Culture Development Co-Ordinator

Responsibilities

• Support the development and delivery, of the culture strategy and major events strategy.
• Support the administration of culture, and other, grant applications to the council.
• Assist in the organisation and administration of the Creative City Compact and other boards and stakeholder meetings as required.
• Contribute to the delivery of action plans and monitor progress. Support measuring the delivery and impact against council objectives.
• Collate and provide information, data and reports on the performance and impact of grants, events, and projects e.g. Carrow House
• Identify external funding opportunities and support applications either directly or by signposting to another colleagues or department, or external organisation.
• Work with the colleagues within the Community Enabling, Environmental Strategy teams and others, to identify and support cultural and creative opportunities.
• Provide information and advice to the internal colleagues, the public, cultural and creative individuals and organisations.
• Facilitate the development of culture initiatives.
• Support the wider leisure and culture team as required. 

Why work for us

Our council is full of people who have chosen to work in local government because they want to help others and make a difference to their lives or the environment in which local people live.

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We offer our employees a competitive pay and benefits package. Whether you’re looking for a new career, promotion, flexible working opportunity to fit with your home life or a sideways move – we have a variety of challenging employment opportunities for everybody.

Norwich City Council offers the opportunity to work with great people who are passionate about promoting Norwich and the services the council provides. We also offer good career prospects with competitive rates of pay, generous holidays and working arrangements to suit all lifestyles.

Equal Opportunities Policy 

The council is committed to a policy of equality opportunity in employment, in recruitment and the services we provide. Applications are considered on the basis of their suitability for the post regardless of sex, gender reassignment, race, ethnic origin, disability, age, marital status, domestic responsibilities, sexual orientation or religious affiliation. People with disabilities are guaranteed an interview provided they are suitably qualified and/or experienced.

Candidates will be considered for shortlisting on the factual information on their application form. Therefore it is important to give as much detail as possible including information about experience gained outside employment.

Benefits

We offer our employees a competitive pay and benefits package and are proud to have the Living Wage accreditation. Whether you’re looking for a new career, promotion, flexible working opportunity to fit with your home life or a sideways move – we have a variety of challenging employment opportunities for everybody.

• All employees are eligible to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Paid holiday entitlement starts at 26 days per annum and increases with length of service to a maximum of 33 days per annum. This is pro rata for part-time employees
• In addition to the statutory public holidays, we grant an additional statutory day leave at Christmas
• Norwich City Council supports its employees through the provision of occupational health and employee assistance support