Eastside Community Heritage is a passionate small charity working to curate and amplify the histories of diverse communities in East London. 

We have been working in  East London for over 21 years, and during that time we have become one of the nation’s leading community heritage organisations. We established the Hidden-Histories Archive, which today contains over four thousand irreplaceable digitalised oral histories of Londoners.

We are recruiting a full time Digital Community Officer, to work on a variety of oral history, community heritage engagement and education projects. To download an application form and recruitment pack please click here.

Lantern Arts Centre is seeking a passionate and driven individual to join our team as the lead for marketing and communications. You will oversee all aspects of our marketing and digital strategy, be responsible for content creation, campaign design and managing our digital platforms. You will also act as our Box Office Manager, designing the customer journey, ensuring that sales targets are met and providing excellent customer service at all times. You’ll be joining a small team and with lots going on, you’ll also be expected to support the day to day running of our centre in Raynes Park too.

With proven marketing experience (preferably with digital campaigns), you will be passionate about community arts, be highly organised and have a can-do attitude. Being able to work as part of a team is essential but you’ll also need to be motivated at working independently. Ideally, you’ll have led projects through from first concept through to completion, have a background in the arts and are used to working with volunteers.

If this is you, we’d love to get to know you. You can download the job application pack at our website. Everything you need to know about how to apply is inside.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday 04 February. Note that applications are being considered on a rolling basis and you are therefore advised to apply early.

Leap Confronting Conflict has over 30 years’ experience of delivering highly impactful conflict management training to a wide range of stakeholders, including young people and adult professionals.

We operate a social enterprise, which enables us to deliver a range of workplace training to a diverse portfolio of clients across the voluntary, statutory and private sectors. This includes working with education providers, other charities, criminal justice agencies and private companies.

To support our strategy to grow our business-to-business sales income in 2022, we have secured funding to recruit an experienced Business Development Senior Officer to support Leap’s continued growth in this area. To be successful, you will have income generation experience, excellent research skills and an alignment with our vision.

The Business Development Senior Officer will play a crucial role in identifying and driving forward income generation through building relationships with clients and partners. This is a superb opportunity for someone with a strong background in sales, business development or corporate fundraising, and someone who wants to use their skills and experience to grow our social enterprise.

We will be delighted to hear from applicants from both the private and public sector, with transferable skills.

Are you an experienced individual fundraiser or relationship manager looking for a new challenge? Do you have a passion for the creative arts and are looking for a role with more joy and incredible impact?    If so, we would love to hear from you.

The arts make life worth living. Be part of something amazing.

Chichester Festival Theatre are looking for two new members to join their successful Development Team as Development Manager (Corporate and Trust) and Senior Development Manager (Individuals). 

Ahead of our 60th anniversary in 2022, this is an exciting time to join a successful theatre that is growing. 

The role of Senior Development Manager (c£35K -  closing date 4 Feb) will focus on leading on individual giving whilst the role of Development Manager ( £28K - £29K - closing date 24 Jan) will focus on leading our corporate and trust fundraising.

Full details of both opportunities, along with application forms can be found by visiting the jobs section on our website - found under the heading About Us

Development Manager (Corporate and Trust)

The Development Manager is responsible for leading and delivering the corporate and trust strategy to maximise all potential from these income streams. In support of the Development Department’s fundraising strategy, this role will maintain and grow income from CFT’s corporate supporters, trusts and foundations. A key element of this role is the development of corporate packages and working to establish new ways in which our partners can engage with and support CFT through both sponsorship and corporate social responsibility.

The role is responsible for the management of new and existing trusts and foundation donors. As part of cultivating and stewarding relationships the Development Manager will devise and develop donor plans for all corporate supporters, researching and sourcing intelligence to maximise fundraising opportunities. 

This role is fundamental to the management and development of our existing and prospective corporate and trust relationships in support of the wider Development strategy for CFT.

The post holder line manages a Development Officer who focuses on account management for existing corporate supporters, corporate events and smaller trust applications. As part of our commitment to creating a learning and coaching environment, we have a responsibility to develop all team members to ensure we are constantly evolving and demonstrating best practice. The role will also manage a freelance Bid Writer who works on larger trust applications.

Senior Development Manager (Individuals) 

The Senior Development Manager is responsible for maximising the lifetime giving from individuals to CFT via donations, campaigns and legacies through in-person, direct marketing and digital fundraising methods. The role will manage a small team including the Development Manager responsible for individual memberships, a Friends Administrator and Events Officer. This role will maintain and grow income from CFT’s individual members and donors, across their lifetime.

