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WOMAD (part of Real World Group) UK Festival Director Salary: £83,000 - £90,000 per annum Location: Real World Studios, Box, near Corsham/Bath (hybrid working) Contract: Full-time, Permanent For more than four decades, WOMAD has brought people together through music, culture, creativity and discovery. Founded on the belief that cultural exchange can broaden perspectives and create meaningful human connection, WOMAD has become one of the world's most celebrated cultural festivals, welcoming artists and audiences from across the globe. As part of the wider Real World Group, founded by Peter Gabriel, WOMAD combines a rich legacy with an entrepreneurial spirit and a commitment to shaping the future of cultural experiences. Following its successful move to Neston Park, WOMAD enters an exciting new chapter. With strong foundations in place, the festival is focused on securing long-term sustainability, growing audiences, strengthening partnerships and ensuring it remains culturally relevant, creatively ambitious and financially resilient for generations to come. We are now seeking an exceptional Festival Director to lead WOMAD UK through this next phase of development. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer of Real World Group and working closely with the WOMAD Board and key stakeholders, including Peter Gabriel, this is a rare opportunity to shape the future of one of the world's most respected cultural festivals. As UK Festival Director, you will: Provide strategic leadership for WOMAD UK, developing a clear vision and long-term plan for the festival's future growth and sustainability. Lead the successful planning and delivery of the annual festival, ensuring an outstanding experience for audiences, artists, partners and stakeholders. Drive commercial performance, strengthening financial sustainability and resilience through sponsorship, partnerships, audience growth and new income opportunities. Balance creative ambition with commercial sustainability, working closely with the Programming Director to support world-class cultural programming. Lead and inspire a small, high-performing team, fostering a collaborative, inclusive and values-led culture. Maintain oversight of festival operations, governance, risk management, health and safety, safeguarding and audience welfare. Build strong relationships across WOMAD, Real World, local partners, commercial sponsors, public bodies and the wider international WOMAD network. We welcome applications from individuals with: A successful track record of leading complex organisations, events, festivals or customer-focused operations. Strong commercial and financial acumen, with experience delivering sustainable growth and managing significant budgets. Experience developing sponsorships, partnerships or commercial opportunities that align with organisational values. A proven ability to lead teams and deliver high-profile public-facing experiences. Excellent stakeholder management skills and the confidence to work effectively with boards, partners and senior external stakeholders. Experience overseeing operational delivery, governance, compliance, risk management and public safety. A collaborative leadership style, cultural curiosity and a genuine passion for the role that arts, culture and creativity play in bringing people together. Candidates may come from festivals, arts and culture, live events, visitor attractions, entertainment, media, hospitality or other customer-focused sectors. Most importantly, you will combine strategic leadership, commercial credibility and operational excellence with a commitment to preserving what makes WOMAD unique. WOMAD is committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcomed, respected and valued. We warmly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences. To find out more about this exceptional opportunity, please click Apply. For a confidential discussion, please contact our recruitment advisers at GatenbySanderson: Jennie Wood, Research Lead Rebekah Herz-Bauman, Partner Closing date: 7th September 2026

At EY, we're all in to shape your future with confidence. We'll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. Restructuring Strategy Director - London The Opportunity EY's Financial Restructuring (FR) team is one of the leading teams of its kind in the market, working with stressed and challenged businesses. TRS is part of EY's Parthenon (previously Strategy & Transactions ("SaT") business, working with companies and stakeholders at times of change, and often at an exciting pace. FR covers a number of different sub business units and geographies in the UK and you may have the opportunity to work across different teams in your career with FR. Our clients can be companies, boards of directors, government bodies or financial stakeholders like lenders or shareholders. They might be on the brink of a crisis, or simply looking to build greater resilience into their business. In FR we work closely with our clients to deliver the financial and organisational solutions that enable them to adapt and succeed or minimise the downside risks that they are facing. The work involves understanding the drivers of value in a business and problem solving to manage the priorities of competing stakeholders. People who flourish in FR think broadly about what drives value in a company's performance and the factors that can drive underperformance or failure. Many of our strong performers have moved from other disciplines (Audit, Tax, Forensics) or wider SaT and have varied experience and knowledge which can be applied to a range of project situations. In FR we are experiencing an increase in demand for our services, so there is real opportunity to develop and grow your career. Whilst we do work at pace at times, the team is welcoming and inclusive with a good balance of hybrid working and an enjoyable team environment, where you can bring your whole self to work. Your Key Responsibilities As a Restructuring Director, you'll manage the restructuring engagement by defining the engagement scope, in consultation with the Partner, and executing it in compliance with our policies and protocols. You will take responsibility for leading engagements, reporting to the engagement Partner, project managing the rest of the team, coordinating deliverables