Contract Type: Permanent

Reports To: Board of Directors

Direct Reports: Artistic Leadership and Senior Leadership Team (SLT)

Place of Work: Manchester & London

Salary: Competitive

English National Opera exists for everyone, creating new experiences with opera that inspires, nurtures creativity and makes a difference. Our vision is for lives changed through opera. We take a fresh inspiring approach to opera to reflect the diversity of our culture. The Board of English National Opera is seeking to appoint an experienced, dynamic and resilient leader to take it into its next stage as the company approaches its centenary year.

English National Opera (ENO) is in a period of rapid change following Arts Council (ACE) funding decisions and the requirement for ENO to move its home out of London by 2029. Following a rigorous process, a decision has been made to move to the Greater Manchester area, creating work with and for that area, whilst still retaining a significant annual opera season at the London Coliseum.

A key task of the incoming CEO will be to lead this process, creating a new model of what an opera company can be for the wide range of audiences and communities it serves. The CEO of ENO is also CEO of London Coliseum (LCL) which manages the building and its commercial operation, the profits of which are used, unequivocally, to support the operation of ENO.

The CEO is accountable to and governed by the Board and leads the strategic development and operational executive management of ENO, ensuring good governance and a sustainable business model. The CEO ensures that the company’s work is of the highest artistic, musical and administrative quality, and is accessible to a wide range of audiences and participants, whilst providing a bridge between administrative reality and artistic aspiration.

Please see our Recruitment Pack for further details.

To apply please send your CV with a covering letter and two referees (maximum 2 pages) detailing your interest and suitability for the post to [email protected].

Please also submit our Equal Opportunities Form.

Closing date: Tuesday 23rd April 2024

Interview date: Thursday 9^th May