Culture Events Manager Grade 12 (£48,531-£50,574)

Culture Events Manager 

We’re looking for an outstanding and dynamic Culture Events Manager to play a key role within Croydon Council's culture team leading on production, safety and operational delivery of arts and heritage events and activities.

We are a small team who have been building on the legacy of London Borough of Culture (LBoC), celebrating Croydon’s unique culture and communities through family events; outdoor arts; concerts; exhibitions; visual arts, textiles and crafts; grant programmes; creative wellbeing projects and much more. 

We’re now preparing for our second LBoC legacy year which alongside large and medium scale events such as Croydon Harvest, A Very Croydon Christmas, and Open House, will have a special focus on composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and an exciting outdoor programme in partnership with the National Gallery. We will be working closely with colleagues in the Creative Wellbeing, Museum of Croydon and Central Library, co-producing some work together. 

You’ll be an experienced events and/or production manager within the culture sector with the skills and knowledge to lead operational delivery of an arts and heritage event programme, primarily in the Central Croydon area. This will include managing event safety and delivery processes; building relationships and working closely with relevant Council departments; supporting culture colleagues as well as grant funded and commissioned partners on event delivery including risk management. You will manage an event operations budget in line with expectations including delivering procurement, contracting and supplier relationships for the culture programmes

You will have a good understanding of the value in culture in supporting regeneration and wellbeing objectives and a commitment to inclusive working. You will have a good eye for detail with strong written and numerical skills. You will be an excellent communicator and relationship builder, you will need to work closely with artists, creative practitioners, communities, internal colleagues and external partners. You will have the ability to hit the ground running, work flexibly and manage a busy event schedule. The role requires some weekend and evening working, particularly August – October 2025 when a working pattern of Tuesday – Saturday may be preferable. 

The role is initially offered on a one-year fixed term basis with the potential for further extension subject to funding.