Job Description
Key responsibilities
Develop, coordinate and deliver community-led artistic projects, commissions and events.
Hold and manage allocated budgets, monitor expenditure and support programme financial planning.
Oversee the preparation of Arts Council England monitoring information, programme reports and financial returns with the wider team.
Support deliberative and democratic leadership, ensuring meaningful local influence over artistic direction, decisions and resources.
Nurture Local Leaders, community steering groups and the Jury for Joy; build confidence, skills and shared ownership.
Strengthen relationships with cultural institutions and public bodies, encouraging more collaborative and locally responsive leadership.
Maintain regular and clear communication with the wider team, community members, artists, local organisations and different community groups to maintain and strengthen relationships, encouraging collaboration and finding ways to work together.
Collaborate with artists and the wider team to develop imaginative, ambitious and accessible cultural experiences.
Contribute to learning, evaluation, organisational systems and the growth of EH and EEE.
Job Requirements
You may be an artist, creative producer, arts manager or community practitioner. We care about artistic sensibility and the ability to turn creative possibilities into accountable action, rather than a conventional career pathway.
Job Responsibilities
We are seeking an imaginative, collaborative and organised Programme Developer who combines artistic thinking, programme delivery, financial management and democratic leadership. Working with Artistic and Community Developers, our other Programme Developer, Local Leaders, the Jury for Joy, artists and partners, you will help realise artistic projects, community-led ideas while strengthening the systems and relationships that allow local people to lead.
This role will evolve with the person appointed. We welcome their creative practice, strengths and ambitions. Future opportunities could include micro-leadership of elements of the IMAGINE strand, including work connected to Light Works, or other locally led projects. These are potential areas of development, not fixed requirements.
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Everyone Here in Nottingham employer: Arts Council England
Arts Council England is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and inclusive work culture that values flexibility and employee well-being. With a focus on professional growth, employees benefit from generous annual leave, a final salary pension scheme, and opportunities to lead innovative digital projects in a collaborative environment. Located in Manchester, the role allows for hybrid working, ensuring a balanced approach to work and life while contributing to meaningful organisational change.
