Senior Talent Pathways Manager - Inclusive Talent Engagement

offering bursaries and grants to support young people take their practice and skills to the next level.

What we are looking for:

Key responsibilities

Strategy, Programme Delivery

• Work in close partnership with the Head of Inclusive Talent to drive forward the delivery of the Inclusive Talent Engagement strategy and the department’s vision and long-term goals.
• To lead the design, planning, delivery and evaluation of a new community-focused programme, prioritising engagement with young people not currently served by existing activities.
• Initiate the grants and bursaries offering, supporting our community of young people to take their skills to the next level.
• Proactively collaborate with other teams to ensure pathways between programmes are both visible and accessible.
• Ensure entry routes programmes continues its work towards producing equitable, meaningful and impactful programmes for young people, advocating for underrepresented voices throughout.
• Cultivate and leverage strategic relationships with key stakeholders internally and externally, pursuing new community partnership and collaboration opportunities.
• Maintain principles of evaluation throughout Talent Pathways to ensure quality impact measurement.

Team Leadership and People Management

• Lead on supporting the team to deliver the vision and ambitions by distilling short-, medium- and long-term goals, into clear objectives enabling the team to deliver departmental ambitions.
• Provide effective line management for the Coordinator and Administrator as well as freelance creatives, ensuring motivation, appraisals, and ongoing training and development.
• Provide operational, contractual, financial, risk assessment, and safeguarding support as required.
• Anticipate and address delivery-related risks and challenges, ensuring proactive resolution and clear communication throughout.
• Contribute to consistently high-quality work, nurturing best practice and committing to learning-led continuous improvement.

Finance, Operations and Marketing

• Ensure all processes are rigorous and transparent, maintaining comprehensive oversight of departmental trackers for programme planning, finances, and evaluation, ensuring accurate data and timely reporting.
• Working with the Audience and Experience team ensure effective communications for all programmes, using data and insight to maximise reach and actively engage young people from diverse backgrounds.

Skills, knowledge & expertise required for the role:

Experience:

• Has 3+ years’ management experience, delivering high-quality creative, learning and participation programmes for young people in an arts and culture context.
• Has considerable experience of delivering equitable and accessible programmes externally in collaboration with grass roots charities and small organisations working with young people.
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to equity, anti-racism, access and inclusion, with practical experience applying these principles through co-creation and participatory practices.
• Is experienced in evaluation and reporting, using data for evidence led programme development and impact measurement.
• Experience of budget management and all related administration with ability to highlight issues and propose logistical, operational and financial solutions.
• Strong communications, with an ability to build and nurture strong working relationships with a diverse range of people, both within the organisation and externally.
• Line management experience, with the ability to inspire, appraise, and develop staff.
• Able to work collaboratively, as a cohesive part of the team supporting and assisting in the shape and form of ideas, initiatives and projects that are not your own.

Skills:

• Highly organised, with demonstrable administration, analytical and IT skills (Microsoft Office and other planning, budgeting and booking systems).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of the creative industry landscape, youth workforce development, and policy contexts relevant to talent development and equity.
• Understands the challenges faced by young people who experience multiple barriers and employs trauma-informed, culturally responsive approaches.
• Is a collaborative team player with strong problem-solving skills and a flexible, pragmatic approach with a commitment to continuous learning and reflective practice.

Benefits to working at Somerset House

Mental Health & Wellbeing

- Contribution towards eye tests and glasses

-Trust life insurance scheme

- We offer winter flu vaccination vouchers

* dependent on the needs of the role

Holiday

Other Leave

Benefits

Discounts, offers and free stuff
-The list is endless and includes tickets to Somerset House events and entrance to other London Heritage sites

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-Discounts in Somerset House cafes and restaurants

-Discounts with various high street retailers and restaurants

-Discounts to local leisure centres

*following 3 months of employment

About Somerset House Trust

Somerset House is actively anti-racist and you can read about our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging

here. We are working hard to ensure our people, our onsite community and our sector reflect, represent and include all of society.

Our Commitment to Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging:

discrimination

in the initial screening stage of our recruitment process. This reinforces our commitment to focusing on the skills and qualifications of all applications from the start.

We're committed to creating an inclusive recruitment process. Please let us know if there's anything we can do to help you perform at your best. We're open to adjusting our process to accommodate your needs please email people.team@somersethouse.org.uk.

The Trust reserves the right to close a job before its application deadline.

Please only apply if you have the right to work in the UK; the Trust cannot currently offer sponsorships.

Somerset House Trust operates a hybrid working model which does not allow employees from working outside the United Kingdom

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