Croydon CPP Community Producer

Arts Council England; London Borough of Croydon; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Arts Council England's Croydon Creative People & Places programme is seeking a Croydon CPP Community Producer to connect community groups, hosts and the CPP delivery team. Working with the Director, you will shape a bold programme of culturally ambitious projects and experiences that reflect local ideas and leadership.

You will manage day-to-day activity with Community Hosts, help embed deliberative decision making through Community Panel processes, and coordinate partnerships across sectors to

Qualifications

• Essential: Demonstrable experience of producing arts and culture or community-based projects with multiple partners.
• Experience of working with community groups, artists, creative practitioners, freelancers or partner organisations.

Responsibilities

• Working with the Director, coordinate and deliver a varied programme of cultural activity, including commissions, participatory projects, creative events, residencies, pilots and co-produced activity.
• Manage the day-to-day administration of activity including workshops, projects and commissions as delegated by the Director.
• Working directly with the Community Panels and Community Hosts, ensure the cultural events they commission happen the way they want them to.
• Translate programme plans into practical delivery schedules, working with the wider delivery team, artists, venues, community partners, freelancers and suppliers.
• Coordinate day-to-day production documentation, including timelines, logistics, permissions, contracts, risk assessments, budgets and delivery plans.
• Ensure projects are delivered to agreed quality standards, on time and within budget.

Skills

Community arts project coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Budget tracking

Job description

Job Description

The Community Producer is a pivotal role for Croydon's CPP, being the connection point between community groups, community hosts and the CPP delivery team. Working with the Director, you will turn local ideas into an ambitious, robust and high-quality programme of creative projects and cultural experiences.
The Community Producer will help embed the understanding of Community Panel processes and support the implementation of deliberative decision making.

This role is designed for someone who can combine strong programme coordination, excellent relationship building, a commitment to inclusion and engagement, and an understanding of how cultural activity translates across community spaces.

You will hold the day-to-day management of activity, supported by Community Hosts. Your work will support the co design of a shared cultural vision with the people of Croydon, engage and mobilise residents as that vision develops into a programme of high quality, inclusive cultural activity across the borough.

You will be an integral and collaborative part of a small delivery team which holds full operational responsibility for the programme. The delivery team also includes a Communications Officer, an
Apprentice Cultural Learning & Participation Officer, freelance Community Hosts and a Data Officer and Story Archivist.
You will work closely with the Communications Officer to shape
storytelling and public facing reports.

Across the life of the programme we will:

• Grow partnerships across sectors
• Support artists and residents to collaborate with Croydon's CPP
• Deliver a programme that ranges from neighbourhood based activity to large scale public moments
• Embed evaluation and learning into everyday practice
• Ensure the programme reflects Croydon's diversity, creativity and community leadership
• Act as the key connector between residents, partners, the host organisation and Arts Council England.

Job Requirements

Essential
Demonstrable experience of producing arts and culture or community-based projects with multiple partners.

Experience of working with community groups, artists, creative practitioners, freelancers or partner organisations.

Experience of project planning, administration, scheduling, budget tracking and practical delivery coordination.

Experience of collecting monitoring information, feedback or evaluation evidence.

Desirable
Experience in community-led decision-making processes, co-production or co-creation, producing high-quality creative outcomes and outputs in collaboration with diverse communities.

Knowledge of Action Research and innovative story-collecting methodologies (e.g. Oxford Old Fire Station's Storytelling Evaluation Methodology.)

Knowledge of Croydon, its communities and cultural landscape.

Familiarity with national cultural policy and ACE-aligned evaluation frameworks.

Experience of event delivery in a range of cultural and community settings

Job Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities
Working with the Director, coordinate and deliver a varied programme of cultural activity, including commissions, participatory projects, creative events, residencies, pilots and co-produced activity.

Manage the day-to-day administration of activity which might include workshops, projects and commissions as delegated by the Director.

Working directly with the Community Panels and Community Hosts, ensure the cultural events they commission happen the way they want them to.

Translate programme plans into practical delivery schedules, working with the wider delivery team, artists, venues, community partners, freelancers and suppliers.

Coordinate day-to-day production documentation, including timelines, logistics, permissions, contracts, risk assessments, budgets and delivery plans.

Ensure projects are delivered to agreed quality standards, on time and within budget.

• Job Title: Croydon CPP Community Producer

Deadline for Applications: Friday 13 November 2026, 12pm

Designed for all of Croydon by some of the borough’s historically under-represented communities, Croydon’s Creative People & Places (CPP) programme is one of 12 new place-based
initiatives supported by Arts Council England.
Croydon is a borough of extraordinary cultural energy, grassroots creativity and strong community networks, but also of uneven access to cultural opportunity. Croydon’s CPP exists to change that by building cultural activity that is shaped and led by the people who live here