Community Post Type: Jobs

The Head of Stage will provide leadership on all day-to-day aspects of the stage infrastructure within the theatre relating to both the production and the building.

Working closely with the Technical Manager, you will ensure there is an efficient, cost effective and robust maintenance plan in place, meeting all operational and compliance needs from a stage maintenance perspective. You will oversee casual stage crew and dressers, and alongside the Head of Lighting and Sound oversee the senior technicians and communicate closely with visiting productions & show management to ensure a smooth get in, fit up and get out. This role will involve regular evening and weekend work. Management experience is essential.

The Liverpool Empire Theatre is the largest two-tier theatre in the country, hosting the best in touring theatre productions including musicals, opera, ballet and comedy. This iconic venue plays a crucial role in the cultural offering of the Liverpool City Region and celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2025.

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Closing date: 20 April

The Reader is a national charity that uses the power of literature and reading aloud to transform lives. Everyone who works with them, regardless of their job title, plays a part in contributing to this. their Shared Reading model brings people together to read great stories and poems – creating powerful moments of connection. In a world that feels increasingly divided, and with increased pressures on our mental health, Shared Reading offers us time and space to share what matters to us.

The Storybarn is The Reader’s imaginative play space for children and families to share a love of books, imagination and Reading for Pleasure. This role is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Storybarn engagement working with young people from birth to 9 years through family and school programming.

They’re looking for someone who:

– Shares The Reader’s beliefs, ethos and values and fosters a genuine willingness to work as part of a team to help The Storybarn evolve and develop in the most exciting and positive ways.
– Has a flexible and innovative approach to adapt, change and grow in a fast moving environment
– Has a confident and creative approach to curate and implement a range of engagement products for a mix of audiences.
– Is demonstrably able to lead with prior experience in people and/or project management.
– Has excellent practical and organisational skills with the ability to work unsupervised and be self-motivated, keen to learn new things Work in an enthusiastic and positive manner, with the flexibility to work weekends on a rota basis, able to work collaboratively with staff at all levels of seniority
– Has excellent knowledge of children’s literature or experience of working with children in the charitable sector
– Is confident with finances, spreadsheet, reports, or willing to learn

Please visit https://www.thereader.org.uk/job/storybarn-manager-operational/ to view a full job description and application form. All applications must be sent to laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk

Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester, as well as close proximity to both Liverpool John Lennon and Manchester Airports.

Their progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It’s an exciting time to join as they develop new policies and transform the way people access services.

They are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from their workforce has been ‘our colleagues’.

Their Team:

You will be working within Leisure Services, directly with the Culture Services Team and will be based at the Award winning Brindley in Runcorn as well as working in the community and on site at events. The working week will include some evenings and weekends as this is predominantly when events take place.

Your Contributions:

The main purpose of the role is to manage a range of projects as part of the Council’s Crucible of Culture Cultural Strategy and promote its overall aims, objectives and values. The job holder will support the coordination of accessible creative and cultural programming for the benefit of the borough’s residents, maximizing existing and new provision through partnership working and effective promotion. The job holder will coordinate and deliver marketing and communications across a variety of platforms, collecting, collating and sharing information, generating PR for activity delivering the Crucible of Culture and promoting the local arts and culture community. Furthermore, the job holder will provide advice and support to Cultivate and local arts and culture organisations, seeking funding, resource and development opportunities as well as support the local arts and culture community through the coordination of networking opportunities, cultural participation activity and information exchange.

Their Offer:

Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:
– A generous annual holiday allowance starting at 34 days per year (including bank holidays), increasing with long service
– Membership of our defined benefit, salary-linked Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions
– 3 x Salary Life Cover via Local Government Pension Scheme
– Investment in your personal development
– Free Car Parking at HBC sites
– Flexible working arrangements
– Extensive employee benefits platform including discounted shopping, car leasing, gym memberships, wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance Programme.

ABOUT YOU

As a Culture Officer you will be educated to ILM level 3 or equivalent.

In addition, as a Culture Officer you will have experience of:

• Working in a Culture development context
• Developing and managing participative culture projects
• The process of commissioning culture and culture organisations, and best practise in community engagement
• Developing and working effectively in partnership, especially in building links between private, public, and voluntary sectors
As a Culture Officer you will have knowledge of:
• The professional development needs of the culture sector in Halton or the sub region
• Undertaking fundraising and effectively manage project budgets
The skills and abilities you will have as a Culture Officer are:
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, the ability to communicate effectively to a wide range of people, such as officers, and other statutory and voluntary organization and good presentation skills
• Working knowledge with IT and digital programs including word, excel, email, computerized databases, and social media
• Working on own initiative and as part of a team
• Working effectively under pressure
• Time management skills

As this role involves regular travel across the borough and sometimes further afield, a driving license and access to a vehicle are essential requirements. Where appropriate, reasonable adjustments will be made in accordance with the provisions of the Equality Act.

The Council and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff, workers and volunteers to share its commitment.

