Arts and Events Officer

Gloucester City Council; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Gloucester City Council as an Arts and Events Officer to play a key role in enhancing the cultural fabric of the city. You'll oversee the delivery of festivals, support film bookings, and manage grant funding, working in a creative, collaborative environment. This permanent position offers flexible working and generous benefits.

Benefits

Flexible, hybrid/agile working opportunities

Generous annual leave of 24 days per year

Access to Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting outdoor events and festivals.
• Strong administrative skills required.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Support and deliver outdoor festivals and events.
• Facilitate film bookings and outdoor space hire.
• Lead the administration of grant funding and commissions.

Skills

Customer Service

Organizational Skills

Communication Skills

Budget Monitoring

Education

Experience in Event Management

Job description

This is a Gloucester City Council job.

• Job Title: Arts and Events Officer
• Job Location: Guildhall
• Salary: £29,572 - £31,586 per annum
• Hours per Week: 37.00
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 29/06/2025
• Job Requisition Number: 11743
• This post is open to job share
  
  

We are a dynamic local authority providing essential services to the people of Gloucester.

Our main office, based in the Eastgate Centre on Eastgate Street in the heart of the city, is an accessible, modern and light space designed for collaborative working and finding new ways to work. It's all open plan, with a living green wall and other plants without set desks, so you can sit next to someone new every day. We're always looking to improve how we work and we offer flexible and agile working to give our people a great work life balance.

About The Role

As part of the Festivals and Events team you will support and deliver outdoor festival and events, facilitate and coordinate film bookings and outdoor space hire, and lead the administration of grant funding and commissions. You will work across the Festival and Events team in providing delivery and administrative support on a wide range of projects that develop Gloucester’s cultural aspirations.

What We Need From You

The ideal candidate will have experience in supporting the development and delivery of a wide range of outdoor events and festivals. Strong administrative experience and a keen eye for detail are a essential. You will need to prioritise a busy workload, delivering on multiple projects at the same time and managing multiple inboxes. You will provide excellent customer service, using your fantastic communication skills, as well as using your knowledge of current trends and tastes in the outdoor events and festivals, live arts, performance, theatre, music, film and comedy to help us achieve financial and demographic targets. As you will be responsible for processing financial paperwork, experience of monitoring budgets within an income-driven environment is key.

What We Offer To You

What we can offer you

• Flexible, hybrid/agile working opportunities
• Generous annual leave entitlement of 24 days per year (increasing to 30 after 5 years service)
• An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year
• 2 days paid leave every year to participate in local volunteering activities
• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Regular training and career development opportunities
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone, and an in-house Occupational Health service
• Enhanced family friendly leave and pay
• Cycle to Work scheme (Salary Sacrifice -T&C apply)
• Car Scheme (Salary Sacrifice -T&C apply)
• Employee discount scheme
  
  

If you're ready to bring your expertise to a role where you can make a real impact in the cultural life of Gloucester, we would love to hear from you.

How To Apply

If you feel you have the skills, desire, experience and passion to help deliver our ambitious plans for the city then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Nicola Salmon via email at [e-mail].

Closing Date: midnight on 29 June 2025

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted via email and invited to attend an in-person interview on 14 or 16 July 2025

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile, please follow the link below:-

Arts and Events Officer - Job Profile

Gloucester City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Equality and Diversity

We recognise the positive value of equality and diversity and pride ourselves on growing a high-performing workforce that is diverse, skilled and talented; that represents the community it serves.

We aim to recruit a diverse pool of talent and will recruit the person who is most suited to the job without regard to their race, colour, religion or belief, age, nationality, ethnicity, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, caring responsibilities or disability.

We are a disability confident employer committed to removing barriers to employment to those with disabilities or long-term health conditions. Reasonable adjustments will be made to the recruitment procedure to ensure that no-one is disadvantages because of their disability. Please contact the recruitment team if you require support or reasonable adjustments during the application or recruitment process [e-mail]

Further information on our commitment to Equality and Diversity can be found Here

If you wish to apply for this position on a secondment basis, please obtain approval from your current line manager that you may be released on a secondment before submitting an application form.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a 'customer facing role' must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.