Head of Cultural Partnerships

Through our Cultural Education and Music Hubs, we are transforming the Cultural Education landscape through inspiring opportunities, training, partnership building and cultural pathways for young people and creative practitioners across the West of England.

The Head of Cultural Partnerships is responsible for delivering on our aspiration that ‘every child has the opportunity to access a cultural activity every year’.

The postholder will develop the strategies, networks and programmes necessary to deliver three core outcomes:

• Driving up breadth, skills, knowledge and standards in schools’ creative curriculum
• Building education-industry partnerships to support training, engagement, work experience and career pathways
• Delivering a range of inspiring programmes across the education sector to ensure young people can thrive through arts and culture

This role will also:

• Contribute to WEMA’s fundraising activity, ensuring a range of income streams are secured to sustain the Cultural Hub
• Engaging with key stakeholders regionally and nationally to put WEMA at the heart of national cultural education strategy

Our commitment to accessibility and inclusion underpins all our outcomes. The postholder will ensure that all children and young people, regardless of their needs and circumstances, can participate, thrive and achieve in their cultural ambitions.

The role is offered as a permanent contract for 3 days per week for the core role, plus the option to extend to up to full time for a successful candidate with an exceptional track record in fundraising.

The role is based at our office at Little Stoke School in South Gloucestershire with frequent travelling to visit stakeholders across the region. There is also an allowance for home working.