Cultural Producer: London Borough of Culture

Cultural Producer - London Borough of Culture

£36,426 – £44,139

Fixed Term until end of August 2026
Full Time (36 hours)
Wandsworth

Hybrid working: Depending on service needs, full time office working will be required to meet project demands, this will vary week to week. Typically, a minimum of 2 days office based, including every Wednesday, and the remaining days home working. This will include working in project spaces across the borough.

Are you an experienced professional with knowledge of the current best innovative practice in cultural development and creative programming?

The next two years will be an exciting time as you support our journey of becoming London Borough of Culture 2025. Wandsworth is changing and culture will be at the heart of developing a people-led approach to health, happiness and equality of opportunity.

As a Cultural Producer, you will be a problem solver and take a hands-on approach. Your role will be key within the programme working with artists, venues and our local community. You will support the delivery of a range of ambitious cultural programmes for communities and artists, Wandsworth Arts Fringe (WAF) 2025 which will mark a significant cultural moment for the borough and build our learning from London Borough of Culture (LBOC) into Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2026 (in June 2026).

About the role

Reporting to the Programme and Partnerships Manager, you will work alongside the current freelance WAF Producer through a transition process for WAF 2025. Your areas of work will include:

• Support development of key programmes with the ability to design, plan, and produce a range of cultural events and activities that resonate with the community. You will support and evaluate the success of the programmes gathering feedback for future initiatives.
• Act as Cultural Producer on a range of existing projects and supporting new activity as part of our ambitious London Borough of Culture Programme, in particular working on Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2025 and Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2026.
• Work closely with artists and organisations with the opportunity to support their development coordinate WAF Creatives Network and support partnership working between artists and local organisations.
• Work closely with a range of artists with varied experiences and backgrounds; providing guidance and support as required to ensure they receive the best outcomes from the programme helping them navigate WAF processes and timelines.
• Act as lead liaison with WAF venues and where appropriate working closely with the venue to provide support.
• Ensure the planning and event management WAF launch events is successful. Your role requires frequent attendance at events and venues in the lead up to and during WAF (June).
• An understanding of outreach, marketing and promotion: Develop and implement strategies to promote events and engage diverse audiences. Work with colleagues in marketing and communications to ensure programmes and projects are communicated well to the relevant audiences and participants.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Degree level qualification or equivalent experience working in the arts and culture sector.
• Knowledge of UK fringe sector and/or small to mid-scale arts ecology with an understanding of community and participatory work in arts and cultural sector.
• Proven experience of managing the needs of multiple partners and stakeholders.
• Experience of producing community projects and leading / facilitating artist development programmes / managing networks.
• Ability to forward plan and manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills (both orally and in writing) with a wide range of individuals including artists and venue networks.

If you are a proactive Arts and Culture professional with proven experience of managing projects in a fast-moving dynamic environment and fit the criteria above, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity.

Closing Date: 24th November 2024
Shortlisting Date: W/C 25th November 2025
Interview Date: W/C 2nd December 2025

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Lucy Murray Arts and Culture Programme and Partnerships Manager via lucy.murray@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk

Richmond and Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.

Help us to deliver a year to remember, using the power of culture to transform lives, spark joy, connect people and improve wellbeing – let’s do this together!

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.