ Programme evaluation.
▪ Working with volunteers.
▪ Proven experience of motivating and managing individuals and teams
effectively, including managing at a distance.
▪ Track record of contributing to corporate and cross organisational business
strategy.
Essential qualities:
▪ Commitment to the Aesop ethos backed by relevant experience.
▪ Superb organisational and IT skills and attention to detail.
▪ Ability to plan and prioritise workload and keep to targets and deadlines.
▪ First class verbal and written communication skills.
▪ Proven ability to deal with decision makers at all levels with tact and
diplomacy.
▪ Excellent judgment and the ability to identify, analyse and manage risks.
▪ Excellent organisational and IT skills and superb attention to detail.
▪ A high level of integrity and discretion.
▪ Energy, positivity, and an inspiring nature.
Other:
▪ The successful candidate will need to be a driver with access to a vehicle as
this role may involve visiting the locations where Aesop programmes are
being run.
9How to Apply:
We very much hope that you have enough information to help you decide
whether to apply for the post. However, if you have any questions that you
need to have answered before making an application, please contact our HR
Advisors in the first instance on 01403 240205 or on
recruitment@hrservicespartnership.co.uk.
If you are interested in what you have read, then we look forward to hearing
from you.
To be considered for this role you will need to apply with an online application by
clicking here. Along with your application please submit an up-to-date CV and a
supporting statement of no more than 1,000 words outlining your suitability for
the role addressing the job description and person specification.
All applications must be received no later than 5pm Monday 5 October 2020.
Interviews are due to take place week commencing Monday 19 October 2020.
For information on how we manage applicant data, please see our Private
Notice, downloadable as a separate PDF document from here.
Aesop values diversity and we want our workforce to reflect the communities we
serve. We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications
from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of their race, sex, disability,
religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We would be grateful if you could
complete our short equality and diversity monitoring questionnaire by clicking
here.
Thank you for the interest you have shown in Aesop.
10Aesop is a charity registered in England & Wales (1134572), and a company limited by
guarantee registered in England & Wales (06998306). Aesop registered office is located
at 1st Floor, 3 Welch Way, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6JH
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