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Play a pivotal role in shaping the public arts sector as our new Director, Strategic Partnerships & Place during an exciting transformation period.
Overview
Salary
£61102
Location
Brighton, Cambridge, Bristol, Nottingham, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds or Newcastle, UK - Hybrid
Expires
Expires at anytime
Arts Council, known for its national ambitions in promoting creativity and culture, is offering an engaging opportunity for an experienced professional to become the Director, Strategic Partnerships & Place. The role is vital in establishing links across local and national government, as well as diverse bodies in the cultural sector. With key governmental and organisational stakeholders, you will be operating nationwide to leverage the expertise of the staff towards our national strategies.
Role Summary:
- Work closely with both area-focused and nationally-focused teams to develop institutional partnerships.
- Collaborate with Senior Managers to drive our projects.
- Involve in crucial operations like devolution and Priority Places.
- Perform within a policy team, reporting to the Director, Strategy.
Role Requirements:
- Deep understanding of public policy and ability to incorporate culture into place.
- Proven leadership experience, preferably earned outside the cultural sector.
- Capability to effect change within complex organisations.
Application Process Details:
- For further details on the role, click here.
- Refer to the recruitment pack here for additional information on working for Arts Council.
- Be informed about our application guidance and commitment to diversity here.
- CVs or cover letters are not accepted during our recruitment process. Any requests for alternative formats of documentation can be addressed at recruitment@artscouncil.org.uk.
We are looking for a Director, Strategic Partnerships & Place to join our team of national directors. You will take on this role mid-way through our 10-year strategy, Let’s Create, and at a pivotal time for the cultural sector, which is facing many challenges and opportunities right across the country.
The public sector landscape is also changing, making this an exciting, dynamic environment in which to work. Our national ambitions for creativity and culture cannot be realised without building, maintaining and expanding relationships across local and national government, strategic and combined authorities, Mayoral teams, with other funders and National Lottery distributors, and with those representing communities across England’s villages, towns, cities.
Key external stakeholder relationships will include government departments, the Local Government Association, other membership bodies, government agencies, Arm’s Length Bodies and National Lottery Distributors. You will work across the country, across the artforms and disciplines we support, and in service of the widest range of the public and the cultural sector, utilising the skills and expertise of our staff to best effect in our national framework for our place based work and our partnership work.
You will be work closely with our Deputy Chief Executive, Places, Engagement and Libraries, to shape and lead our work in this field, and with two Senior Managers who you will line manage, and who will help to deliver our work. You will also work closely with a range of colleagues, some nationally focussed and some area focussed, to inform, develop and deliver our place based and partnership work.
This currently includes our work around devolution, Priority Places and the data tools we develop and share to inform our own and others understanding of culture and place. The post holder will sit within our Policy Team, led by the Director, Strategy, who will be your line manager. You will work alongside colleagues focusing on Policy, Skills & Workforce and Business Development.
You will have the support of your colleagues but will also have a high degree of autonomy to ensure the successful delivery of our strategy. If you have a deep knowledge of public policy, want to maximise the contribution of culture to place, turn policy into delivery, work on a national level whilst understanding and influencing the local level, and can effect change within and out with complex organisations, this might be a role for you.
Leadership experience is important, though you might have gained this outside of the cultural sector in a charity, local authority, government, creative industry or a grant-giver, for example. This is an exciting and challenging role. Come and join us in creating a bold and inclusive future.
Arts Council offers a range of benefits to our employees including hybrid and flexible working, a generous annual leave allowance and the Arts Council Retirement Plan - a final salary scheme. To find out more, click here.
Our Code of Ethics requires that employees of the Arts Council are not able to receive an Arts Council grant, investment or loan funding - either in person, as a member of a partnership, or for any organisation they own. There are also limitations on board or CEO positions employees can hold in organisations we fund. For more information on this, please talk to the recruiting manager or contact [email removed - click apply for more details].
We believe our recruitment process should be inclusive and transparent. Find out what to expect with our application guidance and more about our commitment to diversity on our website here.
To view the job description please click here To view the recruitment pack which outlines more details about working for Arts Council please click here.
Job ref: ARTC48 Closing date: Midnight, Sunday 06 July 1 st Interviews: (virtual) Monday 14 July 2 nd Interviews: (in person at the Birmingham office) Monday 21 July
Please note: We do NOT accept CVs or cover letters as part of our recruitment process. If you require any documentation in an alternative format, please contact [email removed - click apply for more details].
