Chief Executive
| Posting date: | 16 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £70,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 October 2025 |
| Location: | Hornchurch, Essex |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Queens Theatre Hornchurch |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Job Title: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Contract type: Full-Time, permanent
Reporting to: The Chair and Board of Trustees
Responsible for: Creative Directors, Director of Communities, Director of Audiences & Development, Director of Finance & Administration, Project Director: Havering Changing, Director of HR & People, Director of Operations, Head of Theatre & Production, Head of Customer Services & Facilities, Producers, Associate Producer
Salary: £70,000 + discretionary bonus
Location: Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, Billet Lane, Havering
Holiday: 20 days holiday pro-rata during each holiday year, plus public holidays (rising to 25 days with length of service). The holiday year runs from 1 April to 31 March.
Period of Notice: 6 months
Purpose of the Role
We are seeking a visionary and hands-on Chief Executive to lead the organisation into its next chapter by providing strategic, financial and operational leadership for Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch. Working closely with the Board of Trustees, you will ensure the theatre delivers its mission to provide homegrown theatre at the heart of a changing community while remaining financially resilient, championing diversity and inclusion, and continuing to innovate as a producing house.
This is a solo leadership role, combining executive, financial, and strategic oversight with a collaborative approach to programming and producing, supported by an established Senior Leadership Team.
Please click on 'apply' link to view full job description and job pack.
Contract type: Full-Time, permanent
Reporting to: The Chair and Board of Trustees
Responsible for: Creative Directors, Director of Communities, Director of Audiences & Development, Director of Finance & Administration, Project Director: Havering Changing, Director of HR & People, Director of Operations, Head of Theatre & Production, Head of Customer Services & Facilities, Producers, Associate Producer
Salary: £70,000 + discretionary bonus
Location: Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, Billet Lane, Havering
Holiday: 20 days holiday pro-rata during each holiday year, plus public holidays (rising to 25 days with length of service). The holiday year runs from 1 April to 31 March.
Period of Notice: 6 months
Purpose of the Role
We are seeking a visionary and hands-on Chief Executive to lead the organisation into its next chapter by providing strategic, financial and operational leadership for Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch. Working closely with the Board of Trustees, you will ensure the theatre delivers its mission to provide homegrown theatre at the heart of a changing community while remaining financially resilient, championing diversity and inclusion, and continuing to innovate as a producing house.
This is a solo leadership role, combining executive, financial, and strategic oversight with a collaborative approach to programming and producing, supported by an established Senior Leadership Team.
Please click on 'apply' link to view full job description and job pack.
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