Freelance Project Manager: The City Classroom

The City Classroom’s Vision is to ensure that every child and young person in Leicester thrives through rich cultural experiences. Our Mission is to raise the quality, reach and coordination of cultural opportunities across Leicester for school-age children both in school and out of school, in an effective place-based partnership for the city.
We work in partnership with primary, secondary and special schools, alternative provision, cultural organisations, artists, community partners and children and young people themselves.
The City Classroom previously ran until 2023. Supported by Arts Council England, 2026-27 is a pilot year to consult widely about current needs and interests in the city, in order to establish programmes and ways of working of maximum benefit to children and young people in Leicester.
We seek to work in ways which are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound to maximise our impact.

About this Freelance Project Manager role
We are seeking to work with a Freelance Project Manager to help us re-establish The City Classroom as Leicester’s Local Cultural Education Partnership.
The Project Manager will be hosted by Attenborough Arts Centre’s Learning and Communities team and will report to our Learning and Communities Manager.
The Freelance Project Manager will ensure the smooth and timely delivery of our Action Plan for 2026-27. This will include managing surveys and consultative processes, establishing new processes and procedures, managing administration for meetings, and organising a number of different events and initiatives.
This will involve a wide range of administrative tasks including maintaining databases, coordinating communications, managing surveys and consulting processes, organising and taking accurate records of meetings, liaising with a wide range of stakeholders, organising events, undertaking evaluation processes and managing particular project strands including collating case studies and advocacy tools.