The role is fundamental to the management and development of our existing and prospective relationships in support of the wider Development strategy for CFT.

The post holder line-manages a small team and as part of our commitment to create a learning and coaching environment, has a responsibility to develop the team members to ensure we are constantly evolving and demonstrating best practice

Our ambition is to promote inclusivity, accessibility and diversity, and to ensure rich opportunities for all people, regardless of age, culture and social background, to feel inspired, challenged and excited by the arts. 

NoFit State Circus are looking for a motivated, ambitious and organised Development Manager with a genuine passion for the arts and the work we do.

You must be excellent at building and nurturing relationships, able to think long term and strategically, and adapt to various needs of the ever-changing world around us. 

NoFit State is the UK’s largest contemporary circus company, and every year we engage with 120,000-150,000 people of all ages and backgrounds from across Wales, the UK and the world.  We have exciting plans ahead – you and our supporters are integral to making them a success, there’s never been a better time to join us and be part of it.

Purpose of the Role

To support the strategic development of the company through designing and delivering the company’s overall fundraising and development strategy to achieve established financial targets. As a senior manager you will work with the Executive Team to define and then achieve agreed financial targets. 

Main Responsibilities

Develop and implement the company’s development strategy including (but not limited to):

-  Public Funding (including both ACW and ACE)

-  Trusts and Foundations

-  Corporate supporters and sponsors

-  Private giving (individual donors and major givers)

• Research, identify and draft applications, pitches and asks to appropriate funders/supporters, cultivating relationships and securing support to achieve defined targets
• Manage and nurture the ongoing relationships with current and past supporters/funders
• Plan, manage and deliver a planned programme of development events
• Design and deliver reporting processes that are fit for purposes and satisfy funders’ and supporters’ requirements
• Manage the Development Team
• Support Finance Officer and Company Administrator in financial reporting of designated funds
• Manage development budgets

Working hours: Full time

We can offer a hybrid working pattern combining home working with office based periods of time to ensure a good work/life balance.  Our office and the people within it are open, engaging and warm.

See us in action

Our current show, Lexicon, is in Cardiff from 15 December until 15 January and is a good opportunity for you to experience a bit of what we do.  If you are thinking of applying for the role of Development Manager and would like a complimentary ticket to the show, please email Lizzy at NoFit State.

NoFit State is an Equal Opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments during the application or recruitment process and we’ll be happy to support you. 

For more information, job descrition, application form, how to apply - please see our website.

Key dates

Closing date for applications: 3pm, Monday 24 January 2022

Interviews:                                     Week commencing  31 January

Indicative start date:                    March

Starting salary:£30,000 per annum, depending on experience, subject to review

The British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) is looking to appoint an ambitious and enthusiastic Digital Communications Officer to support our on-line presence, social media platforms and digital communications.

As the national professional body for art therapy, we work to raise professional standards of art therapists in the UK and promote a better understanding of the benefits art therapy can have for people’s wellbeing and mental health across all communities.

We are currently undergoing a complete overhaul of our communications, website and on-line presence. By summer 2022 we will have a brand-new website that properly reflects the professionalism of our members and be a stimulating and contemporary showcase for art therapy which can be seen from around the world. As part of this process, we are now looking to appoint a Digital Communications Officer

Farnham Maltings are looking to recruit an Executive Director to work alongside the CEO on all aspects of the delivery and development of Farnham Maltings as an organisation committed to enriching the cultural lives of the people of the town and region.   

Dear Applicant,

Thank you for your enquiry about the post of Executive Director.

A little about us: The Maltings has operated as an arts and community centre for Farnham since the early 70s. There is a core of successful activities – a contemporary theatre programme, film and satellite broadcasts, music and comedy events and a flourishing craft festival programme.  We are a well-used and popular set of buildings – over 400,000 people attend each year - we have strong and supportive relationships with Arts Council and our Local Authorities, a hugely capable staff team and a financially resilient business model. Besides our work in Farnham, we have developed a regional role through house, a 180-venue network across the southeast and lead a growing international strand of work through caravan. We are also the driver of Farnham becoming a world city of crafts.

The past 18 months has thrown up uncertainty, challenges and, dare I say, opportunities. We know to be successful we will need to adapt, learn, respond to new possibilities, make the best of our resources, work collaboratively and remain confident in our purpose. Our hope is that this role - which is an evolution of the previous deputy director post - will help us with that ambition.

Hopefully the attached job description will give you a good sense of the main duties of the role. We are looking for somebody who is confident in their own abilities, someone who enjoys the arts, who can draw the best out of the people they work with, is keen to take on new challenges and wants to play a part in shaping the next stage of Farnham Maltings.

