Assistant, Development Initiatives Operation (IC122)

Closing date for applications: 3rd January 2025

Salary: £27,401 per annum plus benefits including a final salary pension scheme, generous annual leave, and flexible and hybrid working. 

Contract: Permanent, working 35 hours per week. (Arts Council also recognises the benefit of flexible working as a valued part of the way we work and welcomes applications from individuals who require flexibility).

Location: Manchester or Birmingham. (The role will be based at the office base listed; however, we are operating a hybrid way of working and support our staff to make use of remote working options when combined with regular on-site contact days with other members of the team, normally 1-2 days a week).

Launching a career in arts funding and development?

The Development Initiatives team within the Investment Centre oversees the design and delivery of the Arts Council’s development programmes, including Global Talent Visas, Libraries Development Framework, Museums Accreditation and Collections Designation. 

The Development Initiatives Operations team provides advice, reports and services to committees and teams across the organisation, including decision makers, Relationship Managers and Investment Centre teams. The team organises and supports a number of decision meetings and decision making processes. Support is also provided across our external delivery partners and governing bodies.

The team is also responsible for ensuring high quality guidance is available (both internal and external) and that we are responding to the needs of our stakeholders in this area. The team is also responsible for maintaining accurate records and detailed filing systems.

Responsibilities

The Assistant, Development Initiatives Operations, will be responsible for:

• Supporting the Global Talent Visa team by carrying out key functions, including triaging applications and sharing information with programme partners and decision makers.
• Supporting the Senior Manager Development Initiatives Operations and the wider Development Initiatives Operations team to ensure timely and efficient delivery of our administrative processes.
• Acting as point of contact for the team to provide routine information, advice and guidance on the work and responsibilities of the team.

Knowledge, skills and experience

Essential

• Proven administrative experience of supporting different colleagues and managing conflicting demands.
• You will also some experience of grant funding or development programmes.
• You will be highly organised with the ability to juggle multiple priorities and exercise effective judgement when organising, planning and managing complex tasks, and you will have the ability to initiate work and perform according to self-imposed timetables.
• You will have first-rate interpersonal and communication skills – both speaking and in writing – and the ability to communicate in a confident and engaging manner with the ability to both communicate complex information, simply and the ability to influence people when providing technical advice and support.
• You will have a good understanding of the current diversity agenda and its relationship to the work of the role.

Desirable

• An understanding of the arts and cultural sector.
• Experience of using IT systems, including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.

Please note: We do NOT accept CVs or cover letters as part of our recruitment process. If you require any documentation in an alternative format, please contact recruitment@artscouncil.org.uk  

Arts Council are committed to being an inclusive employer, building an inclusive workplace, and recruiting a workforce that is as diverse as the communities we serve. However, you identify, and whatever background you bring with you, we welcome you to apply for a role at Arts Council.

Disabled, D/deaf and/or neurodivergent people and those from Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse backgrounds are underrepresented in our workforce so we particularly encourage applications from people in these groups.

Please state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.