Senior Festival and Events Officer

This is a Gloucester City Council job.
 

• Job Title:                           Senior Festival and Events Officer
• Job Location:                    Gloucester City Council 
• Salary:                              £36,124 - £38,626 per annum 
• Hours per Week:              37.00 
• Contract Type:                  Permanent 
• Closing Date:                    02/02/2025 
• Job Requisition Number:  10717 
• This post is open to job share

Are you an experienced events professional with a passion for outdoor festivals and cultural programming? Do you have the drive to deliver high-quality, successful events while leading a dynamic team? Join Gloucester City Council as a Senior Festivals and Events Officer and play a pivotal role in shaping the city’s cultural landscape.

About the Role

As the Senior Festivals and Events Officer, you will lead a small team to deliver the city’s flagship outdoor events including Gloucester Goes Retro and Bright Nights. The team also supports, develops and enables third party events on our outdoor sites. You will be responsible for delivering funding and commissioning opportunities for creative projects across Gloucester. You will work closely with the Cultural Development Manager to develop and deliver strategies and support the city’s cultural vision.

What we need from you

You will be a creative and strategic thinker, with the ability to develop new ideas and build successful partnerships.You will have a passion for the cultural development of Gloucester. Someone with a forward-thinking approach and the ability to adapt to changing priorities.You will hold an event safety qualification or be willing to undertake one.

What we can offer you

• Flexible, hybrid/agile working opportunities
• Generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days per year
• An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year
• 2 days paid leave every year to participate in local volunteering activities
• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Regular training and career development opportunities
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone, and an in-house Occupational Health service
• Enhanced family friendly leave and pay
• Cycle to Work scheme (Salary Sacrifice -T&C apply)
• Car Scheme (Salary Sacrifice -T&C apply)
• Employee discount scheme

How to apply… 

If you feel you have the skills, desire, experience and passion to help deliver our ambitious plans for the city then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Ann-Marie Leighton via email at Ann-Marie.Leighton@gloucester.gov.uk. 

If you're ready to bring your expertise to a role where you can make a real impact in the cultural life of Gloucester, we would love to hear from you.

Closing Date: Midnight on 2 February 2025

Interview Date: 14 February 2025

Gloucester City Council is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile, please follow the link below:-

Senior Festivals and Events Officer - Job Profile

Gloucester City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

Equality and Diversity
We recognise the positive value of equality and diversity and pride ourselves on growing a high-performing workforce that is diverse, skilled and talented; that represents the community it serves.   

We aim to recruit a diverse pool of talent and will recruit the person who is most suited to the job without regard to their race, colour, religion or belief, age, nationality, ethnicity, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, caring responsibilities or disability. 

We are a disability confident employer committed to removing barriers to employment to those with disabilities or long-term health conditions. Reasonable adjustments will be made to the recruitment procedure to ensure that no-one is disadvantages because of their disability. Please contact the recruitment team if you require support or reasonable adjustments during the application or recruitment process recruitement@gloucestershire.gov.uk  

Further information on our commitment to Equality and Diversity can be found Here

If you wish to apply for this position on a secondment basis, please obtain approval from your current line manager that you may be released on a secondment before submitting an application form.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a 'customer facing role' must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.