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Strategic Lead – Light Up The North

Job Title: Strategic Lead – Light Up The North
Salary: £20k-£25k
Hours: Part time

We wish to appoint a new Strategic Lead to work with us to continue to grow and develop the network consolidating the extremely successful growth in our membership, co-commissioning and partnership working in 2022.

The Strategic Lead will focus on delivering specific strands of our programme of work set out in our recently successful National Arts Lottery Project application with support from key Sub-Groups made up of the full partners in the network (these cover Communications and Marketing; Co-commissioning; CPD and talent development and environmental sustainability). The Strategic Lead will also work closely with our Communications and Marketing Freelancer and have dedicated administration support.

The Strategic Lead will support the network to help light art festivals in the north deliver higher quality programmes, create new strategic partnerships in HE, be a fulcrum for more ambitious touring commissions and increase the number and ability of more diverse northern artists creating outstanding work at a national and international level. The Strategic Lead will help LUTN to become a robust, resilient sector-led network and will lead on a strategic review for organisational development beyond 2025.

LUTN’s objectives over the next 2 years are as follows:

a) establish strategic partnerships with, amongst others, the International Light Festivals Organisation, the Graphene Institute (University of Manchester), Culture Creative, Higher and Further Education, Outdoor Arts, Without Walls that will have a positive effect on the creative and cultural sector.

b) develop co-commissioning opportunities of larger scale, ambitious, innovative works with longer lead-in times, in association with new relationship partners, and increased co-touring to festivals across the north, nationally and internationally.

c) generate multiple talent platforms and programmes for diverse artists including an Artist’s Directory, SHINE, Spark, R&D LightLab, Light Gatherings, and a Light Up The North Community.

Requirements:

  • Experience of working on the development of light festivals and commissioning artists to create new work for diverse outdoor locations.
  • The ability to be highly organised and focussed on the core tasks you are required to progress as the Strategic Lead
  • The skills of a good communicator and advocate able to work with people at a strategic level and broker collaborations and partnerships with a diverse range of organisations.
  • A self-starter capable of working independently.
  • Experience of overseeing business and organisational development.
  • Experience of writing and delivering strategic plans and funding bids.
  • Experience of managing successful projects with multiple stakeholders and timelines.

Responsibilities

We see the Strategic Lead working over an intense period of 22 months spreading 67 days out accordingly and in line with what is best for delivering what is required.

  • What does the role entail?

As the Strategic Lead has a limited number of days to work with the Network, your time will be focussed on the following:

  • Leading on a scoping exercise identifying existing and potential new partnerships between festival partners, the HE sector and/or the private sector seeking and where possible securing new collaborations to innovate for LUTN going forward into 2024/25.
  • Working with the Co-commissioning Sub-Group and leading on a scoping exercise identifying national and international partnerships with other outdoor festivals and local authorities starting to develop light festivals in their towns and cities. Identifying and developing partnerships that have the potential to deliver new touring commissions for 2024 and beyond.
  • Leading on a LUTN impact review

How to Apply

Please submit your CV with a short supporting statement (no longer than 2 pages) describing your suitability and interest in the role. Please outline how your skills and experience fit the Person Specification and Tasks.

Submit by email to admin@lightupthenorth.com
Deadline: 7 October 2023
Shortlisted applicants will be notified by 14 October
Interviews will be held on 16 and 17 October

As well as your application, please consider completing our Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form. This helps us to understand whether we are successfully reaching a diverse range of applicants. The monitoring form is entirely anonymous and not connected to your application.

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