About this job
This is an exciting opportunity to shape and deliver ambitious, inclusive cultural programmes within the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham's Culture and Heritage Service. Based at the Women's Museum, you will lead the development of exhibitions, public programmes and community engagement that foreground lived experience, storytelling and representation, ensuring the museum's work is relevant, responsive and rooted in the borough's communities. You will play a central role in integrating the innovative New Town Culture methodology into the Museum's programme, embedding socially engaged and care-informed practice that connects culture with civic systems such as social care, youth justice and community services. Working collaboratively with residents, artists, practitioners and partners, you will co-create programmes that widen access to cultural production and place communities at the heart of decision-making. This role is both strategic and hands-on. You will commission and manage artists and practitioners, oversee programme delivery and budgets, and build strong partnerships across local, regional and national networks. You will also lead on documenting, evaluating and communicating impact, helping to grow audiences, deepen engagement and raise the profile of the Women's Museum and the borough's wider cultural offer. Through this work, you will help position Barking & Dagenham as a place where culture is embedded in everyday life; participatory, socially engaged and responsive to the needs and aspirations of its communities.