Community Arts Engagement Manager – London, W2
Location: London, W2 (hybrid working and travel between hospital sites in West London). Full-time, permanent, 35 hours per week.
About Us
We’re Imperial Health Charity, an organisation that helps our hospitals do more through grants, arts, volunteering, and fundraising. We support the five hospitals of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust: Charing Cross, Hammersmith, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea, St Mary’s, and the Western Eye.
The Benefits
Salary: £41,680 – £46,068 per annum (starting salary £41,680, potential for progression based on performance review)
Holiday: 25 days per year plus bank holidays, plus an extra day around your birthday.
Pension: Employer contributions of 10%.
Sick pay & healthcare: Sick pay; support toward healthcare costs (including eye tests, dental), and access to mental health counselling.
Other benefits:
- Gym discounts
- Interest‑free season ticket loan
- Life assurance
- Staff arts club with free entry to London galleries
- High‑street and online discounts
The Role
As Community Arts Engagement Manager, you will develop and deliver creative community programmes that improve health and wellbeing for patients, NHS staff, and local communities.
You will lead the development and delivery of innovative arts projects that address key population health priorities, working closely with clinical teams, service users, and community partners.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading the Beyond Our Walls programme, curating innovative creative activities for patients at discharge, patients living with chronic conditions, and the wider North‑West London community.
- Building strategic partnerships with arts, cultural, and community organisations and supporting the Staff Arts Club.
- Developing funding bids and contributing to funding reports.
- Supporting and mentoring freelance artist facilitators.
- Working with colleagues to evaluate programme impact and implement best practice.
- Contributing to website content and wider print and digital communications.
- Assisting with the preparation and delivery of public events.
About You
To be considered, you will need:
- Experience developing arts projects within a community setting.
- Proven experience working in an inclusive, community‑centred role.
- Experience developing partnerships.
- An understanding of arts and health initiatives.
- Knowledge of contemporary socially engaged arts practice.
- Understanding of the NHS and issues around healthcare.
- Understanding of key issues affecting communities, particularly social isolation, unemployment, and discrimination.
- The ability to use technology in all aspects of work, including designing resources.
- High standards of literacy.
- Empathy for working within a hospital environment.
- A BA degree or equivalent in a relevant subject or equivalent working experience.
Equal Opportunities
Webrecruit and Imperial Health Charity are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
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