Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance The Turnpike Gallery Civic Square Leigh WN7 1EB Salary: Grade 6, 23,209 - 25,610 per annum. 30 hours per week Your role: As a key member of the culture team, you will work alongside the Assistant Business Partner to drive arts development in the Borough. You will support the delivery of the Arts Development Programme, coordinating the Culture Network and engaging diverse audiences in a wide range of cultural activity across our services. You ll support the team to provide artist advisory services and facilitate professional development activities. You will collaborate with internal and external partners to implement the borough's Cultural Strategy and deliver a programme of work that reflects community needs and corporate priorities. About you: You will need to be an Arts professional with degree-level qualification and proven experience in cultural sectors. Strong background in contemporary visual arts, community engagement, and artist commissioning. Skilled in fundraising, project management, and working collaboratively. Requires computer literacy, exceptional communication skills and ability to work independently. Proactive team player with understanding of GDPR guidelines, comfortable liaising with artists, community groups, and cultural stakeholders. Confident, personable, and adept at prioritising tasks in a dynamic arts development environments. About us: Wigan Council has been voted Overall Council of the Year at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations. The Progress with Unity plan is a place movement for change for the next decade, bringing a new era for Wigan Borough. It draws on the strengths of our individual organisations, recognising that together we can achieve much more for our communities by delivering on our 2 place missions; create fair opportunities for all children, families, residents and businesses and make our towns and neighbourhoods flourish for those who live and work in them. Our passionate, supportive Culture team delivers vibrant cultural experiences across Turnpike Gallery, Museum of Wigan Life, and Wigan & Leigh Archives. We create annual exhibitions and community engagement activities, collaborating with Council Events team to produce signature events like Light Night Wigan and Flashes Festival of Nature. Working closely with artists, producers, and cultural stakeholders, we build local capacity, support creative talent and support the Wigan borough to be an inclusive, culturally dynamic destination that celebrates artistic innovation and community connection. Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home, the office, or the community. We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits click here to find out more about working for TeamWigan. Wigan Council prides itself on equality, inclusion and promoting diversity within the borough and aims to recruit a workforce that reflects our diverse communities. We invest in training and developing our staff, in a positive learning environment, and aim to be a consciously inclusive employer. We welcome applications from everybody in the community and would particularly encourage applicants from our underrepresented groups to apply. At Wigan, it is really important to us that applicants demonstrate our Team Wigan behaviours, and we do all we can to make sure that everyone feels like they belong. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process. To be appointed to this role you must be able to prove your right to work in the UK. Please visit the link below to check you qualify to apply. Please note, at present we are not a licenced sponsor. Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Prove your right to work to an employer For further information, or an informal discussion or have any further questions about support of access for applying for this post please contact Katrina Houghton at katrina.houghtonwigan.gov.uk Priority candidates Interview date: Wednesday 2 nd April 2025 Interview date: Friday 4 th April 2025 To view the details relating to this position, please click the links below: