Chief Executive Officer

Youth Theatre Arts Scotland is looking for a visionary and collaborative leader to build on their success with care and ambition, and lead the organisation with clarity and purpose. You’ll champion young people’s creativity, ensuring the organisation is well-managed, financially sound, and impactful in advancing youth theatre across Scotland.

This is a senior leadership position with wide-ranging responsibilities, including…

• Overall leadership and management of Youth Theatre Arts Scotland, including finances, staff, funding, programme delivery, and advocacy.
• Creating and implementing the organisation’s strategic business plan, meeting legal, financial, funding, and operational objectives.
• Overseeing organisational activity, ensuring it is in line with strategic objectives and is produced to the highest standards.
• Representing YTAS and Scotland’s youth theatre sector to partners, policymakers, funders and the public locally, nationally, and internationally.
• Supporting strong governance by working closely with the Board of Directors.
• Leading and supporting a high-performing staff team, and nurturing a collaborative, inclusive and values-driven workplace culture.
• Ensuring that the voice of Scotland’s youth theatre arts sector is always fully represented and at the heart of what Youth Theatre Arts Scotland does.
• Saying abreast of relevant developments in arts, education and culture.

Closing date: 9am on 21st July.