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Culture & Events Officer
| Posting date: | 30 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £19,815.00 to £20,831.00 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 13 July 2025 |
| Location: | Beeston, Nottingham |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Broxtowe Borough Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | H171a |
Summary
Part Time 24.5hours per week. Grade 7
We are looking for an enthusiastic team player to join our Culture and Events Team and help run the Council’s popular culture and events programme, as well as an upcoming cultural conference.
The right candidate will work with colleagues to design, plan, promote and deliver community focused outdoor events and cultural activities including our flagship event, The Hemlock Happening, as well as Play Days and Christmas Lights Switch Ons. You will also work with community and voluntary groups to showcase the Borough’s wider cultural activity.
You will need to be someone with great organisational, communication and relationship building skills who is able to engage with the local community, voluntary and statutory bodies, suppliers, artists, performers and council members.
Working within a close-knit team, you will contribute to ensuring that targets are achieved and that the events are delivered safely. You will be someone who is proactive in supporting colleagues, has a great attention to detail, can work well under pressure to meet deadlines and can retain a sense of humour on long event days in all types of weather.
You should have a relevant event management qualification e.g. degree or relevant, practical experience of planning, delivering and evaluating events.
We’re looking for an individual who has experience in:
• Event and project management
• Event design, planning, delivery and evaluation
• Managing budgets
• Negotiating with artists, contractors, venues
• Assessing risk as part of health and safety relating to events
• Building relationships with a variety of stakeholders
• Bidding for resource from relevant funding bodies such as Arts Council, National Lottery etc.
The ideal candidate would:
• Be highly motivated, organised and able to work under pressure to meet multiple, conflicting deadlines
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Be a team player
• Work on their own initiative
• Be forward thinking, flexible and bring new ideas to the team
• Be a quick learner
• Be prepared to work outside of normal office hours including evenings, weekends and public holidays to support events and culture activity when required
• Be able to meet the demands of the post, working outdoors in all weathers, transporting and setting up of equipment
What you need to know:
If you’d like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Faye Ellis or Jo Elliott on 0115 917 3684.
Closing date for applications: 13 July 2025
Broxtowe Borough Council embraces flexible ways of working to ensure that we can attract the best talent and experience and get the most from our employees. The role requires a mix of working in the office, at home and on site. We are happy to discuss your options when you apply for a job with us.
You can read about why it’s great to work with us on our jobs page.
We are looking for an enthusiastic team player to join our Culture and Events Team and help run the Council’s popular culture and events programme, as well as an upcoming cultural conference.
The right candidate will work with colleagues to design, plan, promote and deliver community focused outdoor events and cultural activities including our flagship event, The Hemlock Happening, as well as Play Days and Christmas Lights Switch Ons. You will also work with community and voluntary groups to showcase the Borough’s wider cultural activity.
You will need to be someone with great organisational, communication and relationship building skills who is able to engage with the local community, voluntary and statutory bodies, suppliers, artists, performers and council members.
Working within a close-knit team, you will contribute to ensuring that targets are achieved and that the events are delivered safely. You will be someone who is proactive in supporting colleagues, has a great attention to detail, can work well under pressure to meet deadlines and can retain a sense of humour on long event days in all types of weather.
You should have a relevant event management qualification e.g. degree or relevant, practical experience of planning, delivering and evaluating events.
We’re looking for an individual who has experience in:
• Event and project management
• Event design, planning, delivery and evaluation
• Managing budgets
• Negotiating with artists, contractors, venues
• Assessing risk as part of health and safety relating to events
• Building relationships with a variety of stakeholders
• Bidding for resource from relevant funding bodies such as Arts Council, National Lottery etc.
The ideal candidate would:
• Be highly motivated, organised and able to work under pressure to meet multiple, conflicting deadlines
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Be a team player
• Work on their own initiative
• Be forward thinking, flexible and bring new ideas to the team
• Be a quick learner
• Be prepared to work outside of normal office hours including evenings, weekends and public holidays to support events and culture activity when required
• Be able to meet the demands of the post, working outdoors in all weathers, transporting and setting up of equipment
What you need to know:
If you’d like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Faye Ellis or Jo Elliott on 0115 917 3684.
Closing date for applications: 13 July 2025
Broxtowe Borough Council embraces flexible ways of working to ensure that we can attract the best talent and experience and get the most from our employees. The role requires a mix of working in the office, at home and on site. We are happy to discuss your options when you apply for a job with us.
You can read about why it’s great to work with us on our jobs page.
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