Arts project manager jobs

The Society of Authors (SoA) is the UK's largest trade union for all types of writers, illustrators and literary translators. We’ve been advising authors and speaking out for the profession since 1884. 

We’re currently looking to welcome an Office Manager to our team.

The role

The Office Manager ensures all building facilities run smoothly on a day-to-day basis. They are responsible for the efficient daily operations of our offices and the building and that these are cost-efficient, environmentally conscious and proportionate for a small, not-for-profit organisation.

The Office Manager is an integral part of the Operations Team playing an important role in ensuring the smooth running and welcoming atmosphere of our offices, directly supporting both internal teams and tenants.

This is multifaceted role. The successful candidate will need to be able to think on their feet, have good time management skills and enjoy wearing more than one hat. 

Key responsibilities

Front of House / Event Management:

· Welcoming all visitors to the SoA building at Bedford Row.

· Managing the post/packages into and out of the building.

· Responsible for managing the Front of House/Operations Assistant and Groups Administrator, including day to day supervision, absence management and ongoing development.

· Responsible for managing the Events Space bookings calendar.

· Managing all events for tenants and external hire from inception to completion including catering as agreed with the client, cleaning team and room set-up of the Events Space.

· Working with the SoA Events Team for internal and member events ensuring that the logistics for room set up and cleaning are in place.

· Acts as a central point of contact for all staff for various Ops/logistics issues.

 Facilities Management:

· Maintain compliance with all relevant health and safety legislation and best practise, including fire safety, COSHH, RIDDOR and DSE assessments.

· Ensure all checks, risk assessments and remedial actions are implemented in a timely manner.

· Providing health and safety training to all new joiners.

· Ensure the office maintenance plan is kept up to date and all regular maintenance/services are booked and any identified issues are resolved.

· Organise the maintenance and PAT testing of all electrical equipment.

· Fire Warden/First Aider for the ground floor (training will be arranged if required).

· Proactively ensuring the office facilities remain safe, clean, fully-equipped and operational.

· Point of contact for all staff and tenants in relation to office and building issues and queries.

· Responsible for managing office contracts, negotiating the renewal of existing and new contracts.

· Obtaining quotes for any maintenance/repairs works required and carrying out due diligence checks on all new contractors.

• To have a key role in the organisation’s sustainability policy ensuring the purchase of all office provisions considers cost and any environmental and ethical impacts.

IT Coordination:

· Liaise with external IT support providers as necessary ensuring SLAs are adhered met and effectively resolve IT issues.

· Maintain a laptop register and prepare and maintain an annual rolling plan for renewal of old equipment.

· To oversee the migration of SharePoint data to the new CRM system in 2026.

· To be involved in any IT projects that need to integrate with our office systems (O365, SharePoint and One Drive).

· To be responsible for IT support for the office laptops and office systems (windows, O365, One Drive and SharePoint) ensuring that there is a maintenance contract in place and this is reviewed on a regular basis.

You will be required to undertake any other reasonable duties to support business requirements as requested.

Essential skills and experience

• Proven experience in operations or office management
• Strong organisational skills
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communications skills
• IT Literacy including Microsoft 365, One Drive and SharePoint
• Experience of organising events
• Knowledge of health and safety legislation
• Knowledge of data protection legislation
• Ability to work in a team and independently

Desirable skills and experience

• First aid qualification
• Fire Marshall training
• Experience of the not for profit or charity sector
• Experience of the publishing industry

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Equity, diversity, and inclusion are at the core of our values - we endeavour to tackle structural discrimination and prejudice wherever we see it. Part of this commitment means we are looking to increase the diversity in our organisation at all levels. We strongly encourage applications from a broad range of social, cultural, educational and underrepresented backgrounds.

Financial assistance

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What we offer

As a progressive and ethical not-for-profit organisation, we offer a range of benefits to support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing. We’re a London Living Wage and Disability Confident – Committed. Benefits include:

· Competitive salary

· Cycle to work scheme

· Death in service benefit

· Employee assistance programme

· Flexible hybrid working practices

· Family-friendly, disability-confident inclusive culture

· Generous annual leave, including bank holidays

· Salary exchange pension scheme

· Interest-free annual travel card loan

· Office closure over Christmas*

· Private healthcare

* Colleagues can work over the Christmas period, although the building is closed. For those who wish to take additional time off, this will be deducted from your annual leave allowance.

As an employer, we nurture a working environment in which staff can grow and develop and there may be opportunities to take on increased responsibility as experiences grows.  We recognise the value of flexibility in the way we work with a positive culture of hybrid working practices. We welcome questions and conversations at interview stage about how flexible working could work for you.

About the role

We are looking for a Head of Communications, someone with ambition and commitment to shape our approach to communications, internally and externally, and to help us understand how we talk about and demonstrate our impact as a funder. You will be part of a small team that helps to communicate the work of the Foundation externally, drives internal communication, and promotes the work of those we support.

The Head of Communications is a critical post, drawing together our shared story across the different areas of our work and communicating this to key audiences in support of our mission and vision. The communications team plays a crucial role in advancing our commitment to being an anti-racist funder and working towards greater diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, and you will lead on how this is embedded into all of our internal and external communications activity. You will act as a crucial bridge between the Foundation and our various audiences, in particular those people and organisations we are seeking to support through our funding.