from teams tasked to deal with discreet aspects of assignments, communicating issues to the Partner and driving the project to completion with limited supervision from the Partner. We'll want you to be active in establishing and nurturing relationships - both inside EY with different specialist teams across the firm, and externally - for example with client staff or business intermediaries - as relationship-building and having strong visibility in the market is an important and valued skill in FR. You will also fit into our positive learning culture from day one. You will bring your existing skills/knowledge and coach people in these where that is relevant and applicable to our work, and you will be valued for your efforts to coach and counsel team members to help them develop. Skills and Attributes for Success Financial analysis and scenario modelling to support decision making and awareness of the key drivers of corporate failure or underperformance. Commercial acumen - using knowledge and insight gained from client work and applying your understanding of the wider business environment. Ability to proactively lead engagement teams and find pragmatic and commercial solutions to restructuring challenges. Experience in presenting findings clearly in reports, presentations and other deliverables to clients. Ability to share technical and other knowledge with the team drawing on previous experience and current learning. Demonstrate professionalism and confidence to deal with a range of stakeholder groups and management teams. Excellent project management skills, with the ability to manage more than one assignment at a time and yet still demonstrate quality and consistency of performance in every task. Desire to support the people development of FR - contributing to or leading training courses, recruitment, and team / wellbeing activities. Strong appreciation of risk management. Good market presence and personal network. To qualify for the role you must have: Proven track record within a recognised Restructuring team Experience of leading options analysis, contingency planning and formal corporate insolvencies - as well as experience of financial advisory, business reviews, comparator reports for Schemes / Restructuring Plans and liquidity reviews. A professional accountancy qualification (ACA/ACCA or equivalent) and potentially a pass in the JIEB corporate exam paper. Strong personal network and the ability to build strong external relationships within the market and across other services, and can actively participate in business development. Appreciation of the risks inherent in advising stressed and distressed businesses and their stakeholders. People development experience and can effectively supervise, coach and mentor staff. Ideally, you'll also have: Your own network of market contacts with work providers. What we look for We are looking for candidates who are highly motivated, ambitious, and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful team where we encourage everyone to bring their whole self to work. Being a collaborative team player is important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly throughout a period of growth within FR. What we offer Continuous learning: You'll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next. Success as defined by you: We'll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way. Transformative leadership: We'll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs. Diverse and inclusive culture: You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible. EY Building a better working world EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.

Development Lead About the role This is a rare opportunity to lead one of the UK's most significant cultural fundraising campaigns. We're looking for an experienced major gifts or capital fundraising professional who thrives on building exceptional relationships and securing transformational support. You'll join us at a pivotal moment, leading campaigns that will shape the future of Scotland's national collection and leave a lasting legacy for generations to come. At National Galleries of Scotland, you'll help secure the future of one of the world's great art collections, cared for on behalf of the nation. You'll raise transformational philanthropic support for projects that preserve Scotland's national collection, expand public access and create lasting cultural impact. We're looking for a strategic and relationship-focused fundraiser with experience leading complex, high-value fundraising campaigns. You'll be equally confident working with major donors, senior colleagues, Trustees and volunteer leaders. You'll combine excellent judgement with strong planning skills, bringing together people, resources and fundraising strategy to deliver ambitious campaign goals. While initially focused on The Art Works, you will have a longer-term remit to help shape future capital fundraising priorities that emerge from our strategic ambitions. You'll personally progress high-value donor relationships while ensuring fundraising campaigns are strategically structured, insight led, appropriately resourced and effectively delivered. You'll help broaden our philanthropic reach by expanding a strong and diverse prospect base across local, national and international audiences. This includes developing approaches to high-value and discreet funders and making the best use of senior volunteers and networks. The scale of the role is exceptional. You'll work on nationally significant projects with a compelling case for support. You'll enjoy flexible and hybrid working, generous benefits and the chance to make a lasting impact throughout your career. What is The Art Works and why is it important? The Art Works is essential to widening access to art and improving wellbeing, while safeguarding Scotland's national collection for the future. Scotland's £6.6bn, 130,000 object collection is currently at risk: 97% is held in overcrowded stores, half of which fail environmental standards. Commercial storage costs are rising, space is limited, and facilities for research, conservation and access are inadequate. The Art Works provides a permanent, expandable and efficient solution. The new 13,000 sqm building in North Edinburgh's regeneration area will greatly enhance public access and cultural engagement, delivering