Director, Literature and Bristol (SWB31)
Contract: Permanent, working 35 hours per week. Arts Council also recognises the benefit of flexible working as a valued part of the way we work, and welcomes applications from individuals who require flexibility.
Salary: £61,927 per annum plus benefits including a final salary pension scheme, generous annual leave, and flexible and hybrid working.
Location: Bristol. The role will be based in Bristol; we operate a hybrid way of working and support our staff to make use of remote working options when combined with regular on‑site contact days with other members of the team, normally 1‑2 days a week.
As the Director, South West and Literature, you will play a key role in developing our national ambitions and in ensuring that culture thrives in all of our South West communities, from Tewkesbury to Portsmouth, and from Swindon to the Isles of Scilly. As leader of the Arts Council’s work around literature, you’ll work with a team of relationship managers to take ownership of our work in this exciting field. You will build on our progress promoting reading for pleasure and our recent work with the National Year of Reading, and further our development support for independent publishers and bookshops. You will have an immediate opportunity to influence our future investment in the literature sector as we move into the next national portfolio round.
Within the South West team, you will operate from our Bristol office and play a central role in our area management team, line managing senior staff, convening team meetings, and owning some critical sector relationships. Culture plays a critical role in placemaking, economic development, and civic pride across the region. In a typical year, we invest more than £55 million in the South West’s cultural ambitions.
We forge strong links with fellow arm’s length bodies and Lottery Distributors, such as Historic England, the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the British Film Institute, and work closely with stakeholders in local government, higher education, business and the voluntary and community sectors to maximise the potential of our investment. This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for the right candidate – join us in creating a bold and inclusive future for arts and culture.
Our Code of Ethics requires that employees of the Arts Council are not able to receive an Arts Council grant, investment or loan funding, either in person, as a member of a partnership, or for any organisation they own. There are also limitations on board or CEO positions employees can hold in organisations we fund.
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