Main areas of responsibility 

• Strategic oversight of internal and external corporate communications, ensuring alignment with the Foundation’s mission, values and impact
• Leadership of diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racist communications across all platforms and activities
• Reputation, risk and issues management, including navigating complex or sensitive public positions
• Development and delivery of proactive communications campaigns, stakeholder engagement and influencing activity
• Team leadership and cross organisational collaboration, contributing to management culture and organisational priorities

Our ideal candidate will have senior-level communications experience, including developing and delivering external communications strategies, providing sound communications and media advice to senior leadership, and proactively engaging with journalists and key external stakeholders.

About us

Paul Hamlyn Foundation was established by Paul Hamlyn in 1987. Upon his death in 2001, he left most of his estate to the Foundation, creating one of the largest grant-making foundations in the UK.

We use our resources to support social change, working towards a just and equitable society in which everyone, especially young people, can realise their full potential and enjoy fulfilling and creative lives.

Our vision is for a just society in which everyone, especially young people, can realise their full potential and enjoy fulfilling and creative lives.

Our mission is to be an effective and independent funder, using all our resources to create opportunities and support social change. We partner with inspiring organisations and individuals to put them at the heart of leading change and designing solutions to overcome inequality.

We are committed to being an anti-racist organisation. This commitment drives how we work, who we work with and how we make decisions.

We have five funding priorities where we wish to see change for our work in the UK:

• Investing in young people
• Migration
• Arts
• Arts Education
• Nurturing ideas and people

Our values are important to us and we work to and carry them through all our activity.

Benefits

The Foundation is based in light and recently refurbished offices near Kings Cross in London and we currently work to a hybrid working model with 40% of time worked in the office and the rest a combination of external grantee visits and homeworking. We offer fantastic benefits including

• 25 days annual leave,
• 10% non-contributory pension contributions with optional additional 2.5% matched employer contributions
• Enhanced maternity and paternity policies
• Complimentary lunch when in the office.

For further information about the role, including the full responsibilities and person specification, please see the full Job Description via the link provided.

First stage interviews are expected to take place remotely on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th March. Second stage interviews are expected to take place in-person on Tuesday 24th March.

We are seeking a talented individual to join our ambitious team, championing the wellbeing of the young patients, families and staff through a high-quality programme of visual arts, music, performance and cultural activity at Bristol Children’s Hospital and St Michael’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. This role is for 7 hours a week.

You will be an excellent communicator, able to build trusted working relationships across the hospital, particularly with the Play team and Hospital School, alongside clinical and non-clinical colleagues, to ensure the effective planning and delivery of The Grand Appeal’s annual arts programme.

You will bring genuine passion for the arts and a strong belief in their therapeutic value in a children’s healthcare setting and will be committed to creating opportunities for children and families to experience joy, distraction, comfort and connection by recognising that enriching cultural experiences can play a meaningful role alongside clinical care.

Introduction

Afield is a brand new charity responding to environmental injustice. We do this by working with communities to rewild disadvantaged urban neighbourhoods; and by supporting artists to undertake ecological research. This exciting and demanding role will be right at the heart of making everything happen!

Objectives

You will work alongside Afield’s two co-founders to define and run the urban wilding and arts grants programmes, including managing the cohort of grantees. We are looking for dynamism, energy and experience of grant management to help us launch the first round of grants and a support programme.

Responsibilities

Working closely with the two co-founders you will set up the arts research and wilding programmes. This will include launching and running opencall and selection processes, and the cohort support programmes. Once established you will lead subsequent programmes, and plan for future cohorts. You will be:

• Feeding into the design of the arts & wilding programmes

• Taking responsibility for, and running, the arts grants grants and wilding programme (including involvement in the selection of grantees, continual learning and evaluation)

• Liaising with partners on programme delivery (eg. local councils for wilding)

• Managing selectors and mentors, supporting peer learning, and organising workshops for both programmes

• Taking responsibility for managing the cohorts

• Working with a second team member (to be recruited) to promote the programme

Requirements

We’re looking for someone who is: 

• Empathetic, has a positive attitude and a desire to help our grantees

• Energetic with a can-do, self-sufficient attitude, and with the ability to independently manage a busy workload, multiple deadlines and priorities

• Confident in their ability whilst self-aware and committed to ongoing development

• Interested (and perhaps experienced) in nature, ecology or the environment

We would also like to work with someone who has:

• Experience of running a grants or funded cohort programme (ideally in either arts grants or a pioneer-style programme)

• Ability and comfort in creating structure out of ambiguity; identifying challenges and opportunities; and expressing clear proposals for change

• Exceptional communication abilities, both verbal and written

• Good analytical and project management skills, and strong competency in setting up and using technology such as an application management platform

• Experience of line management or managing contractors. This is not essential, as there will not initially be full line management responsibility, but would be a benefit.

Compensation and benefits

• 4 days per week role, for which the salary is £34,500 (FTE: £43,000)

• 21 company holiday days (increasing with the length of service) in addition to 8 bank holidays plus discretionary Christmas closure days each year

• 20 days fully paid company sick leave

• Flexible working hours and location. We are ideally looking for someone who is happy working remotely and willing to regularly meet in person in London (work space provided if required)

• Family friendly practices, such as enhanced maternity and paternity leave

More about Afield

Afield was co-founded by Liz Orton and Mike Saunders in autumn 2025. Its core funding is through a family legacy, which supports a small organisation, the goal of which is to challenge environmental injustice The first round cohort will be small, supporting about 6 people with a programme that will include mentoring, peer learning and specialist support.

As a new organisation, we have invested in developing our organisation values, which are to be:

• Bold: we embrace risk-taking and learning 
• Just: we contribute to social & environmental equity
• Imaginative: we support and take creative action
• Caring: we prioritise personal and collective needs and wellbeing

Afield will be publicly launching including its website and programmes in Spring 2026.