significant economic, community and national benefits. Designed to the Passivhaus building standard it will be one of the largest cultural buildings of its kind in the world, delivering a very low energy solution for best-in-class collection storage providing long term resilience for our duty of care to the nations collection of fine art, space for future collection growth and providing spaces for partner collections. The design reduces future running costs and drives efficiency of working. The design and project ethos supports local needs creating income, jobs and skills opportunities for the local community. The Art Works will also unlock the full potential of the collection worldwide, removing logistical barriers to loans and touring across Scotland, the UK and internationally. Looking beyond The Art Works As a permanent role within the Development team, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering future capital fundraising programmes across the organisation. This includes supporting the fundraising strategy for the planned Mound Level Galleries redevelopment at the National, alongside other strategic capital projects that will help increase access to Scotland's national collection, enhance visitor experience and secure the long-term resilience of our historic buildings and collections. The difference you'll make Reporting to the Head of Development, you will: Provide excellent strategic management of capital fundraising campaigns across the organisation, with an immediate focus on The Art Works as well as responsibility for supporting the planning and delivery of future campaigns, including the Mound Level Galleries redevelopment and other major capital priorities. Contribute to the development of long-term capital fundraising strategies, campaign plans and prospect pipelines to support future organisational priorities beyond The Art Works, ensuring continuity of donor engagement and campaign readiness. Translate campaign strategy, timelines and gift table requirements into clear delivery plans and actions across teams. Monitor progress toward income and activity targets, identify variances early and recommend tactical adjustments based on internal insight and external conditions. Lead the development and maintenance of campaign reporting, including dashboards, risk logs, income phasing and governance papers. Engage directly with major donors, trusts and foundations to cultivate, solicit and steward high-value gifts, working with senior colleagues, Trustees and Campaign Board members as appropriate to maximise outcomes. Oversee and direct cultivation and stewardship activity across the capital campaigns team, ensuring delivery of agreed fundraising strategies and a structured and strategic approach to progressing prospects and delivering income targets, while working closely with the wider Development team to ensure a coordinated and consistent approach to donor engagement. Expand the philanthropic prospect base by identifying new opportunities and supporting approaches to high value or discreet funders. Oversee the preparation of high quality briefings, materials and follow up for senior level donor meetings and solicitations. Coordinate all donor hospitality activity for the campaign, liaising with colleagues across the Development team and other teams as required, including events, briefings, site visits and other cultivation opportunities. Lead the implementation of donor recognition and stewardship frameworks, ensuring consistent, high quality supporter experiences. Ensure operational readiness for the public phase of the campaign, coordinating colleagues across Development, Communications and Visitor Experience to create effective giving pathways and engagement opportunities. Provide day to day direction to the Development Manager - Capital Campaigns; the Campaigns Coordinator and other team members (to be brought in on a temporary basis as required at key campaign stages) to support high standards of documentation, planning and internal communication. Promote collaborative, inclusive working practices across the team and wider organisation. Who we are looking for To succeed in this role, you'll need the following range of knowledge, skills, and experience: Significant leadership experience in capital or multi year fundraising campaigns with £multi-million targets. Experience of developing and sustaining a portfolio of high net worth prospects at 5, 6 and 7-figure levels including discreet and invite-only funders. Experience modelling and managing fundraising cash flow, campaign pacing and income phasing across multiple fundraising priorities, ensuring alignment with organisational and project delivery requirements. Ability to expand donor networks at local, national, and international level. Strong presentation and writing skills, with the ability to influence, articulate complex ideas and inspire support. Experience planning and delivering high quality cultivation events and donor engagements. Strong understanding of fundraising sector trends, major donor behaviour and the philanthropic landscape. Experience working closely with senior stakeholders, including Directors, Trustees, volunteer fundraising campaign board members and other high level advocates. Strong knowledge of UK charitable giving and tax considerations relevant to fundraising. Highly motivated, with the ability to act on initiative while exercising good judgement about when to involve others. Strong analytical and reporting skills, with confidence interpreting financial, pipeline and performance data. Experience using CRM/database systems such as Spektrix or similar. It would also be great if you have: Experience of fundraising for multiple capital projects and transitioning donor relationships between successive major campaigns. Knowledge of the arts, culture, heritage, community engagement or education sectors. Understanding of how environmental sustainability, climate action and low energy design influence contemporary philanthropic priorities. Enthusiasm for the mission and work of the National Galleries of Scotland. Experience of fundraising in an international context, particularly in North America and Asia. Please apply directly via our careers portal. Applications via email will not be accepted. The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Tuesday, 25 August 2026.