Culture Officer

Job Description

Job Summary: Salary Range: £32,301 - £35,949 per annum. Work Location: LondonHours per week: 36 Contract type: Permanent Closing date: 31st May 2021Interview date: Week commencing 7th June 2021About Us:Bring culture and creativity to our community.With a focus on putting people at the heart of every decision, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is a fantastic organisation in which to pursue your career ambitions. We embrace a forward-thinking culture in which we want to create a great quality of life for our residents, and as such, we place immense emphasis on the value of a fantastic cultural offering for our local community and visitors. Working in partnership with a wide range of cultural and creative partners, we see to it that our residents can access a wide range of opportunities, making for a truly progressive workplace in which to explore your most ambitious ideas. And in a post-Covid world in which Londoners have hugely missed cultural outlets - such as museums and theatres - our work has never been more important or more keenly anticipated. The Role:This is an exciting chance to join a culturally rich borough with an ambitious Culture Plan of over 50 actions currently in the pipeline. You will have the autonomy to take ownership of key projects, both well-established initiatives and new concepts. From initial planning through to promotion and evaluation, you will look at every challenge from the perspective of the audience and our local cultural and creative community, identifying how you can reach as many people as possible. Partnering with a broad array of stakeholders including cultural venues, artists, community groups and schools, you will be focused on putting our community first at every turn. About You:To make the most of this incredible opportunity, you will be a flexible team-player, and you will bring plenty of initiative to the role. With the capacity to create and coordinate accessible creative and cultural programming, you will have great communications and marketing awareness. Ideally educated to degree-level in an arts-related subject, we will expect you to have experience of working in an arts development context, and you will have a background in developing and managing participative arts projects and curated programmes. It would also be helpful if you have a good understanding of how local authorities work. Financially astute with the ability to commission artists and arts organisations, you will have the capacity to manage a budget and deliver imaginative and value-for-money experiences for residents. In return, you can look forward to a package that includes a competitive salary, a high-quality pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays.Please apply online explaining how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification and job description. CVs alone will not be considered for this role. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applicants.Additional informationWe are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.We engage our staff with a variety of learning types including face-to-face and virtual learning because we want to ensure our staff understand our values and behaviours, grow their skills and develop their careers.This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.We do not accept speculative CVs from any source.Please note, we will primarily contact candidates by e-mail throughout the recruitment process, please monitor your email junk / spam folder as our system generated emails may be allocated to these folders by your email settings.