If you wish to apply, please complete the Application Form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring form found on our website and return it to our Human Resources Department by the deadline of 4th February 2022.

If you have particular questions feel free to contact me, and if you decide to apply, good luck.

Gavin Stride

CEO

Additional information, job pack, and application available on our website

The Development Officer is a new role within a small, ambitious and creative development team, comprising the Head of Development, this post and a Development Assistant. The post-holder will primarily support the Head of Development in implementing and undertaking fundraising strategies to build sustainable and diverse income growth across trusts and foundations, companies, individual giving and events. The post-holder will also work in close collaboration with key members of staff in every department, particularly learning & participation and artistic programming.

This role is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and creative fundraiser who wants to develop their career by gaining hands-on experience across a range of fundraising specialisms within a brand-new performing arts venue. It will be a busy and demanding role, and our client is looking for candidates with good organisational ability, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, a passion for relationship-building and a commitment to delivering tangible results. The post-holder will work closely with a highly experienced Head of Development and will also have the opportunity to develop and take ownership of specific areas of the fundraising strategy.

Development Officer Responsibilities:

• Work with the Head of Development to manage the overall development strategy.
• Research, develop, write and deliver proposals and pitches of the highest standard to secure support for a wide range of projects and activities.
• Work creatively and collaboratively with other members of the team to identify funding opportunities and update on projects.
• Create opportunities for prospects and funders to engage with the work of our client through events, visits and other opportunities.
• Work with the marketing team to manage communications for fundraising campaigns.
• Work with the Finance Team to ensure the appropriate allocation and coding of fundraising income.
• Solicitation and Research
• Proactively identify funding opportunities within the programme of activities, maintaining effective communication with all relevant departments to gather information in support of applications and reports.
• Produce high-quality proposals tailored to specific funder requirements and interests, in liaison with the Head of Development and relevant programme staff members.
• Be the first point of contact for regular givers and members through our client's new Keyholders programme, ensuring retention of existing members, recruitment of new members and making sure all members and donors receive regular communications and are thanked in a timely manner.
• Work alongside colleagues to develop, manage and promote relationships with a wide range of existing and prospective donors.

Development Officer Requirements:

Essential

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in a fundraising environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to set out key information in a highly readable and compelling way.
• Strong organisational and project management skills, with great attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills with a variety of diverse stakeholder groups and the ability to effectively influence and persuade.
• Strong team-working skills and a collaborative approach.
• The ability to take the lead on specific projects
• The ability to work flexibly, when needed, including evenings and weekends.
• A team player with an ambitious and enthusiastic attitude.
• Self-motivated, flexible, creative and resilient.
• Interested in continuing self-development.
• IT literate with experience of dealing with various computerised systems and a high level of Microsoft Office knowledge.
• The ability to monitor and analyse financial information.
• The ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise workload using own initiative.
• Degree-Level Qualification.

Desirable

• Experience in using Spektrix, including Spektrix Opportunities.
• Experience in working in/interest in theatre or the performing arts.
• Experience in event planning and organisation.
• Experience in working in a similar role and organisation would be an added advantage.

About Our Client:

Our client aims to provide a transformative venue. Their location puts them in the best place to provide an enriching variety of entertainment, activities, and opportunities for everyone. They will deliver these with care, inclusivity, and respect.

Their vision is to create the world we want to imagine. They will define theatre-making for a new generation of makers, artists, writers, producers, technicians, and audiences. They will support and inspire new artistic experiences that develop community solidarity and passion for social change.

Location: Brixton, London
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 40 per week
Salary: £32,000 per annum

You may have experience of the following: Development Officer, Fundraiser, Fundraising, Charity, Not for Profit, Third Sector, Fundraising Development Officer, Business Development, Legacy, Charities, Fundraising Assistant, Fundraising Officer, Events Officer, Events Assistant, Charity Worker, Charity Fundraiser, Charity Fundraising Officer, etc.

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The Birmingham Centre for Arts Therapies (BCAT) is entering a very exciting time having just hired a new CEO, a new clinical lead and expanding greatly our Arts in Health movement. To complement this new team and direction for the charity we are looking to recruit a new fundraising manager to help support the charity in its future successes.

You will join an established charity as it embarks on this ambitious phase of growth and bring your fundraising skills to a truly fantastic charity. We offer flexible hours with hybrid working of agreed home and office working so we all can work around lives commitments. The plan will be for the role to grow in hours as the charity grows, and we want this role to play an instrumental role in driving and supporting this growth. 

