Culture and Venue's Consultant

Job Description

Are you an experienced cultural or community venues professional who thrives on turning insight into strategy and operations into success?

This is an exciting short-term assignment for someone who loves getting under the skin of how venues run - understanding their flow, audience, and untapped potential and shaping a commercially smart, community minded future. The contract will be 3 - 6 months.

The Opportunity

You'll lead a comprehensive review across a portfolio of cultural and community venues - from heritage and event spaces to visitor attractions and library services. Your focus will be to:

• Assess how these venues operate day to day, identifying efficiencies, opportunities, and areas for growth.
• Reduce reliance on public subsidy through improved use, programming, and partnership development.
• Shape a future-facing vision, supported by robust, evidence-based business cases.
• Explore new operating models, from commercial partnerships to alternative delivery approaches.
• Work closely with venue managers and senior stakeholders to align recommendations with strategic goals.

About You

You're someone who can balance creativity and commercial thinking - comfortable walking the floor, talking to teams, and analysing data. You bring:

• Proven experience managing or reviewing cultural, community, or heritage venues.
• Strong commercial and financial analysis skills.
• A track record of building and presenting business cases that drive meaningful change.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• (Ideally) an understanding of public sector delivery models, libraries, or service transformation projects.

This is a rare chance to make a tangible impact - combining operational insight with strategic influence to shape how spaces serve their communities for years to come.

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