Could you be the next Chair of the UK’s most adventurous jazz festival? manchester jazz festival (mjf) is seeking a new Chair to lead the organisation and the Board of Trustees through its next period of development, including the 30th anniversary in 2025 and new core funding periods from 2027.
Professor Kirsty Fairclough, mjf’s chair for the last 6 years, has reached the end of her term. An interim Chair is currently in place, and we are looking for an inspirational cultural leader to guide the organisation through our next period of development. NB: Residency in Manchester is not mandatory.
Please find the full recruitment pack available to download here.
objectives
the Chair will:
how to apply
To apply, please complete the form below. The form requires:
Shortlisted candidates – including any existing trustees – will be invited to interview, in the presence of the current Chair, up to two other trustees, the CEO and GM. In keeping with our ACE funding agreement, the interview may also be observed by our ACE Relationship Manager. Following this, candidates will be invited to observe the next board meeting on 27 January 2025, at which the extant trustees will cast a vote to elect the candidate(s) onto the board as a Trustee. The honorary positions of Chair (and Vice-chair if required) will then be ratified via vote by the Trustees.
For an informal discussion, please contact Iain McKeith, interim Chair, at chair@manchesterjazz.com
The deadline to apply is 8 December 2024 at 11pm. Interviews to be held 10 and 11 December 2024, either in person at the Chamber of Commerce, 151 Deansgate, Manchester or via Zoom.
equality, diversity and inclusion
mjf’s festival stages, artist development programmes, board and volunteer workforce are positive and inclusive environments. We acknowledge that there are groups currently underrepresented within the mjf community and actively encourage applicants from Black and Global Majority backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their distinctive experiences, perspectives and knowledge to mjf: diversity in all contexts benefits us as an organisation, as well as our community.