BCAT are currently looking at new premises and are hoping to be in its new home by the end of this year or the start of next, it is very likely to be based in the south of Birmingham/Bromsgrove or Redditch and the surrounding areas.

The Birmingham Centre for Arts Therapies (BCAT) was set up in 1993 to provide accessible arts therapies throughout the Midlands. We support adults and children with some of the most serve mental health issues by using Arts Therapy which works in the same way as counselling and psychotherapy but with the addition of the art form making it much more accessible to individuals who find words difficult.  

BCAT also runs a successful Arts in Health programme where it takes its service out into the local community and delivers therapeutic sessions to those in the community in most need using a multitude of art disciplines.  

If you are interested in this position then please apply by submitting your CV, a covering letter. We look forward to hearing from you.

Funding from external partners has been critical to the success of The Historic Dockyard Chatham since its closure as a Royal Navy Fleet Base in 1984.  Since then, Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust has been fortunate to secure over £60m of funding to create the outstanding mixed-use estate that all our users enjoy today. 

We are looking to recruit a Head of Development to help Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust secure critical external funding to support a wide range of projects that directly impact against our joint charitable purposes of Preservation and Learning.  As a key member of the Trust’s Extended Management Team, this post will work closely with the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust Senior Management Team, lead all fundraising and development opportunities and the post will have responsibility for developing and building corporate sponsorship, capital fundraising programmes, individual and legacy giving. 

This is a new role for Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust and we are looking to recruit an experienced fundraiser with a proven track record of success.  Experience within the cultural and heritage sector is highly desirable but not essential. 

Deadline for applications:  17th January 2022 (17:00)

Poole Arts Trust Ltd is the company that manages Lighthouse, Poole – the UKs largest regional arts centre.

Lighthouse is the leading cultural venue in Dorset, presenting nationally acclaimed arts and community engagement locally from our home in Poole and the Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole (BCP) region.

Our building has several venues under one roof, including a large-scale symphonic concert hall, a mid-scale theatre, a studio theatre, cinema, galleries, and an outdoor amphitheatre.

Lighthouse provides a year-round programme of high quality and diverse arts and entertainment from national, international, and regional artists, providing the community with opportunities to engage in a broad range of arts activities and experiences. Primarily a receiving venue, the variety and varying sizes of our spaces enables us to present a huge range of work from all art forms and scale – from high profile artists to those starting out, from large commercial promoters to small scale funded artists and companies. We are home to the internationally acclaimed Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and several arts organisations who use our venue to deliver arts activities and cultural training.

Lighthouse is committed to having a diverse board that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion and so very much welcome applications from people who will bring difference to our team.

We are seeking new board members, who thanks to technology and flexible meeting arrangements, can join us

from across the country to support the senior management team to drive our continuing success and fulfil our ambitions for the future.  You will help to shape overall strategy, ensure the quality and compliance of our governance and trading activities and provide invaluable independent guidance and judgment to help us realise our vision. Joining an experienced board, new Trustees will have substantial senior-level experience and expertise and will be able to work at a strategic level alongside Lighthouse executive team. You may not have had professional experience of a cultural organisation before, but if you are passionate about what culture provides for our community then we would be pleased to hear from you.

Whilst we welcome expressions of interest from all candidates, we are particularly keen to hear from applicants with the following knowledge and experience:

• Legal
• Digital and Information Technology
• Artist / Performer
• Fundraising

Trustees serve as non-executive directors for one or two terms and time is given voluntarily. A minimum term of three years’ commitment is required. Meetings take place five times a year mainly on a Tuesday early evening plus an annual away day. Meetings may be attended in person or via our online digital platform. Trustees will also be asked to become a member of a small subcommittee that focuses on a particular subject or area such as the Strategy Group or Equality/Diversity/Inclusion Group. Previous board experience is preferable but not essential. We will be holding an online webinar for interested parties in the second week of February and details will be provided upon request.

In return, we provide a lively, friendly and interesting place to contribute to, a unique opportunity to help progress an ambitious organisation and of course opportunities to experience many wonderful performances.

Deadline for applications: 26 / 02 /2022

We’re looking for a proactive Legacy Manager with experience managing the full breadth of legacy giving.

Legacy Manager
Salary: circa £35,000 per annum
Location: King’s Cross, London/hybrid working
Hours: Part Time

In January 2022 we will launch a new 5-year strategic vision to develop all aspects of our grant-giving and invest in access to art for everyone, across the UK, as never before. We are now recruiting a new key member of the Development team to manage and develop our legacy income during this exciting time. Legacy donations are a significant source of income for Art Fund, and the successful candidate will play a key role in raising support for Art Fund’s charitable activity in 2022 and beyond.

