Museums Arts and Projects Officer

Sandwell Museum Service is looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, creative Arts and Projects Officer to lead on community engagement through arts and heritage.

The post holder will 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.

The successful candidate will lead and manage community engagement project and programmes working with partners as well as look for external funding opportunities and complete grant applications.

The post holder will join our busy creative team delivering exciting projects, events and activities to visitors, users, and the local community as well as working behind the scenes as a member of the museums’ management team to develop the service

The successful candidate will need a flexible approach to working as there will be regular weekends, bank holidays and evening working. There is some flexibility in when hours are worked depending on the needs of the service.

Essential Requirement:

For an informal discussion, please contact jane Hanney-Martin on jane_hanney@sandwell.gov.uk.

Please submit a CV and supporting statement on how you meet the criteria listed in the personnel specification to jane_hanney@sandwell.gov.uk before the closing date.

We reserve the right to close vacancies prior to their advertised date if we receive a large number of applications. Therefore, you are strongly advised to submit your CV as soon as possible. When submitting your CV and supporting statement, please refer to the supporting documents attached.

If you are an internal candidate and currently at risk, please let the recruiting manager know.

If you wish to apply as Care Leaver or a Disability Confident candidate, please make sure to state this when submitting your CV.

If you have a disability and require assistance in submitting your CV, please contact jane_hanney@sandwell.gov.uk

For more information about working for Sandwell Council, our recruitment process and our offer to you please visit https://www.sandwell.gov.uk/counciljobs

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