Project Delivery Coordinator

Job Title: Project Delivery Coordinator

Reporting to: Arts Director/Head of Participation
Salary: £36,000
Location: National (field-based, across England – excluding Greater London)
Contract: Full time, fixed term (12 months) starting in May 2026

About NHS Arts

NHS Arts, formerly Paintings in Hospitals, is dedicated to improving patient experience
through high-quality arts programmes. This role is central to one of the largest national
placements of art in healthcare environments. Working directly with NHS teams, the role
will help transform hospital environments by placing curated artworks across England,
ensuring that each installation supports wellbeing, enhances hospital environments and
reflects the ethos of NHS Arts.

Job purpose

The fixed-term role of Project Delivery Coordinator will play a key role in delivering a
national programme to place approximately 2,000 framed artworks from a major national
art collection, along with a digital programme called RELAX Digital, in NHS hospitals across
England.

The postholder will act as an ambassador for the programme during site visits, representing
NHS Arts professionally and supporting Trusts to embed the collection in a way that aligns
with local priorities and clinical requirements.

This is a field-based role, involving visits to around 400 hospital sites to identify suitable
locations for artworks, liaise with stakeholders, and install artworks. Training will be
provided to ensure all installations meet with the required standards.

Travel will be extensive, with public transport used wherever possible. We are planning for
three roles which will cover:

•  South West & South Central England
•  Midlands & East England
•  North England

Greater London and the Southeast will be covered by the CW+ team.

Key responsibilities and duties

1.  Plan and undertake site visits to NHS hospitals across England to assess and identify

appropriate spaces for artwork display.

2.  Liaise with hospital staff, estates teams and stakeholders to coordinate artwork

placement in partnership with the office-based team.

3.  Ensure compliance with hospital requirements, including infection control and site-

specific health and safety requirements.

4.  Work with estates teams and the curatorial team to ensure the safe and secure

installation of artworks.
Install artworks and interpreta]on labels in agreed loca]ons.

5.
6.  Maintain accurate records of site visits, locations and installation plans.
7.  Support project planning and delivery to ensure timelines and targets are met.
8.  Ensure all installations comply with collection management requirements.

Job profile

•  A field-based role combining project delivery and logis]cs
•  Requires daily travel and the ability to work independently across multiple locations
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•  May require working in the evenings and weekends for installations

Involves working within hospital and clinical environments

Person specification

Essential

•  Experience of managing projects across multiple sites
•  Proactive, positive and self-motivated, with a ‘can-do’ attitude
•  Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills
•  Exceptional attention to detail
•  Highly organised with good time management skills, and the ability to manage

multiple sites, schedules and travel plans

•  Knowledge of artwork installation (2D and digital works)
•  Confident using Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel)
•  Comfortable working in hospital environments
•  Willing and able to travel extensively across England, including frequent overnight

stays

•  Prepared to work outside of core hours (some installations may need to happen at

quieter times of the day)

Desirable

•  Experience of using collection management software
•  Experience of working in the arts, culture or heritage sectors
•  Experience of the arts within a healthcare setting
•  Based outside London to support regional delivery

Key terms and benefits

•  Hours: 35 per week (normally 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday). Due to the field nature of
the role, agreed time off in lieu will be given for hours worked outside of these
times. All travel will be covered, and for overnight stays, agreed accommodation and
subsistence costs paid.

•  Pension: employer contribution of 8%.

•  Holiday: 27 days per annum, plus UK bank holidays.

How to apply

•  Please submit a CV and cover letter (max two pages) demonstrating your suitability

for the role and your preferred region to kylie.irving@cwplus.org.uk

•  Deadline for applications is 5pm on Thursday 16 April
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Interviews to be held on Tuesday 21 April