Access Specialist, All In (x2)

Role 1 : Access Specialist - Digital Communications, All In

Role 2 : Access Specialist - Built Environment, All In

Contract: 12 months fixed term, working 35 hours per week. (Arts Council also recognises the benefit of flexible working as a valued part of the way we work, and welcome applications from individuals who require flexibility)

Salary: £36,987 per annum, plus benefits including a final salary pension scheme, generous annual leave, and flexible and hybrid working.

Location: Birmingham, Leeds, or Manchester. We operate a hybrid way of working and support our staff to make use of remote working options when combined with on-site contact days with other members of the team.

This role is ringfenced for disabled, and or neurodivergent applicants, or those living with a long-term condition

Introduction: This role supports All In, a new UK and Ireland access scheme designed to improve accessibility and remove barriers in the creative and cultural sector for d/Deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent people.

The All In scheme will consist of:

• a set of industry-backed standards
• support and skills development
• a digital membership system
  
  
  

The digital membership system will simplify the ticket booking process for people with access requirements. This means disabled people will only need to state their access requirements once, rather than each time they go to a new creative and cultural event.

The industry-backed standards cover four areas of accessibility: Built Environment, Digital Communications, Customer Service, and Commissions, Events, and Programmes.

We will collect, analyse and learn from data throughout All In’s life cycle.

All In is led by Arts Council England, working in partnership with Arts Council Northern Ireland, Arts Council Ireland, Arts Council Wales, and Creative Scotland.

We also regularly consult several advisory groups about our work; an audience-focussed group, a creative and cultural sector group, and groups within the UK and Ireland’s Arts Councils.

This role is ringfenced for disabled, and or neurodivergent applicants, or those living with a long-term condition

This is an exciting opportunity to bring your expertise to the All In team, as we get ready to roll out the scheme across the UK and Ireland.

The Access Specialists will deliver support and skills development to the creative and cultural organisations who subscribe to the scheme.

This support and skills development will involve commissioning and creating webinars and online resources, small group discussions, one-to-one sessions, audits of current provision, gap analysis, and intelligence gathering.

The work will be aligned to All In’s four standards of accessibility:

• Built Environment
• Digital Communications
• Customer Service
• Commissions, Events, and Programmes
  
  
  

Subscriber organisations will have access to the detail of these standards and receive accreditation for achieving them.

We are currently recruiting two Access Specialists. One will mainly specialise in Built Environment, with an additional interest in either Customer Service or Commissions, Events and Programmes.

The other will mainly specialise in Digital Communications, with an additional interest in either Customer Service or Commissions, Events, and Programmes.

So our two Access Specialists will cover all four standards between them.

Please state in your application whether you would like to be considered for the Built Environment specialism, the Digital Communications specialism, or both.

Please also state whether you are additionally interested in Customer Service, or Commissions, Events and Programmes, or both.

If you have any questions, you can contact our Recruitment team at [email protected]

Equality Diversity and Inclusion Statement: Arts Council are committed to building an inclusive employer and workplace and recruiting a workforce that is as diverse as the communities we serve. However you identify, and whatever background you bring with you, we welcome you to apply for a role at Arts Council.

If there are any adjustments that would help support you in your application, please do let us know when you apply. If you are disabled, Evenbreak are able to provide support with your application, for further information please visit their website at here

Disabled, d/Deaf and/or neurodivergent people and those from Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse backgrounds are underrepresented in our workforce so we particularly encourage applications from people in these groups.

About us: Arts Council offers a range of benefits to our employees including hybrid and flexible working, a generous annual leave allowance and the Arts Council Retirement Plan - a final salary scheme. To find out more, click here.

Our Code of Ethics requires that employees of the Arts Council are not able to receive an Arts Council grant, investment or loan funding - either in person, as a member of a partnership, or for any organisation they own. There are also limitations on board or CEO positions employees can hold in organisations we fund. For more information on this, please talk to the recruiting manager or contact [email protected]

We believe our recruitment process should be inclusive and transparent. Find out what to expect with our application guidance and more about our commitment to diversity on our website here.



To view the recruitment pack which outlines more details about working for Arts Council please click here

Job ref: ACF52 and ACF53

Closing date: 09:00 am Monday 17 March

1st Interviews: Week commencing 07 April

2nd Interviews: Week commencing 21 April - Candidates will be required to prepare a five-minute slide-deck presentation at this stage on the key aspects of Built Environment or Digital Communications access and inclusion for creative and cultural organisations.

Please note: We do NOT accept CVs or cover letters as part of our recruitment process. If you require any documentation in an alternative format, please contact [email protected]