Transformation: making a ruckus
A short week due to it being Christmas week where out of office messages are the only replies to expect.
Between now and the new year i’ll be in the office trying to complete small projects that just need a little focus and peace to get done.
On Wednesday 17th December 2014 I was put through my paces in a multiple task interview ultimately being offered and accepting the role as Head of Transformation (sorry no robots). What does that even mean i hear you cry?!? well it means that i’ll be responsible for helping our service to run projects and programmes that are based on “user needs” whilst helping to ensure we have the resources including money to not only survive but thrive. I won’t be doing this alone of course, we have a great staff line up and some of the best volunteers and partners. We also have Laura Pye joining us as Service manager (boss/director/leader) so 2015 and beyond is looking pretty good!
The original job ad is below so i can look back in 2016 and see how the role held up to its promise:
The Head of Transformation is an exciting new post in one of Britain’s leading regional museum services, giving you an opportunity to realise a step-change in the performance of the museum and its future resilience.
You will assume responsibility for increasing all aspects of the museum service’s financial performance – through working with our catering contractors to improve our catering offer to managing our retail outlets, managing the fundraising team to meet increasingly ambitious targets, managing the Digital team to realise our museum digital leadership role, managing Modern Records and their financial performance and being responsible for developing new streams of income as well as increasing income through licensing and on-line activity.
We are committed to a multi-facetted programme of organisational change which involves putting audiences needs at the heart of the organisation, increasing our entrepreneurialism and exploring how we can use new technologies to transform our visitor offer as well as the service; you will drive forward this shift in gear and perspective as well as project managing different initiatives from staff development and training to capital projects.
You will be an excellent leader with good commercial experience, strong persuasive skills and well-honed management skills, ideally gained in the cultural sector.
After working furiously for several weeks on our Arts Council application this week proved to be just as hardcore but rewarding:
So busy i’m posting this late.
It was a busy week that had me rolling my sleeves up lots and rubbing my poor little head. I got up to:
Exhausting. IF i ever used our flexi form i’d have to add a new page.
Next week i’ll focus on our Hidden museum project, meeting community partners and completing our Arts Council december deadline.
Word.
Looking like a busy run through to the new year. This week I:
Boo hiss to the end of work always being dark i say. This week was fun as I blocked whole days for one activity:
Good week.