We are recruiting for a new general manager post.

Our General Manager will be a key member of Different Planet Arts small staff team. Working closely with the Artistic Director and the Board of Trustees as part of the Senior Management Team, you will manage and organise operational support for Different Planet arts programme, ensuring we provide an excellent service to our participants, partners and audiences. This role is suitable for someone building a career in operations.

We are looking for someone who can maintain and provide the right systems and structures to enable others to lead and create our arts projects, and provide ongoing, efficient admin support. You will manage and be responsible for our systems and processes for financial administration, fundraising, governance procedures and processes, monitoring and keeping the Different Planet Arts office running day-to-day as an administrative hub. You will work closely with our treasurer (who is responsible for creating quarterly Management Accounts.) 

This is an ideal role for someone with strong administrative or company management experience who wants to help shape the culture and infrastructure of our much loved award winning inclusive theatre company. 

Bioregional Learning Centre (BLC) is a place-based systems-change organisation rooted in South Devon. We work with communities, institutions and landscapes to grow the capacities needed for a regenerative, climate resilient, bioregional future.

We are seeking a Bioregional Learning Manager to help design and run a new learning programme in bioregional practice and to coordinate the emerging Bioregional Learning Alliance – an international community of practitioner-educators.

This is a new kind of role. We’re not looking for a ‘finished article’ or a conventional academic. We’re looking for someone who is values-led, curious and organised, and who wants to co-create something pioneering alongside others.

The role

You will:

• Co-design and evolve a practice-led curriculum in bioregional learning and leadership (online and in-person).
• Plan and manage courses and events, including a South Devon learning pathway and international partner offers.
• Coordinate the BLA, supporting meetings, communication and light-touch governance.
• Build and steward relationships with practitioners, communities and partner institutions (including universities and learning centres).
• Support communications, evaluation and programme administration (budgets, contracts, logistics).

Essential skills & experience

We expect you to bring most of the following:

• Deep alignment with regenerative, place-based and more-than-human ways of working
• Experience designing, coordinating or delivering adult / professional learning (formal or informal)
• Strong project and event management skills: planning, scheduling and managing multiple strands
• Confidence holding participatory online and/or in-person learning spaces
• Excellent written and verbal communication, comfortable engaging with diverse stakeholders
• Ability to work both collaboratively in a small team and independently
• Competence with digital tools for learning and collaboration (e.g. Zoom, Google Workspace, Mighty Networks, etc)

Desirable skills & experience

You might also have:

• Practical experience in bioregioning, regenerative design, community organising, landscape stewardship, or related fields.
• Experience partnering with universities, colleges or independent learning centres.
• Skills in monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), especially participatory approaches.
• Some experience of working with both the Global North and Global South.
• Experience with fundraising or developing paid learning offers.
• Familiarity with South Devon or another bioregion, and the ability to ‘read’ place.
• Arts-based, creative or storytelling practice connected to systems change or ecology.

If you don’t meet every single criterion but feel a strong resonance with the role, we warmly encourage you to apply.

What we offer

• The chance to help shape a pioneering bioregional learning programme with an active international network.
• A reflective, supportive working culture with mentoring from the Learning Programme Lead.
• Flexible, trust-based hybrid working.
• Significant scope for your own learning and practice development.

What makes us unique is that we also care deeply about ‘plugging the gap’ for families and young people who are struggling to find the mental health support they need as a result of financial, social or other disadvantage. For this reason, we are a not-for-profit organisation and offer grant and donation funded programmes when we can.

Youth Arts & Health Trust are a registered charity based in Exeter and East Devon who specialise in providing creative therapies and inclusivity-informed arts activities for children and young people aged 5 to 25.

We are in an exciting phase of our development, with new premises in Exeter, growing activities in East Devon, a dynamic team, a supportive and experienced Board of Trustees, and much shared passion to make a difference to children, young people and families.

We provide our services for children and young people via local authorities, organisations, schools and for families directly.

We are looking for someone with vision and passion who can lead and nurture our highly capable and ambitious team to build further upon our compassionate, inclusive and trauma-informed services for children, young people and families.

This is a 0.7 - 0.8 post (25-30 hours per week) with terms to be agreed with the successful candidate.  We are open to flexible working arrangements with the right individual, whether that’s flexitime or compressed hours, or some other agreed arrangement.   

It is expected that the post-holder will work within our premises for 1-2 days a week depending on service needs, and the remainder of hours worked from home, in the community at meetings or events or working on a hybrid basis.

Key tasks and responsibilities:

• To develop and deliver our strategy including a business plan and regular progression reports for the Board to ensure the charity is financially robust.
• To develop existing and new income streams to secure the future of the charity and enable us to meet our charitable objectives of benefitting children and young people experiencing mental health difficulties through arts therapies and arts activities.  This is likely to include grant fundraising, exploring procurement and commissioning routes, philanthropy, appropriate business sponsorship, training delivery and pathways for private purchasing of our service.
• To line manage, support, and collaborate with our Operations and Clinical Director who oversees our team of therapists and practitioners in ensuring all staff are adequately trained, registered, supervised and supported to provide an excellent service to our clients.
• To provide leadership for the charity both internally in regards to a positive and nurturing culture and externally in regard to reputation, partnerships and opportunities.
• To ensure all relevant policies are implemented effectively, developed and reviewed as required.
• To act as one of three Designated Safeguarding Officers and ensure policy is implemented effectively.
• To ensure the charity fulfils all its statutory obligations, working alongside the Board to achieve this.
• To ensure the charity has appropriate systems in place for the management and mitigation of risk.
• To ensure the charity meets its obligations under health and safety law.
• To lead on the development of innovative arts therapy programmes, in collaboration with our Operations and Clinical Director, our staff team and stakeholders.
• To ensure evaluation and impact data is collected and utilised for our learning and to provide evidence for the effectiveness of YAHT’s services.
• To act as an ambassador for the charity.
• If relevant, to carry a small caseload of children and young people to remain practising as an Arts Therapist or other registered mental health professional (if relevant, see desirable criteria).

