County Offaly is endowed with a remarkable history, heritage and culture, along with communities that actively contribute to the wealth of collective and individual creative talent and the ongoing vitality of the county and the Midlands. Promoting broader access to the arts and creativity, while fostering artistic creation and production, is essential in nurturing and enriching County Offaly’s unique sense of place and people as a cultural county. In this regard the role of Arts Officer is an important role in Offaly City Council.

Offaly Arts Office is charged with developing and delivering high quality, imaginative Arts, with and for the people and visitors of Offaly. In doing so the Arts Office advocates for and clearly communicates the significant role that the arts play in enriching the wellbeing of society, our citizens and in enhancing the public realm. Offaly Arts Office continues to work closely with key local, regional and national partners in creative, public, private, community and voluntary sectors, collaborating on shared agendas. The Arts Office currently comprises of a staff of four. The Arts Officer, Film Officer (Temp Post), Assistant Arts Officer and Clerical Officer. The Arts Office functions within the directorate of Community and Culture, aligning with the Strategic Policy Committee of Community, Culture and Emergency Services.

The ideal candidate for the Arts Officer Position shall have:

· Experience of building, managing and nurturing partnerships and relationships across a wide range of key stakeholders

· Knowledge and understanding of good corporate governance practices

· Excellent facilitation, project management and event management skills

· Strong analytic, report writing and IT skills

· Experience in preparing both strategic and operational plans and programmes

· Managing and administering budgets, compiling funding applications

· Delivering quality customer service

· Working effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team

· Planning and prioritising workloads

· Dealing effectively with conflicting demands

· Working under pressure to tight deadlines

· Adapting to change

· Managing projects

· Managing a team

· Ability to communicate effectively across different levels within the organisation

· Maintaining confidentiality

Further Information can be found in the Candidate Booklet