Thames Festival Trust
Job Summary
Job Description
Thames Festival Trust is an arts organisation which delivers festivals, stand-alone commissions, river-based events, heritage projects and education programmes. We have a twenty-eight-year track record of using learning, culture and creativity to amaze, excite and inform. Our work helps bring communities together, originally around the River Thames, and now in cities across the UK and the world. The Trust is committed to producing excellent work. We strive to improve access and increase diversity across the Arts & Culture sector.
The Heritage Project Manager for Our Global London will work with our Director, Adrian Evans, and will be responsible for all elements of the project’s administration and delivery, ensuring that the project meets its objectives and that it comes in on time and within budget.
This project will be promoted as part of Totally Thames 2026, our annual season of events taking place along the River Thames in London during September.
Job Requirements
Our Global London
Our Global London is a Thames Festival Trust project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
The project aims to increase inclusion within the heritage sector. We do this by recruiting a representative cohort of young people (aged 21-25) and offering them:
a 15-day paid traineeship programme;
their project research published in a printed book;
paid participation in public engagement events;
mentoring sessions with professionals; and
the opportunity to apply for a 3-month paid skill-development
internship within 3 partner heritage organisations (3 internships available in total).
Our aspiration is that this will provide real benefit to these young people’s onward progression within the heritage sector.
Job Overview
- Job Title: Heritage Project Manager
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Salary: £30k-£40k
(pro-rata) - Hours:
Part time - Artform: Combined arts
- Role: Curation
- Contract: Contract
- Closing date: Wed, 13 May 2026
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Location:
London
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