This is an exciting role in a unique organisation.  Our vision is to provide an outstanding experience for all UCL students and to be one of the best students’ unions in the UK and the world.  We aim to build a vibrant and empowered student community with real influence in UCL and beyond, that enables students to enjoy their time at university; pursue their interests and passions; see the world in new ways; and develop the skills and experience to change the world for the better.

We are a registered charity employing over 150 career staff and 300 student staff, delivering a wide range of services and representative functions for UCL students. We have the widest portfolio of services of any student organisation in the country, managing UCL’s extracurricular programmes for sport, music, drama, dance, media, volunteering, academic societies and intercultural engagement; providing a wide range of fantastic social spaces; leading on student democracy and representation across UCL; and offering excellent student support services.

It's an exciting time to join our growing organisation as we lead the delivery of UCL’s groundbreaking new Student Life Strategy. This is enabling us to build more programmes to improve students’ mental and physical wellbeing, promote genuine equity for all, build students’ skills and confidence, develop their international connections and intercultural skills, and make a real contribution to our local community.

We support hybrid working. Excellent benefits including defined benefit pension scheme and generous holiday entitlement. We are proud of high levels of staff engagement and pride ourselves on being a great place to work. We will consider applications to work on a flexible and job share basis wherever possible. 

The role is full-time and permanent. This role is based at our Bloomsbury campus with flexibility to work from home on a 40/60 basis (40% working from the office).

The Media Campaigns Manager will lead the creation and execution of high-impact, insight-driven media campaigns and sponsorship opportunities that support income generation while strengthening student engagement. The postholder will oversee the Union’s media sales function, managing and expanding the business development strategy, operational processes, and portfolio of marketable assets.

Do you have experience in income generation through media sales, sponsorships, partnerships, or commercial marketing activity? Do you also have experience coordinating the operational delivery of campaigns or events? If the answer is yes, then we want to hear from you. Our ideal candidate will have a good working knowledge of media sales, sponsorship, brand activations, and advertising marketplace dynamics, along with a comprehensive knowledge of sales techniques and practice

Rinova Ltd is an established and successful Employee-owned company, with headquarters in central London and a branch in Malaga, Spain. Rinova is a key deliverer in both UK and EU funded provision. This role is an opportunity to join an innovative, fast-growing company that offers the right applicant the chance to develop their career aspirations. Initially working predominantly on a project delivered in the borough of Southwark – for the right candidate and in the longer term, there will be an opportunity to become involved in a range of projects across the company, with the option for occasional international travel.

About the job

Rinova Ltd are currently seeking a Project Manager to deliver an initiative that supports young people and adults looking to forge a career in the creative industries. The successful candidate will be expected to work with, and coordinate a network of, a wide range of training providers and employers across the creative sector, including but not limited to film, music, literature, theatre, performance, gaming, fashion, arts & crafts. In addition, the successful candidate will be committed to identifying, and subsequently supporting and guiding individuals towards the opportunities and employment available within this network. The role will require analytical and problem-solving skills and a strong degree of flexibility – the successful candidate will work with their project team and external partners to develop a programme of activity that will identify and directly address gaps in creative provision, which is as yet, undetermined.

We need a committed, enthusiastic, and positive individual to join our fantastic team of professionals - empathy, great communication skills and a passion for helping people achieve their potential are must-haves. The successful candidate will take on the role of project manager, working with a dedicated team to deliver the creative project. As well as being involved in practical delivery, the candidate will work with the compliance and finance team to ensure quality of delivery and evidence collection. Along with practical delivery, the successful candidate will be involved in the design and implementation of the recruitment/outreach strategies and also for the development of appropriate marketing materials. They will be expected to present to external partners and stakeholders.

Familiarity with the delivery of funded provision is essential as well as evidence of project delivery, outreach and a clear understanding of skills provision within the creative industries. The role will be offered on a full-time basis mainly working within the Rinova office and across the Southwark borough, with the opportunity to work remotely on occasions.

About us

Rinova Ltd is an employee-owned company and a social enterprise operating in the fields of social, economic and cultural development. We specialise in the design and delivery of projects in employment, learning and skills, enterprise, arts and culture and regeneration - in London and internationally. Whilst this role is focused on our UK delivery, there may be opportunities to be involved in our international work and in European travel. Our work includes project development, project management, research, evaluation, funding development, training and capacity building. The client is at the heart of everything we do; our success depends upon partnership working and forging positive and productive relationships with our partners and stakeholders.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone from a creative background that has experience in the education/training sector and wants to progress to a more managerial role, loves supporting individuals to achieve their employment, education and personal goals and wants to be part of an organisation which changes lives for the better.

Please apply with your CV and a supporting statement, which should address all points on the person specification. Applications without the required documents will not be considered for shortlisting.

Start date: We would like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible. Please let us know when you would be available to take up the position if you were to be successful.

Interviews: Successful candidates will be advised when the interviews will take place.

