Senior Officer, Place Based Peer Learning (Artc56)

Contract: Fixed Term until 31 March 2025, working 21 hours per week (Arts Council also recognises the benefit of flexible working as a valued part of the way we work, and welcome applications from individuals who require flexibility)

Salary: GBP35,225 (pro rata) per annum plus benefits including a final salary pension scheme, generous annual leave, and flexible and hybrid working.

Location: Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, or Nottingham. (The role will be based at the office base listed; however, we are operating a hybrid way of working and support our staff to make use of remote working options when combined with regular on-site contact days with other members of the team, normally 1-2 days a week)

Arts Council England is looking for a person with excellent communication, programming and negotiation skills to co-ordinate our Senior Officer, Place-Based Peer Learning Programme.

This external-facing, hands-on role will ensure the successful delivery of our thematic programme of events for participants to exchange knowledge, best practices and ideas, collaborate and build networks and help us deliver on our 10-year strategy Let's Create.

If you were already in this Place Based Peer Learning Programme role, here are some of the areas you would have been working in this week:

• Contributing to ideas around future programming of the thematic Place Based Peer Learning Programme, including researching, booking and contracting speakers for Peer Learning events;
• Working with the Communications Officer for Place Based Peer Learning to co-ordinate and deliver online and in-person events, with a range of participants;
• Co-ordinating the Place Based Peer Learning Steering Group - compiling agendas, creating presentations to update them and facilitating/Chairing meetings.

To apply for this Senior Officer, Place Based Peer Learning Programme role, your soft skills, expertise and experience should include:

• Experience supporting and negotiating with a wide range of partners at a senior level project co-ordination, event management, and working within a complex environment.
• Highly organised and capable of working with a high level of attention to detail
• The ability to prioritise and juggle multiple priorities and exercise effective judgement.

Equality Diversity and Inclusion Statement: Arts Council are committed to building an inclusive employer and workplace and recruiting a workforce that is as diverse as the communities we serve. However, you identify, and whatever background you bring with you, we welcome you to apply for a role at Arts Council.

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Disabled, D/deaf and/or neurodivergent people and those from Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse backgrounds are underrepresented in our workforce so we particularly encourage applications from people in these groups.

About us: 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 .

Please note that, we are currently consulting on our Staff Code of Ethics and changes which will avoid conflicts of interest. The changes would mean that employees of the Arts Council would not be 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

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Closing date: Midday (12:00pm) 26 April 2024.

• 1 st Interviews: Friday 10 May 2024 (virtual/ in person).
• 2 nd Interviews: Thursday 23 May 2024 (virtual/ in person).