Senior Officer, Capital Advice and Support (COOF65)

For the financial year 2025/2026 the following programmes will run:

• Libraries Improvement Fund (LIF) – Funding for public libraries of up to £500,000 (Total available £5.5m)
• Museum Estate and Development Fund (MEND) – Funding for urgent repairs to accredited non-national museums up to £5m (Total available £25m)
• Creative Foundations Fund (CFF) – Funding for equipment and buildings for arts organisations – Strand 1 up to £1m and Strand 2 Over £1m and up to £10m (Total available £85m)

We are expanding our Capital team to oversee the delivery of these programmes alongside our existing capital investment.

Role Details: We are seeking a knowledgeable and proactive Senior Officer, Capital Advice and Support to support the delivery of Arts Council England’s capital investment programmes.

You will offer specialist advice on capital development to Arts Council staff or directly to cultural organisations and external stakeholders, adapting processes based on user feedback, data, and requirements. You will provide specialist advice to support the assessment and monitoring of capital investment, as well as assessing capital grants and collaborating with colleagues to develop resources that promote the sharing of best practices in capital development.

You will support the Arts Council’s broader development role by offering advice on capital development both internally and externally to support our role as a development agency and realise place-based priorities, ensuring our work benefits more people and enriches lives across the country as part of the delivery of our strategy for 2020-2030, Let’s Create.

This is a key role for someone with experience of capital development in the public sector and forging relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders. If you are passionate about supporting organisations to thrive and delivering capital programmes that make a lasting difference, we would love to hear from you.