Project Manager, Culture & Creative

Job description

Project Management, Partnerships & Funded Delivery

• Manage day-to-day delivery of creative skills project, working closely with the Senior Leadership Team and with key stakeholders, steering groups and funders.
• Monitor progress against targets and KPIs, proactively identifying risks or underperformance and implementing solutions.
• Ensure all delivery, compliance and financial paperwork is completed accurately and submitted on time in line with funder requirements.
• Maintain effective communication with stakeholders, delivery partners and internal teams to ensure alignment and transparency.
• Use agreed systems (e.g. SharePoint, Teamwork) to store and manage confidential participant and project data in line with GDPR.
• Research, develop and maintain strong referral routes and partnerships across the Southwark creative ecosystem.
• Gather statistical evidence to provide analysis and identify gaps in creative provision. Work collaboratively with key stakeholders to identify programme of activity to address these gaps.
• Deliver series of events or activities according to evolving project plan, including training, networking, mentoring or masterclass sessions.
• Contribute to the identification of future funding opportunities and support the development of funding applications.
• Apply consistent project management processes, templates and data systems to improve delivery quality, reporting and evaluation.

Outreach, Stakeholder Engagement & Representation

• Build and maintain productive relationships with creative employers, training providers, community organisations and funders.
• Use existing networks and outreach channels to recruit participants from priority groups and underrepresented communities. Develop engagement with relevant individuals to forge viable training and employment pathways.
• Represent Rinova professionally at meetings, events and stakeholder forums across the borough.
• Deliver presentations to partners, funders and stakeholders on project activity, outcomes and impact.
• Act as an ambassador for the project and for Rinova’s mission, values and partnership-led approach.
• Work collaboratively with training providers, employers and creative organisations to support participant progression into appropriate opportunities.
• Contribute to the development of referral mechanisms and future programme collaborations across the creative sector.

Values, Inclusion & Professional Practice

• Demonstrate empathy, professionalism and cultural awareness when working with diverse participant cohorts.
• Actively promote equality, inclusion and accessibility across all project activity.
• Work flexibly, including occasional evenings or weekends, and travel across London boroughs as required.
• Contribute positively to Rinova’s collaborative, employee-owned culture and commitment to social impact.

Person Specification

Please address all points in your supporting statement and give examples

Essential Skills, Knowledge and Experience

Project & Programme Delivery

· Experience of managing or coordinating skills, employability or training projects, ideally within the creative, cultural or education sectors.

· Demonstrable experience of working within publicly funded provision, with a clear understanding of compliance, monitoring, evidence collection and reporting requirements.

· Ability to manage delivery against targets, KPIs and deadlines, identifying risks or underperformance and implementing corrective actions.

· Experience of collecting, analysing and reporting participant and performance data to inform delivery, evaluation and continuous improvement.

· Good understanding of project management principles, with the ability to apply structured processes, tools and systems.

Participant Support & Employability

· Experience of working with adults returning to work, individuals in employment needing to upskill, or those seeking career progression.

· Experience of engaging and supporting NEET young people or individuals who are hard to reach, retain or engage.

· Ability to provide high-quality Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG), confidence-building support and employability coaching.

· Strong understanding of the barriers faced by diverse and multicultural cohorts, and how these relate to education, skills and employment.

· Ability to motivate, engage and support individuals to progress into training, education or employment.

Creative Industries & Skills Knowledge

· Good understanding of skills provision and career pathways within the creative industries, such as film, music, performing arts, gaming, fashion, literature and crafts.

· Ability to identify skills gaps and work collaboratively with stakeholders to design responsive activity that addresses local need.

· Awareness of the Southwark and wider London creative ecosystem and the role of partnerships in supporting progression.

Partnerships, Outreach & Stakeholder Engagement

· Experience of building and maintaining networks and partnerships with employers, training providers, community organisations or funders.

· Proven ability to undertake outreach and recruitment activity, particularly with underrepresented groups.

· Confidence in representing an organisation professionally at meetings, events and stakeholder forums.

· Ability to deliver clear, engaging presentations to partners, funders and stakeholders.

· Experience of working collaboratively with multiple partners to support learner progression.

Communication, Administration & IT

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce professional reports, evaluations and presentations.

· Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise a varied workload and manage competing demands.

· High level of IT competence, including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and digital collaboration systems.

· Experience of managing confidential data and records in line with GDPR requirements.

Professional Practice & Values

· Empathetic, professional and culturally aware when working with diverse participant groups.

· Strong commitment to equality, inclusion and accessibility in programme delivery.

· Flexible approach to working, including willingness to work occasional evenings or weekends and travel across London boroughs.

· Ability to work independently while contributing positively to a collaborative, employee-owned organisation.

· Strong alignment with Rinova’s mission, values and partnership-led approach to social impact.

Desirable Skills, Knowledge and Experience

· Experience of designing and delivering workshops, training sessions or group activities.

· Existing networks within the creative industries that can support recruitment, engagement or progression.

· Experience contributing to funding applications or project development activity.

Are you passionate about bringing art to everyone? Do you believe in the power of digital to engage people with the arts? We’re looking for an enthusiastic Philanthropy Manager to join our friendly and dedicated team.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries, particularly individuals who experience physical, mental or social barriers to accessing the arts.

About Art UK

Art UK is an art education charity and the online home for every public collection of art in the United Kingdom. It is making the UK’s national collection of art accessible to everyone online – for enjoyment, learning and research. Art UK brings together art from almost 3,500 British institutions in one of the UK's largest ever arts partnerships and showcases this art to a global audience of 5.5m users per annum. Approaching 60% of this audience is overseas.

