Culture Development and Events Officer

Knowsley Council is an award winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Come join us and be part of our success.

Knowsley Council are looking for a Culture Development and Events Officer (Events) to join their Culture Team. If you are passionate about culture and have experience of planning and delivering large scale events and cultural activities, then this role could be for you. Experience could include delivering cultural events, developing and supporting cultural organisations and artists, activities, festivals, performances, public art, etc

Following a hugely successful few years, Knowsley is looking forward to building on the ambition for culture, creativity and visitor economy and impacting positively on key priorities for a successful Knowsley. 

Knowsley is a priority area for Arts Council England and Heritage Lottery and has excellent relationships with both. Knowsley is home to the Shakespeare North Playhouse and has an exciting and developing cultural and creative sector.

You will be expected to help embed, and put into practice, a culture of enabling, co-production, social growth, behaviour change, addressing inequalities and service innovation, including the development and delivery of cultural events.

You will establish partnerships with key national, regional and local organisations, this will include collaborative and cross cutting ventures internally and with other agencies, local authorities, businesses and organisations, community, voluntary and faith groups. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applicants. 

At Knowsley Council we will consider requests for flexible working.  For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time.

We promote applications from all sections of the community, regardless of background, belief, or identity, recognising the value that diversity brings to our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and candidates with disabilities as we acknowledge their underrepresentation in our workforce.

At Knowsley we value our applicants and want them to feel well-informed and welcomed. If you have any questions about this specific job role or what it is like to work at Knowsley, please contact: Jo Dry, the Culture and Visitor Economy Service Manager at jo.dry@knowsley.gov.uk

If you are interested in this vacancy, please upload your CV along with a supporting statement as one document in PDF or Word format. Your CV and supporting statement should be tailored to reflect the competencies within the person specification.

Please note if a CV and supporting statement does not reflect the person specification it is unlikely to be shortlisted. 

Interview date: Tuesday, 25 February 2025