At a Glance
- Tasks: Create and deliver arts programmes that enhance health and wellbeing in hospitals and communities.
- Company: Compassionate organisation dedicated to improving healthcare through arts and community engagement.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, generous holiday, pension contributions, and access to mental health support.
- Other info: Hybrid working with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real difference by using creativity to connect and uplift communities during challenging times.
- Qualifications: Experience in community arts projects and strong partnership-building skills required.
The predicted salary is between 46068 - 46068 £ per year.
Our client helps hospitals do more through grants, arts, volunteering, and fundraising. They are now looking for a Community Arts Engagement Manager to join them on a full-time, permanent basis, working 35 hours per week.
The Benefits
- Salary of £41,680 - £46,068 per annum (the starting salary for this role is £41,680, with the potential to progress based on annually reviewed performance)
- 25 days’ holiday per year plus bank holidays
- An extra day’s holiday to be taken one week either side of your birthday
- Pension (with employer contributions of 10%)
- Sick pay
- Support towards healthcare costs, including eye tests and dental, and access to mental health support through counselling
- Additional access to gym discounts
- Interest-free season ticket loan
- Life assurance
- Staff arts club, including free entry to London galleries
- Access to a range of high street and online discounts
This is a meaningful opportunity for an experienced community arts professional with strong partnership-building skills and an understanding of arts and health initiatives to join our client’s compassionate organisation. You’ll have the chance to use creativity as a powerful tool for connection, confidence and wellbeing, developing programmes that support hospitals and local communities through some of life’s most challenging moments. From helping people reconnect after discharge to reducing isolation and bringing communities together, your work will create experiences that can have a lasting impact. So, if you’re ready to bring people together through the arts and help make healthcare experiences more human, hopeful and connected, read on and apply today.
The Role
As a Community Arts Engagement Manager, you will develop and deliver creative community programmes that improve health and wellbeing for hospitals 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. Alongside managing a creative community programme, which curates innovative creative activities for patients at discharge, patients living with chronic conditions, and the wider community, you will build strategic partnerships with arts, cultural and community organisations and support an internal staff arts programme. Additionally, you will:
- Develop funding bids and contribute to funding reports
- Support and mentor freelance artist facilitators
- Work with colleagues to evaluate programme impact and implement best practice
- Contribute to website content and wider print and digital communications
- Assist with the preparation and delivery of public events
About You
To be considered as a Community Arts Engagement Manager, 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
- An understanding of the NHS and issues around healthcare
- An 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
All job offers are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks and references. The DBS check level required for this role is standard (with adult and child workforce). Applications for this position will close on Sunday 2nd August at 11:30pm. The first round of interviews is scheduled to take place on Friday 14th August.
Webrecruit and our clients 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. So, if you’re looking for an impactful role as a Community Arts Engagement Manager, please apply via the button shown.
Community Arts Engagement Manager in London employer: Webrecruit
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