Development Manager

Culture Leicestershire


Job Summary

Do you want a job where no two days are the same? We are seeking a dynamic and committed professional to join our Cultural Participation Team within Culture Leicestershire.

Job Description

About the Role

Culture Leicestershire encompasses Leicestershire County Council’s Library, Collections and Learning, Heritage and Cultural Participation services.

Our shared vision is to Create space to spark imagination, celebrate communities and enhance wellbeing.

Together we deliver a diverse, inclusive, accessible and engaging cultural offer focussing on health and wellbeing, building great communities, improving opportunities and helping to build a strong local economy. We are a National Portfolio Organisation (NPO), supporting the delivery of the County Council’s strategic outcomes and Arts Council England’s Let’s Create strategy.

This role primarily involves overseeing the participation projects across our library network whilst also being responsible for our Culture To you and Home Library Services. We are therefore seeking a flexible person who, through our dedicated teams, can navigate our exciting community co-created projects and programmes to achieve high quality outcomes for all our participants and audiences. In this role knowledge of cultural participation as a key tool for community engagement will be crucial.

Please note interview for this role will take place during the week of 9th of June 2025

Job Requirements

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

  • Have a degree, or equivalent level qualification or demonstrable experience of the items listed
  • Experience of leading, developing and planning cultural programmes
  • A high level of knowledge around community engagement good practice, policy and procedures
  • Experience of direct working with community groups
  • Experience of working with diverse range of partners to develop and deliver shared outcomes
  • Experience of managing a budget
  • Experience of managing a team

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we expect you to share https://eism.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/lcc/pages/1004 – our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Job Overview

  • Job Title: Development Manager
  • Salary: £40k-£50k
  • Hours:
    Full time
  • Artform: Libraries
  • Role: Creative
  • Contract: Contract
  • Closing date: Mon, 02 Jun 2025

  • Location:

    East Midlands

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