Art UK provides significant support to museums and galleries in the UK, by providing them with a shared digital platform to showcase their art collections, reach new audiences, and generate income. Most of these collections would not be able to show their art online without Art UK. The Art UK platform is rich in story content, learning resources for teachers and students, and public engagement opportunities. A shared e-commerce infrastructure helps collections generate much needed commercial income. 

About You

As the Philanthropy Manager, you will be a confident and persuasive communicator, comfortable engaging with supporters and stakeholders at all levels. You will have a solid knowledge of philanthropic giving and a deep appreciation of the value of high-quality donor stewardship. Highly organised and detail-focused, you will enjoy working with data and be skilled at producing compelling content both on and offline. You will bring initiative, creativity and the ability to work independently, while also being a collaborative team player.

The Philanthropy Manager is a new donor-facing role, which will focus on expanding and strengthening a major donor portfolio to increase five and six figure income from individual donors and family trusts for Art UK. You will lead on managing and growing Art UK’s philanthropic giving programme, which includes the Patrons and supporter events programme and our major donor activity. Working within an ambitious team, you will have the support of a freelance Prospect Researcher to identify new prospects, and the Development Manager and CRM Officer to develop donor journeys and relationship management systems. You will report to the Head of Development, work closely with the CEO and Chair of the Philanthropy Board, and collaborate with colleagues across the organisation.

You will actively promote equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging in all aspects of your work, reflecting your commitment to our organisational values and contributing to a positive workplace culture.

Key Responsibilities

- Build and maintain a robust prospect pipeline through identification, research, cultivation and relationship-building to secure five-figure gifts and long-term support

- Manage a portfolio of mid-level individual donors, converting one-off supporters into deeper donor relationships

- Manage and grow Art UK’s mid-level regular giving programme, strengthening donor relationships through face-to face meetings, events and personalised communication

- Develop donor development strategies, using CRM to analysis and identify higher gift prospects from existing donor pool and maximise giving potential

- Lead on major gifts for annual Big Give campaigns, identifying and securing keystone pledge donors, and leveraging networks to reach giving targets

- Create and implement, effectively and in a timely manner, development plans for each donor to retain and upgrade donors and document all activities in CRM Beacon

- Prepare and personalise correspondence and fundraising materials, including donor stewardship and reports, funding proposals and acknowledgement letters as appropriate

- Work closely with the Marketing team and other colleagues to showcase Art UK’s work and enhance donor engagement

- Organise and deliver events for major donors and prospects (with support from the Development team), including attending events where appropriate

- Support management of the American Friends of Art UK (launching 2026), including donor stewarding and events programming

- Support senior leadership and board members in the preparation and delivery of high-quality donor pitches to secure new philanthropic gifts

- Monitor progress against targets and maintain accurate reporting, including updates to Art UK’s Board of Trustees and the Philanthropy Board

- Ensure pledges and donations are processed efficiently and that donors are thanked promptly and personally

- Work closely with all members of the Development team to ensure prospecting and cultivation activity is aligned and complementary

- Ensure all philanthropic fundraising activity is conducted in line with legal, regulatory and ethical best practice e.g. GDPR and the Chartered Institute of Fundraising Code of Practice

Necessary Skills

- Essential: Experience managing a pipeline of philanthropic supporter prospects, including researching and devising bespoke cultivation plans

- Essential: Proven experience as a major donor fundraiser with a track record of securing five-figure gifts.

- Essential: Proven experience creating, implementing and evaluating philanthropic fundraising strategies

- Essential: Strong strategic thinking skills, with the ability to identify and shape innovative partnership opportunities

- Essential: Outstanding relationship-building and networking skills, including digital engagement

- Essential: In-depth understanding of the philanthropic fundraising environment

- Essential: First-class written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to engage with a wide range of stakeholders

- Essential: Experience analysing and using supporter data to inform campaigns

- Essential: Strong copywriting, proofing and editing skills

- Essential: Experience using CRM databases with a high level of accuracy

- Essential: Thorough knowledge of fundraising best practice and legislation

- Essential: Self-motivated, reliable and exceptionally organized

- Desirable: Experience planning and managing fundraising events

- Desirable: Experience in donor acquisition through online giving platforms, direct marketing by email and social media campaigns

- Desirable: Active interest in the visual arts and awareness of UK art collections

- Desirable: Experience working with a diverse range of audiences

- Desirable: Experience working on projects with a broad range of partners

- Desirable: Experience of US fundraising and philanthropic giving

Contract terms

- Full-time

- Permanent contract

- Salary £38,000 per annum

- Three-month probationary period

- One-month termination clause

- Work from home, within 2-hour travel time to central London (once monthly travel to London for evening events and meetings required)

Benefits

- 25 days annual leave plus regional Bank Holidays

- Paid Christmas closure period (Christmas Day to New Year’s Day)

- Flexible working hours

- Workplace pension scheme

- Training and development opportunities

- Mental health and wellbeing support

- Above statutory paid sick leave

- Enhanced paid parental leave

- Employee Assistance Programme

- Monthly wellbeing hour

- Trained Mental Health First Aider’s

- Regular staff socials, both virtual and in-person

- Eye tests paid for up to £35, glasses subsidised up to £30

The Talent Set is delighted to partner with a prominent Arts and Heritage organisation on a fantastic Digital Project Manager role. This is a 12-month contract covering maternity leave, offering a unique opportunity to lead key digital initiatives at an organisation attracting over 150,000 visitors annually.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day digital projects, ensuring timely delivery and stakeholder engagement.
• Lead the redevelopment of the organisation’s website, coordinating with external agencies and internal teams.
• Oversee CRM and ticketing system integration projects from initiation to implementation.
• liaise with technical partners to translate project requirements into actionable plans.
• Monitor project budgets and ensure delivery complies with organisational standards.
• Support early-stage digital audience planning and strategies.
• Communicate progress effectively across teams, advocating for the digital vision.

