Administrator
Candoco Dance Company Closing date: Mon, 18 May 2026
- Part time
- £25k-£30k
- Apply now
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Job Summary
Job Description
You will provide direct executive support to the Executive Director, helping to manage information flow, prioritise correspondence and ensure nothing falls through the net during a busy and ambitious period of organisational transformation.
Alongside that direct support, you will keep the organisation running smoothly: managing the office, maintaining systems and filing, supporting financial administration alongside our external accountants FreshEyes Finance, and taking on research and project support tasks as they arise.
We are looking for someone who is organised, proactive, and discreet. Good administration means anticipating needs, building efficient systems, and making sure the people around you have what they need to do their best work. We need someone who is
adaptable and calm under pressure, equally happy getting into the details and stepping back to see what needs doing next.
This role offers a genuine opportunity to shape how Candoco operates as we move from the ensemble company of old to a new model of a producing dance company.
Contract Type: PAYE.
Duration: Part time, 0.6 (3 days a week).
Location: Hybrid. Minimum 1 day per week (Thursday) in the London office at Mountview, Peckham. London presence will be needed during any London-based activity being led by this role.
Salary: £26,000 - £30,000 per annum (pro rata)
Job Requirements
Essential Skills
- A proactive and organised approach to managing information
- Experience in an Executive Assistant or office management role, with a strong track record of supporting a senior leader.
- Ability to triage, prioritise, and track correspondence and actions across multiple inboxes or workstreams
- Comfortable working with financial data: maintaining trackers, processing invoices, and collating information for reporting
- Strong communication skills and the ability to liaise with a wide range of stakeholders with discretion and professionalism
- Proficiency with Google Workspace (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Calendar)
- Proactive problem-solver who anticipates needs rather than waiting to be asked
- Able to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately
- Strong reading and written English, essential for managing correspondence, reporting, and stakeholder relationships
Job Responsibilities
Executive Support
- Manage multiple inboxes: triaging correspondence, flagging what needs the Executive Director's attention, and tracking outstanding follow-ups and actions.
- Maintain a clear system for tracking correspondence and actions
- Provide light diary management: scheduling meetings and flagging upcoming priorities
- Book travel, accommodation, register for events and organise training for the Executive Director and senior staff
- Support team meetings, including note taking and tracking actions
- Provide occasional executive support to other members of the Lead Circle as needed
Finance Administration
- Maintain the overheads budget tracker
- Supporting the Executive Director with invoice processing and routine financial administration
- Act as day-to-day liaison with our external accountants
- Collate expenditure data to support funder reporting
Office Administration and Operations
- Day-to-day office management
- Manage office services
- Liaise with external providers
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Job Overview
- Job Title: Administrator
- Salary: £25k-£30k
- Hours: Part time
- Artform: Dance
- Role: Admin, Secretarial & PA
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing date: Mon, 18 May 2026
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Location:
London
How to Apply
You can apply via our website.
To apply, please complete our Administrator application form, which can be found our website.
You can submit your answers by video, audio or any other alternative method (which you can do using the form).
Please ensure any alternative submission does not exceed 10 minutes in duration.
Please also attach a CV / up to date LinkedIn profile or any other alternative version of your employment history.
On submitting your application, please also confirm the completion of our Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.
The deadline for applications is 10am, Monday 18 May 2026 (BST).
We will inform shortlisted applicants by 22 May and hold interviews week commencing 25 May.
- Contact name: Melanie Precious
- Contact email: [email protected]
About Candoco Dance Company
Candoco is a producing dance company and artist development organisation. We expand what dance can be, who makes it and who experiences it. We believe dance is better when difference is celebrated.
Based at Mountview Academy in Peckham, South London, we are a national organisation, flexible by design, without a fixed studio.
Over 35 years we have built a repertoire of remarkable work, performed by a company of disabled and non-disabled dancers, touring to major venues across the UK and abroad