Instructions for using the site
Searching for jobs
To search for job opportunities, enter a relevant search term and click the magnifying glass. Use the search filter to narrow your search results by salary band, region, type of job, type of contract, job seniority, art form and whether the position is full or part-time. You can see the most recently posted jobs on the jobs home page or the jobs search page before entering a search query.
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Searching for events
To search for events enter a relevant search term and click the magnifying glass. Use the search filter to narrow your search results by region, event type and art form.
Posting a job opportunity or event
If you want to post your own jobs or events you can sign up to be an advert poster here.
Once registered you can click on the Add a Job or Add an Event buttons.
If the job you post requires applicants to work with children or young/vulnerable adults please include information about security checks that may be required. CRB (Criminal Records Bureau) information must be included in job vacancies that require applicants to work with children and/or young/vulnerable adults.
We recognise that volunteering opportunities can be of great benefit to artists wishing to develop their career, and to more established artists wishing to bring in extra skills and support to their project. However, you should ensure that if you post a volunteer opportunity it is genuine. You cannot use 'volunteers' to do work that you would otherwise have to pay someone to do. Further advice and guidance can be found at Volunteering England.
Nationally recognised minimum rates are set by the entertainment unions and the appropriate employers' bodies. Entertainment union members can access information about rates from their union. Where entertainment union rates exist, we expect at least the minimum rate to be applied. There are at present no national professional organisations for some sectors (including visual artists).
Following a ruling by the Office of Fair Trading on competition law, we are not able to offer guidelines on rates of pay for artists.
The National Minimum Wage Act (1998) and the National Minimum Wage Regulations (1999) (as amended by the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2001) place obligations on employers to pay their workers at least the national minimum wage.
For more details visit the HM Revenue and Customs website or the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) website. BERR also run a National Minimum Wage helpline on 0845 6000 678.
General guidelines
- all postings are moderated before being approved for publication to the lists or being emailed to our subscribers
- Arts Council England reserves the right to refuse any posting without notice and without explanation; postings must be relevant to the mailing list. Read our terms and conditions
- send your posting to the correct list - only send general news items to Arts News and only job vacancies to Arts Jobs
- keep your posting to the point - no more than 350 words; a summary with contact details for further information is often adequate
- do not send attached files, PDFs, images or logos
- avoid sending duplicate, repeat or similar postings within a short space of time; this may result in your posting being rejected by the list administrator
- postings will be available for search on the website as soon as they have been approved, which at this time is up to 10 working days. Notifications will be sent to subscribers based on their preferences, but may take longer than usual for those subscribed to weekly mailings.
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