Candidate Pack - City Lit Executive Director

ROLE DESCRIPTION
Location:
Salary:
Hours:
1-10 Keeley Street, London, WC2B 4BA (and other locations as required)
circa £80,000 per annum inclusive of London Weighting
approx 35 hours per week, including evening and occasional weekend work
The new Executive Director of External Engagement will provide senior leadership across all areas
of external relations and hold overall responsibility for delivering City Lit’s strategic objective to
strengthen stakeholder engagement and to increase revenue generation through both fundraising
and the cultivation of closer business links.
Reporting to the Principal and Chief Executive, this post will be a central part of the executive team
that provides strategic direction and leadership for the college:
The Executive Director will in turn be responsible for managing the Director of Stakeholder
Engagement, the Director of Fundraising, the Community Partnerships Development Manager,
and the Events Coordinator, and they will have dotted line responsibility for the Director of Sales
and Commercial Partnerships.
Key deliverables of the role will include:
developing a strategy to deliver strategic goal number three;
leading on engagement with Government and other funders, involving the Principal and Chief Executive
as required;
implementing a strategy for engaging with the Mayor and the London Local Enterprise Partnership;
devising and implementing a stakeholder strategy for appropriate partnerships with other organisations;
completing a strategic overview of institutional events to ensure they support City Lit’s strategic objectives;
ensuring that an effective fundraising capability, strategy and campaign is established and the
relationships which arise from that are effectively managed;
engaging with City Lit Fellows and establishing a clear vision of how they deliver value for City Lit;
developing a strategy for City Lit’s centenary and leading a steering group to deliver it;
identifying new opportunities for external engagement, partnership working, collaboration, attracting new
funds and identifying and diversifying revenue streams;
bringing key market intelligence from stakeholders into City Lit’s planning and the Executive team;