Arts Manager
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Job summary
Arts Manager, BWC EnjoyArt, Patient Experience Team.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for someone who is experienced, skilled and passionate about the arts and health combined with excellent planning and organisational skills. They will embrace our Trust values of ambition, bravery and compassion - and will join our Patient Experience Team to deliver our EnjoyArt Programme.
EnjoyArt is the Charitable funded arts programme at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Trust.
The Trust comprises Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham Women's Hospital, and our community sites.
The role has budgetary responsibility through management of the Arts and Entertainment BWC Charities budget and specific project budgets.
The management of freelance artists, assistants, visiting artists, musicians and groups of performers is also a key feature of this exciting role.
We are grateful for the support of BWC Charities in continuing to fund this role, supporting the growth of arts and entertainment at BWC NHS Trust.
Main duties of the job
Working within the Patient Experience team, the Arts Manager is responsible for the planning, management and delivery of the live arts programme. Working across all the Trust sites they will implement and oversee the delivery of visual art workshops; music, dance and theatre performances; creative projects and site-specific commissions for wards, outpatients and public areas.
You will work with the Senior Patient Experience Manager and our BWC Charities Programme Lead to develop the annual plan for the live arts programme. They will research and propose artists, partners, and projects in response to the annual themes and strategic aims of BWC EnjoyArt.
You will lead the recruitment of freelance artists through open calls and active research to ensure BWC EnjoyArt appoints a diverse pool of artists and organisations with which to partner. You will liaise with visiting artists, cultural organisations and hospital staff to develop projects and manage all scheduling, HR, impact monitoring and resources relating to their delivery.
You will support the Senior Patient Experience Manager and BWC Charities Programme Lead with commissioning large scale integrated artworks as part of the hospital's redevelopment programme and work in collaboration with the wider team on the administration of smaller scale projects and their associated commissions.
About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Details
Date posted
26 November 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year Dependant on experience
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
23 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
284-24-6817377-CORG
Job locations
Birmingham Children's Hospital
Steelhouse Lane
BIRMINGHAM
B4 6NH
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Birmingham Children's Hospital
Steelhouse Lane
BIRMINGHAM
B4 6NH
Employer's website
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