Person Specification:

• Proven experience in managing digital projects within a cultural, arts, or heritage setting.
• Strong understanding of website development, content management systems, and digital platforms.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, capable of translating technical language.
• Experience working with external agencies, ideally web development teams.
• Organised, pragmatic, and adaptable to evolving project scopes.
• Collaborates well within diverse teams and can effectively advocate for digital initiatives.
• Previous experience in managing or supporting digital transformations or upgrades preferred.

What’s on Offer:

Salary: £42,000 per annum

Hybrid Working: 2-3 days in London office

How to Apply

To apply, please submit your CV demonstrating your suitability for this role by clicking the 'apply now' button (please do not apply via email). We aim to get back to all successful candidates within 48 working hours.

Commitment to Diversity

The Talent Set are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices, ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability, or age. We actively encourage applications from a wide range of backgrounds and are always happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.

The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland are looking to hire a new member of staff to help co-ordinate and deliver the final two regional research frameworks as part of the Scottish Archaeological Research Framework (ScARF) project.

The role helps the Society deliver its programme activity to support its mission and vision. This role will include day-to-day management of both the North East of Scotland Archaeological Research Framework and the Forth Valley and Fife Archaeological Research Framework. The role will also contribute to other research-related activities related to the Scottish Archaeological Research Framework. The role will report to the Society Head of Research and have the support of the NESARF and Forth Valley and Fife Project Steering Groups and the authority to run the project on behalf of the Project Advisory Group. The role will help deliver Society aims relating to external strategies as required.

Role: Research Manager – full-time, fixed term for three years

Contract: 36 months (three years)

Salary: £35,400 per annum, with an additional 10% pension contribution

Hours: 37 hours (five days) per week with flexible daytime working hours on Monday–Friday, and an occasional requirement to assist at evening or weekend events with time off in lieu (TOIL) provided

Location: Hybrid working – all staff are expected to work from our office at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh at least two days per week (pro rata) and employees starting in a new role will be required to work from the office more regularly in the first instance. However, as there are several flights of stairs up to the Society offices, we are happy to explore different ways of working as required.

Annual leave: 38 days paid holiday per year which includes all normal bank holidays

Reports to: Head of Research

Probation: There will be a probationary period during which time your skills and suitability for the post will be assessed.

Main Responsibilities

• Manage the North East Scotland and Forth Valley and Fife Archaeological Research Framework projects and their outputs
• Manage project budgets and timescales
• Lead the desk-based assessment and literature review of the archaeological resource and previous archaeological research in the regions
• Organise Project Advisory Group meetings, stakeholder engagement, workshops and other project events
• Lead on the writing of the content of the Research Frameworks in consultation with the Project Advisory Groups, stakeholders, and project partners/consultants
• Maintain high academic standards across Society research-related activity
• Manage all copyright associated with the Local and Regional Framework publications
• Final editing of the regional research frameworks following consultation with stakeholders
• Promotion and dissemination of the projects and their outputs in partnership with the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and other key stakeholders
• Line manage two Research Officer posts
• Conduct at all times to maintain the high esteem in which the Society is held, and follow the Society employment policies and health and safety procedures
• Other reasonable tasks as required and agreed with Head of Research

How to Apply

Submit a CV and a cover letter outlining how your experience, skills and knowledge meets the requirements (cover letter to be no more than two sides of A4) by the closing date.

Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed in person in Edinburgh or online via Zoom on 19 and 20 March 2026. Reasonable travel expenses can be claimed.

Applicants who are not shortlisted will be informed but no detailed feedback will be possible.

The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is dedicated to meeting the aims and commitments set out in its equality policy. This includes not discriminating under the Equality Act 2010 and building an accurate picture of the make-up of the workforce in encouraging equality and diversity. Please help us by filling in the Equalities Monitoring Form, a link will be emailed to you with receipt of your application. Filling in this form is voluntary, and the results are anonymous and are not used in the recruitment process.

Closing date: 11:59 PM on 8 March 2026

Further Information

For further information, please read the ScARF Research Manager – Full Job Description or contact the Head of Research, Dr Helen Spencer FSAScot.

Help us make art matter.

Firstsite is seeking an experienced and motivated Trusts & Grants Manager to lead our trusts and grants fundraising and secure vital income for our programmes, including Holiday Fun, YAK, exhibitions, learning, and community projects.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a creative and purpose-driven team and play a key role in shaping work that has real impact in our communities.

About the role

As our Trusts & Grants Manager, you will:

• Develop and deliver a proactive trusts and grants fundraising strategy.
• Secure funding from trusts, foundations, and statutory bodies, with a target of £120,000 for 2026/27, contributing to an overall organisational target of £300,000.
• Identify and research new prospects, write high-quality funding applications, and produce compelling cases for support.
• Manage the grants pipeline, deadlines, and reporting requirements.
• Work collaboratively across the organisation to gather budgets, impact data, and programme information.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with funders.
• Uphold best practice in safeguarding when working with young people through programmes such as YAK.

You will be the organisation’s specialist in trusts and grants, supported by the Head of Philanthropy and working closely with colleagues across Firstsite.

About Firstsite

Our mission is to ensure art and creativity are valued for their integral role in shaping a happy and healthy society for everyone. We do this by championing creativity as a catalyst for positive change in society, celebrating everyone's imaginations as places to shape a better future and demonstrating the impact of art and galleries at the centre of everyday life.

