Arts Assistant Cambridge, East of England, England
Job description
Job overview
Working as a key member of CUH Arts, the Arts Assistant will manage the central administrative functions to support the day-to-day operational running of Cambridge University Hospital’s hospital arts programme. You will be the first port of call on all team enquiries, managing project databases, arranging venue bookings, liaising with freelance artists and tracking finances to ensure the smooth and successful running of our programme.
This is an exciting time for arts at CUH - alongside our thriving live and participatory strand of activities, CUH Arts is supporting plans for an ambitious programme of capital redevelopment on site which will see a significant transformation of facilities for patients and staff. It is CUH Arts' strategic mission to embed arts into the heart of healthcare, and arts has an important contribution to make in the day-to-day life of our hospitals.
Main duties of the job
You will provide on-the-ground supervision for a rich and varied live & participatory programme, including interactive workshops, public events, temporary exhibitions and patient environment projects to creatively engage, comfort and benefit the diverse hospital community. You will coordinate staff wellbeing activities, including the “Arts Pass” scheme.
You will also support the implementation of arts strategies and programmes on major capital projects, including the new Cambridge Children’s hospital and Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital.
You will take a lead on the day-to-day care and conservation of the hospital’s permanent art collection, ensuring that artwork is properly maintained, catalogued and presented.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 11000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
This vacancy will close at midnight on the 10th September 2023.
Interviews are due to be held on the 21st September 2023.
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Experience
Essential criteria
Some strong administration experience.
Working in busy team environments.
Proven planning and organisational skills.
Following organisational policies and procedures.
Desirable criteria
Experience working in a professional arts environment.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
An understanding of digital communications, particularly social media platforms.
Some knowledge of artwork care and conservation.
A strong interest in the arts.
Desirable criteria
Skills
Essential criteria
Excellent verbal and written presentation skills.
A confident and clear communicator, ready and willing to liaise with a wide range of people, often in challenging and sensitive situations.
Highly proficient in using Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel).
Strong working knowledge of developing content for social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Desirable criteria
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Keen and willing team player.
Enthusiastic and optimistic.
Self-motivated and proactive.
Creative and flexible.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
