Get Creative Manager

Full time (37.5 hours a week), permanent starting at £35,000-£40,000 per annum

We’re looking for our linchpin. A leader and a dynamo who keeps the sparks flying in our Get Creative team. This is a crucial role at the heart of the HfC department whose mission is to engage and inspire young people and artists. We work at scale, across Cornwall, to captivate, stimulate and drive the creativity of our region forwards.

Join a dedicated team, delivering a wide-ranging programme to a diverse span of people across Cornwall. The Get Creative team work with more than 11,000 young people each year, supporting 400 Cornwall-based artists and more than 5,000 participants in our community. These aren’t just numbers – they’re people whose lives we’re enhancing, and we’re hungry for more. Working at the heart of an inclusive and agile team, you’ll have the smarts to respond to changing circumstances, spotting trends and driving a genuine difference for everyone we work with.

This role would suit a creative producer, a deliverer, a manager, a doer, a creative, a strategist, a communicator, a positive force, a multitasker, a juggler, a connector – sound like a lot? It is! We need someone who spots the dots and joins them seamlessly, as a visible force for good in Cornwall’s creative industries.

You’ll be a proactive, self-motivated no-nonsense person who gets it done. A committed collaborator, you’re ready to bounce ideas and forge strategy. With ideas fizzing and plans in place, you’ll lead the team who, delivers, reports, funds, and refines. And when we’re done, you’ll be the one with the energy to rinse and repeat, day in, day out, as the team delivers, seven days a week, evenings and weekends.

Beneath all that energy and drive, you’ll embrace sound methodology too: we use data to drive our activity and prove our impact. We work strategically behind the scenes with advocacy, policy documents, national partners, the local authority and regional partners.

If you’ve got the stamina, determination and drive to play your part, then we want to hear from you.

What it’s like to work here

At Hall for Cornwall, we’re all in! We’re inclusive and open, kind and welcoming, meeting people as they are and responding to their needs and interests. We’re enthusiastic, committed and constantly encouraging people to feel the power of performance in their lives. We’re drawing on modern tools and technology as well as our deep-rooted heritage to make our new home the very best it can be. We care about theatre, and the future of theatre makers in the widest sense. So if you do too, get in touch.

Who we’re looking for

Essential

Significant and demonstrable experience of the effective commissioning and implementation of artistic strategy and hands on delivery experience
A creative and entrepreneurial approach and the ability to think and plan strategically and anticipate future issues and opportunities
Ability to work collaboratively in a complex organisation and with partners who sometimes have competing priorities
A highly effective team player
Exceptional interpersonal skills with a resilient approach to negotiation and problem solving
A high level of personal effectiveness – able to plan, prioritise, deliver exceptional work to deadlines
Full driving licence and use of vehicle
Clear DBS check

Desirable

Experience of using digital innovation, and content to drive engagement
An awareness of issues of equality and cultural diversity as they inform HfC activity
Experience of managing developmental work

For more information and how to apply

Please download and review the job description and person specification – click here for PDF format or click here for Word Format.

To apply please complete the following and send to Catherine via email, [email protected]

– application form – PDF or Word format

– equal opportunities form – PDF or Word format

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace culture, and welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences.  We particularly welcome global majority and disabled applicants as they are under-represented within HfC – we will interview all those who identify this way, who also meet the essential criteria in the job description. If this applies to you, please state this on your application form.

If you need any assistance when applying, or if you would like to apply in a different format (for example by a recorded message), please email us on the above address for support with the process.

Deadline for applications:  midnight on Sunday 13 October