1 Heritage / Culture / Library jobs in Derby

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
  
  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., 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.

About Leicestershire County Council Leicestershire County Council is a and organisation. In August 2021, we also signed up to the . We are strongly committed to promoting equality and opportunity, championing employee wellbeing and investing in staff training and development. Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone. Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire. For further information on what it's like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following: Nottingham City Council