Arts Engagement Assistant

6 months ago


Yeovil, United Kingdom Somerset Council Full time

**Some key information**
- **Fixed term contract until 31 March 2026.**:

- 25 days annual leave and the opportunity to purchase additional leave.
- Opportunity to support, promote and assist the running and delivery of creative art projects, activities and opportunities at our venues and across Somerset.

**What will I be doing?**
We’re working to improve the lives of people in Somerset - and you’ll be a key part of that. Your day-to-day work will involve:

- To assist the development of The Octagon Theatre & Westlands Entertainment Venue’s Arts Engagement & Outreach Service and all events and activities taking place administered by the service.
- To assist the Arts Engagement & Outreach team to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate the Arts Engagement & Outreach service and programmes.

**What kind of experience or qualifications do I need?**
We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be. But it will really help if you:

- Experience of working to tight timescales and with high levels of accuracy.
- Educated to A Level standard or equivalent or qualified by strong relevant experience.

We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. And that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve.

**What's in it for me?**
We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

- We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
- Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Staff discounts in gyms.
- Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
- Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
- A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
- My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more.

**Anything else I should know?**

**DBS information**
This post requires a criminal background check via the Disclosure procedure.

Job Reference: SCC04824



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