Heritage Project Manager, Liverpool Arab Arts Festival

Art in Liverpool; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Nest Pension Scheme

Holiday entitlement 25 days plus bankH

Job summary

Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF) invites applications for a Heritage Project Manager to support its history outreach, working with Arab communities and volunteers to document LAAF’s heritage. The role focuses on involvement across archives, oral histories, and community storytelling, with flexible, hybrid working.

The post is part-time (28 hours/week), payroll temporary until 31 December 2027, offering an actual annual salary of £25,600 and pension.

Job description

Heritage Project Manager, Liverpool Arab Arts Festival

May 23, 2026

Marking our 25th festival edition, we’ll work with Arab communities to explore Liverpool Arab Arts Festival’s (LAAF) history.

This project offers young volunteers of Arab Heritage the opportunity to gain a sense of connection, pride and belonging as they document LAAF’s history, embracing community, creativity and cultural identity. They’ll collect oral histories from festival founders, artists, and communities and explore LAAF’s physical archive.

Training and leading on activities and events will empower them to recognise, appreciate and celebrate their heritage, developing transferable skills to support employability within the cultural and heritage sector. Stories will be reclaimed, preserved and made accessible to wider audiences via volunteer-led exhibitions, events and permanent archives working with National Museums Liverpool, the Bluecoat, Liverpool Record Office and community organisations.

Young people will be supported in building confidence, aspirations and visibility, enabling them to contribute meaningfully as creative practitioners, as LAAF’s founders did previously.

Using money raised by National Lottery players, The National Lottery Heritage Fund supports projects that connect people and communities with the UK’s heritage. This project is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we have been able to make this important work happen.

Job Title: Heritage Project Manager

Hours: Part-time 28 hours per week (excluding unpaid breaks), flexible working,

including some weekends and evenings.

Contract Type: Payroll – temporary contract ending 31st December 2027

Salary: Actual annual salary £25,600 (FTE £32,000)

Reporting to: LAAF Director

Direct reports: Project volunteers, freelance workers, including Oral histories specialist, event producer and temporary trainee event invigilators, project steering group

Based: Hybrid working between the LAAF office, home and outreach in local communities and event venues.

Holiday entitlement: 25 days plus bank holidays pro rata.
Pension: Employee enrolled on the Nest Pension Scheme with employer’s contributions.

Please note that Liverpool Arab Arts Festival cannot offer sponsorship for overseas workers. All candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK and be living in the UK before applying.

This post is made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. In partnership with the Bluecoat and National Museums Liverpool.