Based in Kingston paying £400.42 per day PAYE

This is a full time temporary role.     

Our client is looking for a Future Culture and Heritage Programme Manager.

The Culture and Heritage Service currently consists of 5 individual services: Libraries; Heritage; Kingston Music Service; Arts Commissioning and Kingston Adult Education.

The aim is to develop one culture service for Kingston, reducing service silos and ensuring staff have the skills, qualities and experiences required to deliver a dynamic culture service for the borough. This is the opportunity to position culture services at the heart of community recovery post Covid-19 and central to future growth and regeneration opportunities.

Key deliverables for this role are:

• To lead the Future Culture Programme, delivering a sustainable service delivery model that follows the Corporate Blueprint
• To keep the project to time, insuring the implementation of the new service delivery model in October 2021
• To develop a transition period including a development and training programme to embed new ways of working
• To work with HR to develop role profiles, service structures and then to lead a recruitment and selection process to ensure roles are successfully filled
• To liaise and negotiate with stakeholders such as trade unions and third party funders
• To engage and communicate regularly with all staff across Culture on the process and timetable
• To engage and communicate regularly with key stakeholders including Elected

Due to high volumes of CVs received we are not able to respond to all unsuccessful applications. You will always however hear from us by phone if we are able to take your CV forward to the next stage.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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