Producing Lead; Shared Leadership

Interview Date: 5th & 6th March, 2026

The Producing Lead focuses on project initiation & programme delivery. They translate strategy into action, build new ideas, ensure they run smoothly & maintain good budgetary control. The Producing Lead ensures our artists are supported, our communities feel held & is frontline & operational.

• Employed, part-time (3 days/wk), starting 6th April 2026
• 12 month contract
• £36,000 per year FTE. £21,600 for 3 days/wk - 22.5 hours
• Based at The Dance Centre, Llandrindod Wells.

Impelo is entering an exciting new period from April '26. We're reopening our studio space in Llandrindod Wells, building on our reputation for socially engaged & inventive approaches to dance & community from our rural base & introducing a new shared leadership & staff structure.

Made up of 3 interconnected & equally paid roles:
Strategic Lead, Producing Lead & Administrative Lead, together they balance the artistic health, day-to-day delivery, & financial wellbeing of the organisation. Working collaboratively, this team ensures that Impelo's programmes are delivered with care, clarity & excellence - supporting artists, participants & partners, while building & maintaining strong systems, internal communication & organisational stability.

These roles will suit people who thrive on collaboration, coordination & creative problem-solving, & who value people-centred ways of working.

• Each role holds full responsibility & ownership for its domain
• Leadership is distributed, not diluted
• Parity in structure & pay is intentional - it reflects shared accountability, not hierarchy.

The Producing Lead focuses on project initiation & programme delivery. They translate strategy into action, build new ideas, ensure they run smoothly & maintain good budgetary control. The Producing Lead ensures our artists are supported, our communities feel held & is frontline & operational. They work closely with the Strategic Lead & Administrative Lead, acting as a creative dynamo & ensuring that Impelo's artistic activities are relevant to both our rural communities in Powys & the dance communities across Wales.

This role holds the day-to-day reality of Impelo's work, you'll be comfortable with shared leadership & enjoy human contact with the communities we work with.

• Experience producing or coordinating arts or community programmes (E)
• Strong organisational and project management skills (E)
• Experience of working with artists and freelancers (E)
• Understanding of inclusive, participatory and community-led practice (E)
• Confidence managing budgets, schedules and multiple priorities (E)
• Experience of collaborative, non-hierarchical or shared leadership models (D)
• Excellent internal communication and relationship-building skills (E)
• Experience in organisational change or recovery (E)
• Experience of working in rural contexts (D)
• A working knowledge of Welsh (or willingness to learn) (D).

• Develop, coordinate and deliver Impelo's activity
• Create project timelines, schedules and delivery plans
• Support artists and facilitators with logistics and care.

• Liaise with venues, partners and communities
• Ensure safeguarding, access and inclusion are embedded.
• Act as a key point of contact for artists, freelancers and participants
• Work closely with the Administrative Lead to ensure smooth systems
• Feed learning, insights and challenges back into organisational strategy.

If you wish to make an application, please send your CV along with a cover letter (maximum 2 A4 pages) to  by Thursday 26th February 2026.

Please outline how your experience meets the Key Responsibilities and Person Specification of the role you are interested in.

You are welcome to submit in Welsh or English and we welcome written applications or via video or audio application. If you’d like to send a video or audio application, please ensure the private You Tube link is 7 minutes maximum.

Interviews will take place at The Dance Centre on Thursday 5th and Friday 6th March 2026.