For further information and to apply for this role visit Halton Borough Council Careers website:

https://careers.halton.gov.uk/jobs/job/Culture-Officer/73

Are you looking for your next career move? Take a look at what Knowsley Council has to offer – competitive salaries, generous leave entitlements, access to the Local Government Pension Fund – and say yes to Knowsley.

Current vacancies include the Head of Permanence and Sufficiency. As Head of Permanence and Sufficiency services you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of children and young people who access support from their service and their families.

Find out more about this exciting role: https://orlo.uk/3cnwd

Closing date: 13 April

This is a unique opportunity to join the team at one of the UK’s most exciting new music organisations. Since fully opening in the summer of 2021, they have played host to artists such as Nadine Shah, Anna Calvi, Gruff Rhys, OMD, Doves, Black Country New Road, Everything Everything, English Teacher, The Zutons, Nubiyan Twist, Shame, Melt Yourself Down, Dry Cleaning, The Coral, Bodega and many more, with a programme encompassing the best in contemporary alternative, jazz, electronic and experimental music.

Future Yard is committed to providing a range of pathways for local young people to develop the skills needed to embark on careers within the live music industry.

As a member of the Future Yard family you will benefit from a range of bonuses, including: free entry to all Future Yard shows, training and social events, their cycle to work scheme, paid training, ongoing development opportunities and a brilliant range of staff discounts.

Future Yard are looking to appoint an experienced fundraising professional to a new role of Fundraising + Partnerships Manager. As a non-profit Community Interest Company, they must develop a range of revenue streams to support their work. Ensuring they have brilliant relationships with a range of funders, corporate partners, patrons, social investors and stakeholders is vital to achieving this.

You will develop, grow and maintain these relationships, ensuring Future Yard maximises a broad range of revenue streams across grant funding, corporates, major donors, individual giving and impact investing. You will have the opportunity to input and shape the fundraising and partnership strategy you will be delivering against, supported by their Director of Audiences.

The next 12 months represent an exciting period for Future Yard. We are in the process of changing our governance structure, moving to a charitable model. They are also about to embark on a large capital building project, creating new performance and workshop spaces. Both these projects have shaped their fundraising and partnership strategy and present a unique opportunity for the ideal candidate to have a direct role in shaping the future of our organisation.

Future Yard has been active in social impact investing, working with a number of impact investors to establish and support thei work to date. Their new Fundraising + Partnerships Manager will be interested in social value, aware of the opportunity it presents and excited by its potential to play a part in their business model ongoing.

Working within their Leadership Group, this role will report to the Director Of Audiences. Future Yard CIC is a relatively young organisation and has grown into its current position of prominence in just five years. They are an award winning, grassroots cultural institution, anchor organisation in Birkenhead’s regeneration and an Arts Council England NPO.

They are looking for an experienced fundraising professional to undertake this role at an important time in their organisation’s development. Ideally you will have relevant experience within the music/creative industries, although candidates with transferable and appropriate experience from other sectors are also encouraged to apply.

They are particularly looking for an individual who shares Future Yard’s values and is/has:

– Demonstrable and successful fundraising experience in a relevant sector, including bid writing
– A track record of success, building valuable, financially beneficial partnerships
– Demonstrable experience of building and maintaining relationships with a range of commercial and charitable partners
– An appetite to innovate and an interest in the opportunities around impact investing and social value
– An understanding of patron and individual giving programmes
– A passion for the power of culture and a deep interest in music
– Great team working skills, flexibility and an appetite to continually develop
– Excellent communication skills and an ability to brilliantly articulate and present Future Yard’s vision
– You will be a well organised, disciplined self-starter

Please read the full Recruitment Pack for this role here: https://futureyard.org/jobs-opportunities-fundraising-partnerships-manager/

Applications must be made via the application form linked below, with an opportunity to upload a CV and personal statement detailing how you are the perfect fit for the role. Please take care to address all aspects of the role profile (as described above) in your covering letter.

If your application is successful, you will be invited for an interview. Interviews will be in person and will take place on either 30th April or 1st May.

The deadline for applications is 10am on Thursday 24th April 2025.

Apply now at https://forms.gle/D2RdUN3bV2eBFzRA6

This is a unique opportunity to join the team at one of the UK’s most exciting new music organisations. Since fully opening in the summer of 2021, we have played host to artists such as Nadine Shah, Anna Calvi, Gruff Rhys, OMD, Doves, Black Country New Road, Everything Everything, English Teacher, The Zutons, Nubiyan Twist, Shame, Melt Yourself Down, Dry Cleaning, The Coral, Bodega and many more, with a programme encompassing the best in contemporary alternative, jazz, electronic and experimental music.

Future Yard is committed to providing a range of pathways for local young people to develop the skills needed to embark on careers within the live music industry.

As a member of the Future Yard family you will benefit from a range of bonuses, including: free entry to all Future Yard shows, training and social events, our cycle to work scheme, paid training, ongoing development opportunities and a brilliant range of staff discounts.

Future Yard are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, community-driven individual to the new role of Audience Development + Neighbourhood Outreach Officer.