With a CiCLA qualification and excellent knowledge of legacy legislation and best practice, the role will liaise with solicitors, executors and co-beneficiaries to process and record legacy income accurately and efficiently. The postholder will develop promotional strategies to encourage more people to include Art Fund in their wills and will steward legacy pledgers during their lifetime, building relationships and showcasing the full impact of their support for UK museums and galleries.

 The position is part time (0.5 - 0.6) with details of days and hours open for discussion.

 This role is located at our King’s Cross office (2 Granary Square, London N1C 4BH), although a 6 month hybrid working trial has commenced from October (paused due to government work from home directive). This trial period requires staff to attend the office 6-8 days per fortnight (pro-rata for part time employees).

This post is UK-based. Non-UK nationals will require current and valid permission to work in the UK.

Closing date: 19th January 2022

To Apply

Please read the Job Description attached in 'additional documents' before clicking the 'apply' button to be redirected to our website where you can complete your application.

No agencies please.

The National Holocaust Centre and Museum has remained Britain’s only permanent place of Holocaust remembrance and learning since 1995. We’ve become a home-from-home for a group of inspiring speakers: survivors of the Holocaust, attracting an ever-growing list of school and adult visitors. These survivors are very much an extension of the founding Smith family.

We are about to embark on a £5 million redevelopment of the site and to invest in our outreach and digital activities and this role is a vital part of this new work. Reporting to the Trusts and Grants Manager you will help ensure that we achieve our income ambitions. You will manage your own portfolio of funders, identify new funding opportunities and contribute all aspects of the trusts and foundations programme.

We are seeking an enthusiastic team player with experience of making applications to trusts and foundations. You must be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and an exceptional eye for detail. We are open to people working remotely, but you will need to visit the Museum in Nottinghamshire fairly frequently. We are also open to applicants who want to work part time.

Job title: Graphic Designer

Salary: £28,691

Location: Central London, mainly Holborn but flexibility to any UAL site.

Working hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week (1.0 FTE)

Contract type (perm, fixed term): Permanent

Who we are

Part business, part charity, part membership body – students’ unions are all seriously fun places to work. They are organisations in their own right. Professionally run, but different. Professional teams support elected student leaders to make change, improve lives and fulfil potential; we help make it happen.

About the job 

The Communications and Marketing team works to create the physical and online presence of Arts Students’ Union. If you’ve seen our social media pages, visited any of our outlets, or read our newsletters - that’s us! We support all areas of the Students’ Union, which means that you’ll be working with each team across the organisation.

Arts Students’ Union represents creative students at London’s biggest art school and so our content needs to be just as big and bold. You’ll receive briefs and projects that you’ll need to execute, be it for our internal or external communications. As the role works with various stakeholders, many who are not Graphic Designers, you’ll need to be able to interpret and guide people’s visions. This role also supervises a small team of Graphic Design Assistants, so being able to create strong working relationships is important.

Who we are looking for?

You’re highly motivated and always looking for a new challenge! The ideal candidate will be a friendly, hardworking, someone who has their finger on the pulse when it comes to design and it’s changing trends. This role is ideal for someone who is looking for a place to try out ideas and styles, producing and creating works that both entertain and inform. You’ll be excited to work across digital platforms and with various teams to create amazing content that students will love. You’ll also be able to work both independently and in a team, as well as have incredible attention to detail.

You should be passionate about helping students and enthusiastic about learning new things. You’re experienced in working with brand guidelines and producing assets for a variety of audiences.

Why apply?

Because you’re excited by the challenge! The exact opposite of corporate, we’re progressive, daring and creative individuals working to make a difference in unconventional workplaces.

How we recruit

We want to ensure all systems, policies and processes are free from bias or discrimination and are fair and accessible, therefore we ask that all candidates complete our Application Process in two stages:

Part 1 (Application Form) is all about you telling us about your suitability for the role and will be used to determine if you are shortlisted for interview.

Part 2 (Equal Opportunities Monitoring and Contact Form) is personal information – so we can contact you if you are shortlisted for the interview. It also helps us gather and analyse demographic information about our applicants. This part will only be seen by HR and will not have any impact on shortlisting.

Application forms are formatted to ensure the equality monitoring data is removed before applications are seen by the shortlisting panel. This process allows us to ensure that the shortlisting is done in a fair and consistent manner and all applicants are given the same opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.

Want to apply?

To apply please complete our online application which can be found on the 'Work With Us' page on the Arts SU website.

Job application timeline:

Closing date: Sunday 23rd January 2022

Intended Interview date: w/c 7th February 2022