Community Arts & Heritage Projects Lead

Sandwell Local Area Partnership; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandwell Museum Service is seeking an enthusiastic Arts and Projects Officer to lead community engagement through arts and heritage. The role focuses on delivering excellent customer care to visitors from diverse backgrounds, building partnerships with local organisations, and steering community projects and grants.

A flexible schedule with some weekends and evenings is required to support events and programmes.

Responsibilities

• Lead on community engagement through arts and heritage.
• Deliver a high standard of customer care and public service to visitors of all ages and cultural backgrounds.
• Nurture partnerships with other organisations, community groups and practitioners to add capacity and innovation to service delivery.
• Lead and manage community engagement projects and programmes, working with partners and seeking external funding opportunities and grant applications.
• Join the busy creative team delivering projects, events and activities to visitors and the local community, and work as a member of the museums’ management team to develop the service.
• Maintain a flexible approach with regular weekends, bank holidays and evening working when required.

Job description

Sandwell Museum Service is seeking an enthusiastic Arts and Projects Officer to lead community engagement through arts and heritage. The role focuses on delivering excellent customer care to visitors from diverse backgrounds, building partnerships with local organisations, and steering community projects and grants.

A flexible schedule with some weekends and evenings is required to support events and programmes.