As a community music venue, skills + training hub and pillar of the community, Future Yard must engage with a diverse range of audiences and participants across all aspects of their work. To ensure that they are delivering on the impact they set out to achieve – namely, that music can change the world – they need to maintain high levels of awareness and visibility within their local community, and continually find new audiences who share their beliefs.

These may be live music fans, local young people who want to embark on a career in the music industry, residents and representative groups in Birkenhead, or families who want to enjoy music together. You will work with the wider Audiences team in helping to reach these new audiences, and to develop existing audiences through a new membership/patrons scheme.

You will work across all aspects of Future Yard’s programmes, playing a key role in connecting this work to people who will get the most out of it. You will develop and deepen these connections by engaging regularly with key partner organisations, audience groups and through administering their Neighbourhood Ticket Scheme, supported by our Director of Audiences and Marketing + Outreach Manager.

They are looking for an enthusiastic, self-starting individual at the start of their career to undertake this role. Ideally you will have some knowledge of music, music venues or some of Future Yard’s programmes, although candidates with transferable and appropriate knowledge from other sectors are also encouraged to apply.

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They are particularly looking for an individual who shares Future Yard’s values and is/has:

– Excellent communication skills and an ability to brilliantly articulate and present Future Yard’s vision
– The versatility to build and maintain relationships with a range of collaborators and community partners
– Brilliant people skills and the ability to confidently present to community groups, stakeholders and potential new participants and audiences
– A strong sense of community and an appetite to engage with diverse groups
– Excellent organisational skills and an eye for detail
– A passion for the power of culture and a deep interest in music
– Great team working skills, flexibility and an appetite to continually develop
– A valid driving licence and access to a car would be desirable, but not essential
– You will be a well organised, disciplined self-starter

Tate Liverpool is seeking a Curator, Exhibitions and Displays (Maternity Cover) for a temporary period of 10-months, based at Tate Liverpool, to work on their exciting exhibitions and displays programme.

Working within the Exhibitions team at Tate Liverpool, you will have an excellent knowledge of 20th century modern and contemporary art, both British and international, with experience of leading on collection displays and solo/group exhibitions within a museum or art gallery and strong project management skills.

The role combines curatorial and collections-based research with project management. You will lead on projects, working with many teams across Tate, according to their artistic and audience priorities, as such you will be an active team player with a collaborative approach and exceptional interpersonal skills.

As you will work across multiple projects, at different stages, you will be highly organised with strong administrative skills and the ability to prioritise and coordinate activities with patience and empathy when under pressure.

To apply and for more details, visit https://jobsearch.tate.org.uk/jobs/job/Curator-Exhibition-and-Displays/70

Make CIC is a place-based Community Interest Company at the forefront of innovative regeneration approaches. They believe in putting people, culture, and creativity at the heart of everything they do when they collaborate with national and local partners, including Power to Change, the Leftback Collective, and various Local and Combined Authorities, to deliver impactful programmes that breathe new life into neighbourhoods, town-centres, highstreets, and homes.

The Role: Regeneration Innovation Co-ordinator

As a co-ordinator, you’ll play a crucial role in their regeneration initiatives, supporting partnerships, and delivering programmes that make a real difference. This is a chance to lead on exciting projects across the region, doing things differently. You will initially focus on three key workstreams:

Community Highstreet Project (Birkenhead): Be part of a ground-breaking initiative that empowers and supports local communities to revitalise high streets.

Make Spaces Pilot Programme: Contribute to the development and implementation of an emerging pilot that unlocks spaces for the community and socially trading organisations.

Make CIC’s strategic Development Projects:
Common Ground Housing Project (Birkenhead): Help shape an innovative housing solution that is focused on creative solutions for the community and sustainable living.

Liverpool’s Cultural Workshop: Support the planning and regeneration of our cultural hub and maker space in Ten Streets.
The Ranch Reimagined: Support the planning and regeneration of a community hub in Huyton Village.

Why Join Make CIC?

Make a Real Impact: Be part of projects that directly benefit local communities.
Innovative Environment: Work in a creative and forward-thinking organisation.
Collaborative Team: Join a passionate team dedicated to positive change.
Diverse Projects: Engage in a variety of exciting and challenging regeneration initiatives.
Opportunity to grow: Make CIC is a growing organisation, with many opportunities for professional development.

How to Apply:

Ready to take the next step in your career? Here’s how to apply:

Read the Job Description: Carefully review the job description and person specification to ensure you’re a good fit for the role.

Submit Your Application:

Send your CV and case study to hello@makecic.org.

Case Study: Write a 400-800 word (1-2 page) case study demonstrating “How creativity can have an impact on regeneration.”
Complete the short online application form. More info here: https://makecic.org/join-make-cic-were-hiring-a-regeneration-innovation-co-ordinator/

Selection Steps:

Applications close: Monday 21st April 23:59

They’re looking for someone who is:
Highly organised and detail-oriented.
A strong communicator and collaborator.
Passionate about community-led regeneration.
Creative and innovative in their approach.
Has experience in working within regeneration projects.

Terms and conditions:

This is an 18 month fixed-term contract funded by their partners.
Continuation of the role is dependent on securing further funding.