NIGEL GRANT, B.Mus (Hons) - Consultant

Nigel Grant is an experienced consultant to dance companies, schools and other dance organisations. He specialises in structural development and recently spent 8 months in Singapore setting up a new non-profit organisation - I Dance Central - dedicated to promoting, supporting and developing dance in Singapore.

Prior to that, Nigel was the Assistant Director of The Royal Ballet School for 14 years,  responsible to the School's Board of Governors for finance, administration, academic, recruitment and development functions , working alongside the Director, who has responsibility for artistic matters.

Responsibilities at The Royal Ballet School

Finance: The School's £3.7 million p.a. budget. Presentation of long-term financial plans, budgets and forecasts to the School's Finance Committee of Governors and negotiations annually with the Department For Education and Employment for the School's funding.

Personnel: Directly responsible for over 150 full- and part-time members of staff and determination of personnel policies for the School.

Administrative Systems and Support: To ensure the provision and operation of the most effective manual and computerised systems to support the educational and artistic activities of the School.

Academic: Monitoring of academic standards, determining the curriculum and appointing senior staff.

Recruitment: Developing and evaluating the School's Search For Talent programme, to identify and recruit the most talented pupils in the UK and from overseas.

Development: Proposing and implementing development strategies for the School. The Course Directors of all areas of the School report to the Assistant Director on non-artistic matters. Advising the Chairman of the Board of Governors on strategic matters including Board membership.

Representation: Representing the School actively on a number of national and international bodies.

Summary of Key Achievements at the Royal Ballet School
  
Innovation:
    - A Level courses
    - Promotional video
    - Annual Reports
    - New Prospectus
    - Bi-annual newsletter for dance teachers
    - World Wide Web site
    - New recruitment programmes
    - UK and International Dance teacher network
    - Organisation-wide Management Review

Finance:
    - Promoting financial awareness amongst all School staff
    - Improved budgetary and expenditure control and high quality financial reporting

Administrative Systems and Support:
     - Implementing a computer network  for the whole School, including auditions and student record  functions driven by expert system software

Academic:
    - Introduced culture of high academic aspiration
    - Improved academic staff quality
 
Management:
    - Establishment and development of Senior Management Team
    - Promoted a newly open and professional management culture throughout the School

Freelance Management Consultancy work

Clients include:

The Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts
The Hong Kong Ballet
The Arts Educational School, Tring Park
Millennium Dance 2000
Hammond School, Chester
Northern Ballet School
Dancers’ Career Development
Russian Ballet Society
The Dance Association of Singapore
The United Kingdom Dance & Drama Federation
Celestar Studio of Performing Arts
I Dance Central (Singapore)

Work has included:

Senior Management Team training
Recruitment system development
Marketing audit and strategic development
External assessment of dance school and course
Training courses in management and leadership for dancers
Creation of a national dance teachers' association
Lectures and seminars for dance teachers, students and the public
Development and operation of World Wide Web sites
I.T. database development
Organisation setup and operation
Fundraising and funding applications