3 Years Fixed Term Contract

The Barbican Centre's Community Liaison Manager will be responsible for ensuring that the Barbican's world class arts and learning offer is made available to and engages the widest possible audience.  The role will focus particularly on young people and adults from the boroughs involved with Beyond Barbican and the Barbican Guildhall East London & City Cultural Partnership. 

This presents an exciting opportunity to develop and maintain a strong network of relationships across the East London boroughs, including with schools and community organisations, as well as with the Barbican ambassadors programme. The Community Liaison Manager will work in close collaboration with colleagues in the Creative Learning, Marketing and Artform departments.

The Barbican delivers a range of programmes involving music, theatre, visual arts, cinema, dance and literature both within and beyond the walls of the Barbican.  This all happens in partnership with the Guildhall School, as well as in close collaboration with our other resident and associate companies, including the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Boy Blue Entertainment, Cheek by Jowl, Jazz at the Lincoln Center, Michael Clark Dance Company, Serious and CREATE, as well as the music and cultural education in East London.

Candidates should have excellent communication skills, a significant experience of working with diverse communities and enjoy connecting with people and places. You should also possess interpersonal skills of the highest calibre and be able to use your own initiative in getting things going and making your own decisions.

To apply online, please visit www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/jobs. Alternatively, please contact 020 7332 3978 (24hr answerphone) quoting ref GS244. A minicom service for the hearing impaired is available on 020 7332 3732.

Closing date for applications is 16 March 2015 at 12pm.