We’re a small team with a focus on arts and creative sectors in Coventry. This would include different parts of the arts sector including music, theatre, visual arts, literature and spoken word, dance, community arts, museums, heritage and combined arts. Our creative economy work covers creative industries such as film, TV, gaming, design and radio, just to mention a few.We aim to support these sectors to ensure that arts, culture and creativity can flourish in Coventry, as well as have a key role in developing the city for the future. This would include supporting the people who work in these sectors including freelancers, as well as ensuring all our residents can enjoy the benefits from taking part in artistic and creative activities. We also work with a wide range of partners (both within and outside the Council teams) to ensure we can influence how arts and creativity can support other sectors such as tourism, the wider economy and regeneration, health and wellbeing, skills development, climate change, social justice and supporting our local young people and communities.We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.Our ValuesIn line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.
Our Values are:
Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.
What is the job role?We are now looking for an enthusiastic Programme Officer to join our team. This role will support the Development Manager and the Head of Culture and Creative Economy to deliver projects and programmes, as well as take part in the development of new policies, strategies and funding proposals. This will be a varied role and some of the things you might be doing include:Providing administrative support to deliver programmes aimed at the arts and creative sectors. This could include setting up and managing meetings, supporting financial management and reporting, contributing to evaluation of projects as well as providing effective support through governance and administration tasks, such as taking accurate minutes of meetings.Help the team through the development and management of overall project timelines, risk registers, databases and reporting.Provide strong support for commissioning and procurement processes as well as gather and write information needed for funding applications and policy purposes.Play a key role in organising and delivering events, consultations and other engagement with the culture and creative sectors, partners, residents and communities.Support our work with our funded organisations including providing administrative support for our quarterly meetings, processing claims, keeping records and making payments.Respond to queries from the public and support other communications and marketing activities, including those related to our engagement with our political leadership.Input into the development of new policies and programmes through your skills, knowledge and lived experience. There is also potential for this post holder to lead on specific projects or programmes depending on their skills, experience, interests and personal development goals.This is an exciting time to join the culture and creative economy team as we have some ambitious plans and are looking for someone who can help us make these plans a reality.Who are we looking for?If you are passionate about how arts, culture and creativity can play a key role in the future development of Coventry then this might be a role for you. We are ideally looking for someone with some experience in the arts and/or creative sector, which can be from any type of role, as long as you can demonstrate some transferable skills relevant to this role.We are a small team with a busy workload, so we are ideally looking for someone with a flexible approach, strong administrative skills and attention to detail. More details about the specific skills and knowledge can be found in the Job Description and your application should show how your skills, knowledge and experience match the role.If you would like to find out more about the Culture & Creative Economy Programme Officer role, please contact Salla Virman, Head of Culture and Creative Economy at salla.virman@coventry.gov.uk or Marcus Lynch, Development Manager, Culture and Creative Economy at marcus.lynch@coventry.gov.uk for an informal discussion.If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:Members of the Armed Forces and veteransAre currently in care or have previously been in careIf you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health conditionFor full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.Interview date: 1s3 March and 14 March 2025 About CoventryCoventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.
We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.
At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.
To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.
If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies
