Arts, Heritage and Events Officer - Newham, United Kingdom - Row london construction

Row london construction

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Newham, United Kingdom

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Description

Overall Purpose of Job

The post holder reports to the Arts and Heritage Manager.
To plan and deliver with a high standard of professional inward-and outward-facing events for the department and council wide, with an appropriate focus on modern technology, and contribute to engagement co-ordination as part of the department's resident engagement and participation remit.
To provide logístical systems and technical support to review, evolve and implement the council's annual events programme.
Working with colleagues to ensure the successful delivery of events from initial concept and planning through to on-site management and post event evaluation.
Using knowledge of the sector, to embed participation opportunities enabling residents to creatively and artistically express themselves, whilst fostering a learning and awareness of the art forms and traditions of our diverse communities.
To ensure relevant legislation, regulations and policies are complied with.
To work with the relevant teams and council colleagues to ensure effective marketing and communications that deliver audiences to council's events and activities.
To work collaboratively with colleagues and external stakeholders to achieve the service plans and corporate priorities.
To contribute with activities on the service vision of improving resident engagement and participation in arts, cultural and heritage programmes.
To contribute to exploring new ways of engaging with residents to increase the opportunities available and increase the level of engagement, particularly within seldom heard groups.
To maintain communications and partnerships with arts, community, cultural and heritage organisations, creative industries, voluntary and faith groups, statutory and other organisations to benefit residents and the environment.
To support local creativity and imagination throughout the borough, with local arts organisations working with local, regional and national partners.
To support activities that nurture and develop communities and neighbourhoods to generate capacity, to co-produce home-grown content. Enabling local groups to take the lead role in the organisation of local arts events, culture and heritage activities.
To plan, organise and deliver a range of community events that reflects Newham's diverse communities.
To maintain working operational relationships with formal and informal learning settings, including schools, tertiary education, youth service providers, across the arts, culture and heritage programme.

Accountabilities

To support the enhancement of the arts, culture and heritage experience of residents in order to improve their quality of life and enable the council's commitment to 'put people at the heart of everything we do.'
To support the operations of activities to Co-produce and co-design creative, cultural and heritage programmes with residents, community groups, faith groups, arts, culture and heritage organisations.
To work with local, organisations, residents, members and key local partners to ensure quality and to develop the future direction of these service areas
To research, programme, market and deliver year-round diverse and accessible events, arts, culture and heritage programmes; managing and motivating relevant staff to achieve this.
To support with preparation of budgets for the service area in consultation with colleagues and senior officers.

Tasks and Accountabilities

Tasks and accountabilities are intended to be a guide to the range and level of work expected of the post holder.

This is not an exhaustive list of all tasks that may fall to the post holder and employees will be expected to carry out such other reasonable duties which may be required from time to time.

To keep up to date of the team, service and directorate plans in order to ensure that the service fulfils its duties and delivers the agreed aims and outcomes for your team.
To work in partnership with internal colleagues and external stakeholders in an integrated, holistic and cross cutting way to achieve delivery of those outcomes
To take a "one Council" approach to deliver more effective outcomes and at all times avoid a siloes or single service area approach.
To work creatively to develop ways of sharing good and innovative practice across the service and key stakeholders.
To ensure the Council's commitment to put people at the heart of all we do by fully engaging residents in the development of ideas, strategies and policies.
To actively promote the Council's vision and values

QUALIFICATIONS
Educated to degree level or equivalent level of work experience at the level relevant to the field.

Evidence of continuing professional development

KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:

Experience of working in an arts/culture//heritage environment

Experience of planning and delivering participatory arts, cultural and