This role with the National Association for Gallery Education (Engage) involves leading the strategic direction, development, and overall management of Engage. This includes working with the Board to shape and deliver the organisation’s mission, vision, and values, ensuring good governance and stakeholder engagement; and driving innovation and income diversification. The post-holder will lead a high-performing and inclusive team, oversee finances and compliance, and ensure services meet members’ needs. Remote role, £60,000-£65,000 per year. Closing date: 9am Monday 29 September 2025.
The National Rural Touring Forum is seeking to recruit a new Director. The Director is the strategic and operational lead of NRTF, responsible for the organisation’s vision, management, performance, and long-term sustainability. They ensure delivery against NRTF’s mission and business plan, champion rural touring at a national level. They act as the primary liaison with Arts Council England, stakeholders, and the wider sector. Remote role. £42,000-46,000 per year. Deadline to apply: 12pm, Monday 29 September 2025. (Interviews in October)
Burnley Leisure & Culture is recruiting 30 Culture Makers – a brand-new volunteer team, who will help shape and deliver Burnley’s Year of Culture in 2027. We are going on a journey of discovery to see how culture happens or what it looks like in other places. We will connect Culture Makers to artists to commission and explore new cultural work to take place on their doorstep in 2026. Deadline 15 October.
We are looking for a senior curatorial leader to join our management team and help deliver the gallery’s programme, mission, and strategic priorities. As Senior Curator (Transcultural Perspectives) you will play a leading role within our curatorial team, embedding transcultural perspectives across our programmes, contributing to the Whitworth’s strategic priorities to acknowledge the diversity and global interconnectedness of art and their histories. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the development and delivery of specific programme strands. Deadline: midnight, 29 September 2025.
If you know the music education sector inside-out and want to help shape its future direction, then this Co-Chair role is for you. The Music Education Council (MEC) was established in 1975 and has been influencing policy and practice in music education across the UK for over 50 years. This Co-Chair role will give you the chance to be a genuine change-maker. You’ll help shape the sector’s future, advance equity, diversity and inclusion, and influence policy at local and national levels, working alongside fantastic colleagues who share your passion for positive change. Deadline: 26 Sept. Remote.