Community & Culture Manager
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
10/01/2025
Advert End Date:
31/01/2025 17:00
Salary:
NJC pay scale 30-34 (£39,513 - £43,693)
Job Category:
Arts / Tourism / Culture
Employment Location:
DL16 6DG
Further Information
New Year, New Challenges?
Do you want to make a difference?
Change more than your work/life balance...
Here at Spennymoor Town Council we’re proud to serve the people of our vibrant town on the outskirts of Durham City.
We work closely with partners to deliver and enable a range of services to residents and visitors – from parks, allotments and cemeteries to community centres, community and civic events, and our amazing Town Hall which boasts performance spaces, an art gallery and mining museum.
Following a recent staffing restructure, we’re looking for a new Community & Culture Manager to join us as we work to create an exciting future and embrace opportunities to enhance this great town.
Spennymoor is going places – and so can you!
If you have the attitude, skills and experience that we need, we want to hear from you.
Community & Culture Manager
Permanent, full time (37 hours)
NJC pay scale 30-34 (£39,513 - £43,693)
Your place of work will be our Council HQ in Spennymoor Town Hall, and hybrid working will be considered. You will line-manage our Events Officer and our brilliant group of art gallery volunteers, as well as commissioning services from a range of technical and professional contractors to help us with our community and cultural programme of activities.
Your skill, experience and passion for all things community/cultural will be vital as we review and reshape our approach to the provision of activities in our town. As a natural collaborator you will nurture our existing relationships with community cultural organisations, and you’ll develop and build new relationships within and outside Spennymoor.
You’ll lead on programming exhibitions, events and other activities in our Town Hall, open spaces and other parts of Spennymoor. You’ll be the curator of our fantastic Bob Abley Gallery.
You must hold a relevant professional qualification at level 4 or above and have a minimum of 3 years’ experience of working in a management role in public, commercial, marketing or retail sectors (ideally within a creative or cultural setting).
Do you…
• Believe in efficient and effective public services?
• Want to feel valued and respected? And want to reciprocate, making workmates feel valued and respected too?
• Want to make a difference?
• Enjoy getting stuck in to help when others need it?
• Welcome helping-out at occasional evening or weekend community events?
• Use your initiative and offer ideas and experiences that work?
• Know you’re not the finished article, and welcome supportive ongoing professional development to help you reach your goals?
We can offer…
- A job where you really can make a difference.
- Great development opportunities.
- Free car parking.
- A dedicated High Street office and good welfare facilities in a vibrant town centre.
- Laptop & mobile phone
- Usual office hours of 8:45am – 5pm Monday – Thursday, 8:45 – 4:30pm Friday
- Up to 32 days holiday, plus public holidays (usually eight days per year)
- A chance to work for a Disability Confident Employer.
- An employer’s contribution rate of 19.6% towards your pension (Local Government Pension Scheme current eer’s rate, January 2025)
Sounds Good? Feels right? Looks interesting? Here’s what to do next:
We are an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons.
Application forms only please – no CVs. For an application form please click the Apply Now button.
Please use the application form to demonstrate how you meet the minimum (and hopefully desirable!) criteria as per the person specification set out in the job description for the role you are applying for.
We use your application form and supporting information for interview shortlisting purposes, so please tell us as much as you can about your suitability for the role in your application form.
Closing date for return of application forms is 31st January 2025.
We plan to hold interviews of shortlisted candidates on Thursday 20th February
Further details will be provided to shortlisted candidates no later than Friday 7th February.
WE’D WELCOME AN INFORMAL CHAT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS ROLE!
If we’ve piqued your interest, please get in touch with Ian Morris on 01388 815276 or email ian.morris@spennymoor-tc.gov.uk