Location
London Borough of Hounslow

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£61,653 per annum

About the Role
This is an exciting maternity cover opportunity to join Hounslow's Culture and Events Team as a Culture Manager. As a senior member of the team, you will help shape and deliver the Council's cultural ambitions by leading programmes, partnerships and initiatives that contribute to community wellbeing, place-making, social cohesion and economic growth. You will play a key role in delivering the borough's Culture Strategy and associated action plans, ensuring culture contributes to wider Corporate Plan priorities.

You will lead major cultural programmes, including Summer of Culture, manage strategic relationships with colleagues, cultural organisations, funders, businesses and community stakeholders, and oversee project delivery, governance, budgets and performance.

Alongside programme leadership, you will use evaluation, insight and impact assessment to demonstrate the value of cultural investment, inform decision-making and support future funding and sponsorship opportunities.

This role offers the chance to influence cultural development at a strategic level while leading people, projects and partnerships that make a lasting difference to residents and communities across Hounslow.

About the Team You’ll Be Working In
The Culture and Events Team plays a strategic role in delivering Hounslow's cultural ambitions, working to create a borough-wide, cohesive, ambitious and inclusive offer for arts, heritage and culture. The team works across placemaking, participation, community wellbeing and economic development to ensure culture contributes to the wider priorities of the Council.

Working closely with colleagues, artists, cultural organisations, businesses, community groups and funding bodies, the team delivers a range of cultural programmes and partnerships including Summer of Culture, audience development initiatives and the implementation of the borough's Culture Strategy.

As Culture Manager, you will report to the Head of Culture and Events and provide leadership to Culture Officers, project staff, apprentices and graduates, helping to shape the future direction of culture across the borough.

About Us at Hounslow
We are proud to be an outstanding council serving one of London’s most diverse boroughs. With visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we have built strong partnerships that transform how we serve our community. Hounslow is a vibrant place full of potential, and we are committed to stepping up for our residents like never before.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of all we do, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. We strive to break down barriers and unlock the problem-solving power of our diverse workforce and community.

We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership, support thriving employee network groups, and provide learning and development programmes that promote ways of working to eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate candidates’ needs.

Our Benefits
If you join us, you will have access to a range of employee benefits designed to support your wellbeing and professional growth.

Experience
- Significant experience leading cultural, heritage or creative programmes.
- Understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing the cultural sector.
- Experience managing people, budgets, programmes and resources.
- Proven ability to balance strategic leadership with effective operational delivery.

About You
- Strategic thinker able to translate cultural ambitions into deliverable programmes, partnerships and outcomes.
- Skilled at building productive relationships and influencing a wide range of stakeholders including cultural organisations, businesses, funders, community groups, elected members and senior leaders.
- Committed to increasing participation in culture and ensuring opportunities are inclusive, accessible and reflective of Hounslow's diverse communities.
- Values evidence and insight, using evaluation, impact assessment and data to improve services, demonstrate value and inform decision-making.
- Able to create a collaborative and inclusive working environment.

Qualifications
Not explicitly stated, but relevant experience and skills in cultural programme leadership are essential.