Senior Officer, Enterprise & Innovation (EIN8)

City, Manchester
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND.

Senior Officer, Enterprise & Innovation (EIN8)

Contract: Fixed term contract until 14 June 2024, working 35 hours per week (Arts Council also recognises the benefit of flexible working as a valued part of the way we work, and welcome applications from individuals who require flexibility)

Salary: £33,708 per annum plus benefits including a final salary pension scheme, generous annual leave, and flexible and hybrid working.

Location: Manchester, Newcastle, Leeds, Birmingham, Nottingham, Cambridge, Brighton or Bristol (The role will be based at one of the office bases listed; however, we are operating a hybrid way of working and support our staff to make use of remote working options when combined with regular on-site contact days with other members if the team, normally 1-2 days a week)

Arts Council England has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and skilled candidate to join our inclusive and welcoming teams as Senior Officer, Enterprise & Innovation. This Senior Officer role can be based at any Arts Council office listed above however we are currently supporting a hybrid approach to home/office work. This position offers a salary of £33,708.

Working to both the Director, Business Innovation & Environmental Responsibility and the Director, New Technologies & Innovation and their teams, you will provide project management support for programmes and projects linked to Arts Council’s innovation work.

You will be working on projects that will support delivery of Arts Council’s Let’s Create strategy, particularly our ambitions to increase the enterprise culture, data culture and digital maturity of arts organisations, museums and libraries.

In your first few weeks as a Senior Officer, Enterprise & Innovation, you can expect to:

• Be involved in work on alternative investment mechanisms such as social impact loans and new technologies projects relating to data and digital literacy, digital content production and distribution.
• Take on project management support and data collection and analysis.
• Work on Art Council’s Investment Principles and funding programmes linked to Arts Council’s delivery plan

You will have excellent communication skills, have a desire to learn and be confident working on complex, fast moving projects.

Equality Diversity and Inclusion Statement: Arts Council are committed to building an inclusive employer and workplace and recruiting a workforce that is as diverse as the communities we serve. However, you identify, and whatever background you bring with you, we welcome you to apply for a role at Arts Council.

If there are any adjustments that would help support you in your application, please do let us know when you apply. If you are disabled Evenbreak are able to provide support with your application, for further information please visit their website at here

Disabled, D/deaf and/or neurodivergent people and those from Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse backgrounds are underrepresented in our workforce so we particularly encourage applications from people in these groups .

About us: Arts Council offers a range of benefits to our employees including hybrid and flexible working, a generous annual leave allowance and the Arts Council Retirement Plan – a final salary scheme. To find out more, click here .

Please note that, in order to avoid conflicts of interest, employees of the Arts Council cannot receive an Arts Council grant, investment or loan funding – either in person, as a member of a partnership, or for any organisation they own. There are also limitations on board or CEO positions employees can hold in organisations we fund. For more information on this, please talk to the recruiting manager or contact

We believe our recruitment process should be inclusive and transparent. Find out what to expect with our application guidance and more about our commitment to diversity on our website here .

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To view the recruitment pack which outlines more details about working for Arts Council please click here

Job ref: EIN8

Closing date: 09:00 am Monday 26 June

• 1 st Interviews: TBC.
• 2 nd Interviews: TBC.

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