JOB: Creative Community Builder (Secondment Cover)
Job Title: Creative Community Builder (Secondment Cover)
Place of work: Community Links, 105 Barking Road, London, E16 4HQ (working at least 3 days per week in the office)
Hours of work: Full-time (37 hours per week)
Contract duration: Fixed-term to 31 July 2025 (to cover secondment), start date as soon as possible
Salary: £33,550 pro rata per annum
Reports to: Programme Co-Director, Culture Within Newham
Responsible for: Sessional staff, commissioned artists, community producers, interns, and volunteers
Level of screening: Enhanced DBS
Annual leave: 28 days annual leave plus public holidays (pro rata)
Application deadline: 9am on Thursday 23 January 2025
Contact email: loose.baker@culturewithin.org.uk
Culture Within Newham is looking for a new Creative Community Builder to join our team on a fixed-term basis. This full-time role will support the team while two of our Creative Community Builders provide maternity cover as Programme Co-Directors.
About the role
Our Creative Community Builders set up new partnerships, projects and programmes that help Newham’s cultural offer to flourish and develop.
This role involves:
Building relationships with local people,
Inspiring local people to take ownership of the cultural offer in Newham, and
Organising, managing and delivering cultural activities and events.
We want our team to represent the diversity of Newham, and so we welcome applications from people from South, East and South East Asian heritage, African or Caribbean heritage, Gypsy, Roma or Irish Traveller heritage or Latinx heritage. We particularly encourage applications from people who speak languages that are common in Newham, such as:
Bengali
Romanian
Urdu
Gujurati
Somali
Polish
Portuguese
We would love to receive applications from people who are working class, LGBTQIA+, deaf or disabled, care-experienced, or young carers, and we particularly encourage people from Newham to apply.
Learn more in the Job Description and Person Specification: Download here.
About Culture Within Newham
You will be joining a dynamic and passionate team of five people – our full time equivalent (FTE) is 3.5. The team has experience in co-creation, community engagement, managing artistic commissions, communication and social media.
Our arts programme includes:
A programme of cultural and creative commissions, activities, events and festivals held across the borough and often in partnership with other organisations. These events include high-quality art productions as well as outreach activities that invite people in Newham to get acquainted with arts and culture.
A governing structure which allows Newham residents of all ages to share in the decision-making about what culture means to them and their borough.
Relationship management with cultural and non-cultural stakeholders across Newham to scope opportunities for collaboration and to build a more connected creative sector.
How to apply
To apply, please use Catch22’s Smart Recruiters platform to submit your application.
If you have any questions about the role or recruitment process, you can email Programme Co-Director Loose Baker at loose.baker@culturewithin.org.uk.
Application deadline: 9am on Thursday 23 January 2025
Interviews: End of January
Start date: As soon as possible
Additional information
Culture Within Newham is governed by a consortium made up of Community Links (part of Catch22), the University of East London, Caramel Rock, Faithful Friends and the National Cricket League. Community Links (part of Catch22) is the grant holder and lead organisation on the consortium and the Culture Within Newham team is therefore based at Community Links in Canning Town and employed by Catch22.
The Creative Community Builder will be employed by Catch22 and receive its respective benefits and support. See the benefits of working for Catch22 here.
At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.