We collaborate with people where, together, we can have the most impact and we share the results of our work with diverse audiences to influence change.  We do this in three places: in our award-winning gallery, reflecting our radical region and digitally with audiences around the world.  To do this well we have four values that help us do what we do, to the best of our abilities:

Creative – Inclusive – Agile – Responsible

Who we’re looking for

Essential

• Proven experience securing income from trusts, foundations, or statutory funders.
• Strong research skills and ability to identify new funding opportunities.
• Excellent written communication and proposal-writing ability.
• Highly organised, able to manage multiple deadlines and coordinate information.
• Collaborative, confident working with teams, partners, and stakeholders.

Desirable

• Experience in arts, culture, or charity sectors.
• Understanding of impact measurement and evaluation.
• Experience coordinating or supporting volunteers.

Key Responsibilities

• Research new funding opportunities and develop a proactive grants strategy.
• Draft and submit funding applications and proposals.
• Maintain an accurate pipeline and deliver timely reports.
• Work with programme teams to gather budgets, outcomes, and evidence.
• Ensure funder reporting and compliance requirements are met.
• Support stewardship of funders and shape Firstsite’s case for support.
• Coordinate fundraising activity with the wider team.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata)
• Contributory pension scheme (conditions apply)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Tailored training and development
• Staff discount in our café and shop

Borde Hill Garden is seeking to appoint a Heritage Project Manager to support the Delivery Phase of its National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) funded ‘Reinventing Borde Hill’ project. The successful candidate will lead this exciting project, reporting to the Project Board and working with the Project Director to ensure that this phase of the project is fully delivered to time and on budget. The successful candidate will have proven experience of working on heritage projects, and will act as the key point of contact for the NLHF ensuring adherence to all NLHF frameworks and requirements, and ensuring that all documentation is managed accordingly. The role will involve working closely with the internal project team, wider garden staff and volunteers (including leading on the recruitment of volunteers), as well as the externally appointed Design Team, Cost Consultant, Evaluation Consultants, and other consultants. The Heritage Project Manager will coordinate the internal project team.

The successful candidate will maintain a close overview of the activity plan, the risk register, and the budget, as well acting as a point of contact, organising, attending and participating in project and stakeholder meetings; and compiling the information required for the project until the planned ‘soft opening’ in Spring 2028.

Knowledge, skills and experience needed:

(Please provide evidence in your Covering Letter and CV)

Tasks and responsibilities

· Become fully acquainted with all previous project documentation relating to the NLHF bid and acquire a good knowledge of the detailed objectives of the project

· Act as a key point of contact for NLHF ensuring that all necessary NLHF financial requirements and conditions are processed and/or met, including compiling grant drawdowns, reporting and assisting with the development of the project within the agreed programme

· Support the procurement of the construction contractors, and lead on procurement of other contractors, including preparation of briefs, enquiries, advertisements, evaluation and associated paperwork ensuring that their work is procured on time and within budget

· Oversee the work of the Design Team and other consultants ensuring that their deliverables are on time and coordinated with the other aspects of the project

· Liaise with an external construction project manager to ensure that a strong alignment is maintained between the capital build and the other elements of the project (e.g. activity plan, fundraising, evaluation etc.)

· Coordinate monthly progress reports from key workstream leads (internal and external), and compile these into a monthly Project Status Report

· Oversee the project budget, maintain the tracker and cashflow spreadsheet, and work with the Finance team to process invoices for payment

· Arrange project meetings, including co-ordinating diaries, sending meeting invites, monitor responses, and produce and circulate agendas and papers.

· Attend and where appropriate chair meetings, take and distribute minutes, and monitor actions as appropriate

· Work with the Marketing team to contribute to social media and website copy about the project

· Work with the Community Engagement Officer, supporting them to build and maintain relationships with current and prospective community partners, deliver the Activity Plan at the Community Growing Garden, and co-ordinate project-focused events such as Community Open Days

· Work with the Fundraising Manager, supporting them to create applications and approaches to potential funders (including trusts and foundations, individual donors, corporate donors, legacies etc.), and support with donor stewardship and relationship management post-gift, including reporting to other funders and supporting with donor events

· Support the work of the Evaluation Consultants, including internal and external evaluation of engagement initiatives

Skills and experience

To be considered for this position, you should be able to demonstrate some or all of the following:

· Good project management experience, with experience of medium-sized NLHF projects

· Experience of working on capital projects and working with contractors to deliver project builds

· Experience of working in the heritage environment, especially with listed and/or designated landscapes

· A good knowledge of budget management, monitoring and reporting

· Experience and understanding of community engagement, evaluation and partnership working

· Experience of working with architects, landscape architects, construction contractors, and consultants

· Experience of managing and working with multidisciplinary stakeholders and teams

· Experience and understanding of community engagement, evaluation and partnership working

· Experience of contributing to and supporting fundraising applications and approaches, especially for capital campaigns

· Excellent planning skills and a flexible approach to work, with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks, including tasks undertaken by others, whilst ensuring deadlines are met

· A great team-worker, with a confident, diplomatic approach, able to build effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and team members at all levels and find appropriate solutions to conflicting priorities

· Excellent attention to detail, with good logical, analytical and problem-solving skills

· A concise, effective communicator, with excellent written and verbal communication skills

· Ability to work independently and to manage multi-disciplinary teams to achieve common goals

Qualifications

· Degree in relevant discipline or with demonstrably equivalent work experience

· Project management qualification or equivalent practical experience

· Excellent skills in MS Office, including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint

Please note, applications without a CV and Cover Letter will not be considered.