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Triumph Consultants

Full Time Cambridge, East of England, England 37440 - 12.04 GBP HOURLY Today

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Temporary Events Programme Manager – Culture & Community Reference no: Cambridge 5231963 Pay Rate: £18.00 per hour PAYE This opening assignment is for 3-4 months The purpose of the role is to lead and manage the team responsible for the programme content of the Cambridge Corn Exchange and Guild Halls & Cambridge Folk Festival. This post is a core part of the culture and community management team and will be expected to work closely with other members of that team, including the Venues General Manager, Folk Festival Manager, City Events Manager, and the Marketing and Development Manager. Key Responsibilities:

Lead on the programme structure and content for the Cambridge Corn Exchange and Guildhalls, including both the performance-based programme and the conferencing and community activity in the venues, to ensure that the programme reflects the agreed programme strategy and outcomes.
Lead on artistic programming for Cambridge Folk Festival, working closely with the Folk Festival Manager and freelance programmer.
Support artistic programming for the City Events programme, working closely with the City Events Manager.
Ensure that programming in all areas positively contributes to the financial sustainability of the services.
Manage the programme strategies for Cambridge Folk Festival, the Cambridge Corn Exchange and Guildhalls, and the City Events, ensuring that the programme strategies reflect both corporate and service level outcomes.
Work with the Cultural Services Manager on the development and updating of programme strategies, in particular the Corn Exchange and Guildhall Halls in a timely manner.
Manage the programming team to ensure that all programming activity is delivered effectively, on time, and to clear parameters (including but not limited to financial).
Ensure that there is excellent communication with both the Cultural Services marketing and development team and venue operations teams across all areas of programming.
Pro-actively engage in local, regional, national and international external networks in support of the effective delivery of corporate and service level objectives.
Pro-actively engage with other service areas across Cambridge City Council in support of the effective delivery of corporate and service level objectives.

“Role Requirements” – to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria: Qualifications:

Relevant arts qualification e.g events management or equivalent.

English and maths – A Level or equivalent.

Skills & Experience:

Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.

Significant experience of booking artists in a venue and/or a festival context (ideally both).

Experience of planning and developing artistic programmes across a range of genres, including music and theatre.

Experience of working with a range of music genres.

Experience of setting, managing and monitoring budgets.

Experience of managing staff.

Up to date knowledge of venues and festivals in the UK.

Up to date knowledge and skill in negotiating with artist agents, and event promoters.

Demonstrable knowledge across a range of programme genres.

Able to inspire trust, confidence, respect and credibility from a range of people.

Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).

NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via [email protected] by quoting the job reference and job title exactly. SEE DETAILS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS AD. If you have previously applied to one of our vacancies and have already sent the required supporting documentation to us, please make this clear when you re-apply as this will help speed up your application. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.

Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:

Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours.

Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.

Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.

Please refer to the Role Requirements section above - your CV must address the requirements listed.

Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable:

Any local authority/public sector experience

Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for.

S If you would prefer to send a CV straight to us rather than by way of an on-line application, you are very welcome to do so via [email protected] but please quote both the job reference and job title exactly as they appear below:

Job Ref: Cambridge 5231963

Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. Please do try to resist contacting us with requests for progress updates. We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the “Essential Requirements” listed. Please note that we do our level best to take down ads as soon as roles have been filled. We are not in the business of harvesting CVs. Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary.

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