Full job descriptionCoordinator, Communities, Practice & Participation
Salary: £26,520, per annum, pro rata (£21,216 per annum actual for 4 days per week)
Contract: 2 years fixed-term
Hours: Part-time, 4 days per week (0.8 FTE) Wednesdays and Thursdays plus flexible working hours available.
Location: Central Oxford, OX1
About the Employer
Our client is one of the UK’s leading contemporary art spaces with an international reputation for innovation and ambition. Their gallery presents a programme of changing exhibitions of modern and contemporary art each year, coupled with an extensive programme of education, events and performance projects involving several thousand people of all ages and backgrounds.
About You and The Role
The Communities, Practice & Participation Coordinator supports the administration, delivery, and evaluation of this organisation’s community-facing participation and exhibition programme, involving a wide range of groups.
Working as part of the Communities, Practice & Participation team at this gallery, you will be a key support in the coordination of the participatory programme and live events, the installation of displays in the Ground Floor Gallery and Studio, and assisting the delivery of workshops, as required. The Coordinator is also responsible for the administration and archiving of the organisation’s community-facing participation programme.
This position requires a proactive, detail-oriented approach, to ensure appropriate and ongoing communication across departments to realise projects successfully, within budget, and to the highest standard. You will be trusted to use your initiative in problem-solving and encouraged to contribute ideas. This job is an integral role in the team, aimed at an early-career arts professional.
The Coordinator, Communities, Practice & Participation is line-managed by the Curator, Communities, Practice & Participation and supports the Head of Communities, Practice & Participation and other CPP colleagues.
Primary Objectives
*To support the Curator of Communities, Practice & Participation in the planning and delivery of temporary exhibitions sharing the organisation’s participatory projects across the Ground Floor, including the Ground Floor Gallery and Studio.
*To support the CPP team in collating, administrating and disseminating all information required for the timely and accurate delivery of all aspects of the CPP programme with early years, young people, and adult communities.
*To assist in the delivery and administration of the workshop programme as requested by the Curator of Communities, Practice & Participation.
Key Accountabilities
Ground Floor Gallery
*To support the planning and delivery of the Communities, Practice, and Participation exhibitions Programme
The Studio and Participatory Programme
*To support with the administration and coordination of the Studio and related participatory programme
Finance
*To support the CPP team with accurate and up-to-date financial administration
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate an enthusiasm for contemporary art and a willingness to gain a broad range of curatorial skills and experiences. They will have strong administration skills, with demonstrable experience, a proactive mindset and the ability to be flexible. They will have a keen attention to detail and an ability to prioritise and deliver multiple strands of work to deadlines. Good planning and communication skills are essential in this busy, demanding and exciting environment. They will be comfortable working as part of a team, and sharing responsibilities and tasks where necessary.
Benefits
An auto-enrolment pension scheme is in place with Legal & General. Under pension auto enrolment legislation, the employee will pay 5% (before tax relief) and the employer will pay 3% of qualifying earnings to the Legal and General plan. A salary sacrifice scheme is available after 3 months employment.
Employees are entitled to a staff discount in the Shop and Café. There is an Employee Assistance Programme through Gemelli, and a series of discounts and salary sacrifice schemes through BHN Extras.
Applications must be received by 9.00am Monday 29 June 2026
Initial interviews planned for 14, 15, and 16 July 2026
Ideal start date in the w/c 24 August 2026
Interested?
To find out more information, please click the apply button. You will be taken to a simple CHM Recruit form and then redirected to complete your application for this position.
This employer is committed to creating equality of opportunity for all and they value diversity in their team. As part of their Anti-racism Action Plan, they welcome applications from people from the Global Majority who are under-represented in the workforce in the sector.
No agencies please.