Cultural Producer - Travelling Together project

Part Time 18.5 hours per week, Fixed Term until 31st March 2024.

South West Museum Development (SWMD) is looking for someone who is passionate about making a difference to the inclusivity and relevance of the South West’s museum sector as a Cultural Producer for our externally funded Travelling Together project.
Travelling Together aims to create an inclusive, engaging programme of museum development support and activity. It will enable ten core participant museums alongside the wider museum and heritage sector to grow their accessibility and to engage with the widest range of people. Travelling Together is funded through a combination of National Lottery Heritage Fund and Arts Council England grant funding.
The Cultural Producer role is a flexible, part time fixed term role to March 31, 2024, based at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. If you are a proactive about supporting museums to progress equality, diversity and inclusivity and want to gain solid practical experience working on a large-scale lottery-funded project, then apply to join our collaborative and ambitious team!
You will support the delivery of all aspects of project activity from design and development to implementation and evaluation, working with museums of all sizes as well as specialists in equity, diversity and inclusion and museum development colleagues across the region.
South West Museum Development receives funding from Arts Council England and Local Authorities from across the region to deliver museum development initiatives to 200+ museums across the South West of England. This role involves some regional travel across the South West.
Why Bristol City Council?
At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.
Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.
How do I apply?
If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.
To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.

For permanent Bristol City Council employees, this post will be a secondment.


For employees who are currently on a fixed term contract with Bristol City Council, the secondment must not extend beyond the end of the fixed term period to ensure there is a substantive post to return to.
If you are currently a casual worker or a member of an employment agency (currently working with Bristol City Council) this post will be a fixed term contract.
If you have any questions about this role, please contact Eleanor Moore, Sustainable Volunteering Officer at South West Museum Development - Eleanor.moore@bristol.gov.uk or museum.development@bristol.gov.uk - and we will get back to you.
At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Young people, Black, Asian & Minority and Disabled candidates who are currently under-represented within this Service of Bristol City Council. Appointments will be made on merit.