Programming & Partnerships Officer - National Trust : Job Details

Are you a creative person who loves working with communities and connecting people and places? You'll work across the whole of Herefordshire and play an important role in helping everyone to feel welcome when they visit all of our beautiful Herefordshire places and making sure they get the most out of their day.

The advertised salary for this role will be in effect from 1st April.

Reporting to the Visitor Operations & Experience Manager, you'll join the teams at Croft Castle, Berrington Hall, The Weir Garden and Brockhampton Estate. You'll work with a Programming Officer and a Programming Assistant alongside within the Visitor Experience team across all four paying properties. 

You'll be working across four sites in Herefordshire, ensuring that everyone feels welcome at our places by putting in place programmes of work with different communities and partners. Together with your team, you’ll be devising and running a programme of events and activities with partnerships at their heart. You’ll be focussed on building local partnerships with community groups, and you’ll lead on activities that are being run by these partner organisations.

Together with your team, you’ll be devising and running a programme of events and activities with partnerships at their heart.

You’ll be focussed on building local partnerships with community groups, and you’ll lead on activities that are being run by these partner organisations.

As well as planning and organising a programme of events and exhibitions to run in all the places covered by your role, you’ll be linking these events to the places themselves to make sure they’re both relevant and appealing to people.

You'll be responsible for some budgets and will be supervising volunteers.

We'd love to hear from you if you’re:

• experienced in running events and activities, and/or working with community partners
• familiar with audiences in the areas of heritage, culture, arts and the natural environment
• used to running small partner-led projects within the heritage and arts sectors
• able to measure and assess results, and show their impact
• good at talking and listening to, and getting on with, all kinds of people
• someone who puts people first, and understands what’s needed for everyone to receive great customer service
• flexible and happy to work with different teams and partners, and to go wherever you’re needed to balance the workload of your team

The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

•Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary

•Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)

•Rental deposit loan scheme

•Season ticket loan

•EV car lease scheme 

•Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts

•Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.

•Flexible working whenever possible

•Employee assistance programme

•Free parking at most Trust places

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