Organisation: Leicestershire County Council Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, LE3 8RA Worker Category: Hybrid Worker Salary: £42,498 - £46,344 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) Working Hours: 37 hours per week - Full time Contract Type: Maternity Cover - Fixed term for 12 months / Secondment opportunity Closing Date: Monday 2nd June 2025 Interview Date(s): WC 9th June Do you want a job where no two days are the same? We are seeking a dynamic and committed professional to join our Cultural Participation Team within Culture Leicestershire. About the Role Culture Leicestershire encompasses Leicestershire County Council’s Library, Collections and Learning, Heritage and Cultural Participation services. Our shared vision is to Create space to spark imagination, celebrate communities and enhance wellbeing. Together we deliver a diverse, inclusive, accessible and engaging cultural offer focussing on health and wellbeing, building great communities, improving opportunities and helping to build a strong local economy. We are a National Portfolio Organisation (NPO), supporting the delivery of the County Council’s strategic outcomes and Arts Council England’s Let’s Create strategy. This role primarily involves overseeing the participation projects across our library network whilst also being responsible for our Culture To you and Home Library Services. We are therefore seeking a flexible person who, through our dedicated teams, can navigate our exciting community co-created projects and programmes to achieve high quality outcomes for all our participants and audiences. In this role knowledge of cultural participation as a key tool for community engagement will be crucial. Please note interview for this role will take place during the week of 9th of June 2025 Specifically the role of the successful applicant will be to direct and be responsible for: • the successful delivery and development of our Art council funded participation projects in Leicestershire libraries (Creative Expressions in Libraries) and potentially some elements of Heritage Services projects. • the ongoing development and piloting of our volunteer delivered Culture to You programme that lends museums resources directly into the homes of socially isolated people and delivers cultural activity in local community venues. The pilot is currently running in Oadby and Wigston • the gathering of evaluation for the above and meeting all targets agreed with Arts Council • the continuing provision and expansion of our county wide Home Library Service offering a volunteer led, at home, library book delivery and collection service to eligible clients • managing and supporting a small cohort of staff who co-ordinate and organise the above activity. The work of the team includes commissioning creative practitioners on a regular basis. • contributing to team and wider service initiatives and changes as they arise • the financial oversight of all programmes • report on team activity and advise the Senior Leadership Team on potential development, challenges and opportunities About You To apply for this post, you must: - Have a degree, or equivalent level qualification or demonstrable experience of the items listed - Experience of leading, developing and planning cultural programmes - A high level of knowledge around community engagement good practice, policy and procedures - Experience of direct working with community groups - Experience of working with diverse range of partners to develop and deliver shared outcomes - Experience of managing a budget - Experience of managing a team You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion. In addition, we expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process. Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. -------------------------------------------------------------- Interested in Flexible Working? We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual’s personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc. Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site. For more information or an informal discussion, please contact: Brian Kennedy 0116 305 3460, Brian.kennedy@leics.gov.uk Amanda Hanton, 0116 305 3422, Amanda.hanton@leics.gov.uk For more information on the job role visit https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/apply/ For more information about Culture Leicestershire visit our website https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/ How to Apply Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services, we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme. To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement and covering letter as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support. By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.. Location : Leicester, LE3 8RA