2 Event Management / Curation Opportunities in Greater London

Contract: permanent

Hours: 21 hours per week

Salary: £21939 per annum, prorated from FT salary of £36,565

Are you a strategic thinker with exciting ideas about how contemporary, modern, and historic music could engage audiences more deeply in paintings?

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver a programme of free and ticketed onsite events aimed at adults, that are inclusive, build new audiences and cater to different learning needs and styles. Types of events will include tours, gallery talks, daytime and evening lectures, art workshops and discussions
• Inspired by the Collection and National Gallery projects and exhibitions, grow the music programme of free and ticketed performances, including the annual Myra Hess concert
• Plan and deliver a series of income generating events with external partners such as the WI (Women’s Institute) and Paul Mellon Centre
• Embed access, diversity, and inclusion throughout the programme in innovative ways.
• Write and proof marketing copy for the National Gallery website
• Provide day to day management of an agreed budget
• Deliver programmes in accordance with the outcomes defined in the National Gallery’s Learning evaluation framework
• Actively teach on the programme where appropriate
• Contribute to quarterly Director’s reports, annual review and fundraising bids and proposals where necessary
• Contribute to programmes being developed by colleagues across the Learning and National Programme where appropriate
• Regular evening and weekend work as required

Knowledge, skills, experience

• An imaginative programmer with exciting ideas about how contemporary, modern, and historic music could engage audiences more deeply in paintings
• An excellent communicator, with the ability write and present confidently and clearly.
• A positive and creative problem solver who finds ways to make things happen
• A collaborator with strong experience of working in partnership with internal and external stakeholders
• A strategic forward thinker with an ability to develop programmes that respond creatively to briefs
• A commitment to the National Gallery’s Values, particularly Diversity and Inclusion
• The ability to work with a level of flexibility, including regular evening and weekend work

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

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