Job: Civic Curator at Edinburgh Art Festival

Job title: Civic curator
Responsible to: Director
Salary: £28,000 pa
Start date: Jan 2024
Application deadline: midnight, Sunday 3 December 2023
Interviews: 11 December 2023 online, via zoom (with second interviews where applicable)

Type of contract: Full time
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week
Holidays: 20 days, plus 8 public holidays

Probation period: six months
Notice period: two months

INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROLE

We want to recruit a new civic curator to work with us. The successful candidate will lead a programme of projects and events, with a focus on working at the intersection of art, social justice, and civic and community engagement in Edinburgh. Applicants should have experience of delivering partnership projects at scale, project management and should be comfortable building and nurturing relationships in a broad range of settings.

HOW TO APPLY

We really want to recruit in a different way. We know that there are many barriers for people applying for jobs, especially in the cultural sector, and we want to make this process as open and supportive as possible.

Please send a current CV, cover letter (2x A4 Max) or a video/voice note (3 min max) and the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form to jobs@edinburghartfestival.com using ‘Civic Curator Application’ as the subject heading. The cover letter should be no more than two sides of A4 and should outline your interest and suitability for the role and highlight relevant experience.

TIMELINE

The closing date for all applicants is: midnight, Sunday 3 December 2023.
Interviews: 11 December 2023 online, via zoom (with second interviews where applicable).

Find out more and download the full job pack.

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