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Creative and Civic Programme Manager, Brixton House Theatre

  •  London
  •  ÂŁ30k-40k
  •  Full time
  •  Closes August 11, 2025
  •  Annika Brown
  •  annika.brown@brixtonhouse.co.uk
  • #Education

Description

Job Summary

We are looking for a driven and community-focused Creative and Civic Programme Manager to join the Brixton House team. The role offers the opportunity to lead impactful projects that reflect and engage with the distinctiveness of Brixton’s people, histories, and futures.

Job Description

Project Development and Delivery

Design, lead, and produce Creative and Civic programmes that respond to community needs, cultural trends, and local priorities.
Ensure all projects are planned with robust timelines, budgets, risk assessments, access measures, and evaluation frameworks in place.

Schools and Learning Engagement

Lead on strategic partnerships with schools and educators across Brixton and surrounding boroughs, ensuring meaningful engagement with Brixton House's productions and values.
Develop and deliver education-based activities, including in-school sessions, CPD for teachers, and cross-curricular workshops.

Community and Stakeholder Engagement

Build and sustain relationships with local authorities, grassroots organisations, education providers, housing groups, youth services, and cultural institutions.
Host, support, and facilitate creative activities for families, children, young people, and adults, with a particular focus on inclusion and access.

Strategic and Cross-Organisational Collaboration

Contribute to shaping Brixton House's civic and community strategy, ensuring it remains rooted in lived experience and bold cultural
Work closely with teams across programming, Creative and Civic engagement and development, to align messages and impact.

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Advocacy

Lead evaluation processes for all Creative and Civic engagement projects-ensuring data collection is embedded and informs future work.
Produce clear and impactful reporting for funders and stakeholders, working closely with the development team.

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Application Deadline is 11th August at 9:00am. Interviews will be 14th and 15th August.

Job Requirements

Person Specification

Essential

  • Proven experience producing cultural or community-based projects that reflect social issues, civic themes, or grassroots needs.
  • Strong understanding of co-creation and collaborative methods in participatory arts.
  • Demonstrable ability to engage with a wide range of community members across varied ages, backgrounds, and experiences.
  • Strong administrative and organisational skills, including budget planning and delivery.
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Ability to use own initiative to problem solve
  • Comfortable working across disciplines and sectors-arts, education, civic life.
  • Experience of developing projects with schools and/or youth audiences.
  • Excellent communication and relationship management skills.
  • Confident with evaluation methodologies and working with data and impact tools.
  • Experience of marketing cultural or community projects
  • Committed to the values of anti-racism, accessibility, and inclusive practice.
  • Working some evenings / weekends

Job Responsibilities

Project Development and Delivery

Schools and Learning Engagement

Community and Stakeholder Engagement

Strategic and Cross - Organisational Collaboration

Monitoring, Evaluation and Advocacy

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How to Apply

Please submit your CV and Cover Letter via our website.

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