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Cultural Democracy Lead, QUEERCIRCLE

  •  London
  •  Â£40k-50k
  •  Full time
  •  Closes December 7, 2025
  •  Hiring Team
  •  recruitment@queercircle.org
  • #Charity

Description

Job Summary

The Cultural Democracy Lead is a senior position within QUEERCIRCLE, responsible for leading and implementing the organisation’s Cultural Democracy pillar - embedding its principles across all strands of work.

Job Description

The Cultural Democracy Lead is a senior position within QUEERCIRCLE, responsible for leading and implementing the organisation's Cultural Democracy pillar - embedding its principles across all strands of work.

This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on programme delivery while supporting and aligning the work of the Arts + Communities Producer and Young People's Programmer.

This role will develop and deliver programmes that place queer communities at the centre of cultural production, political education, and creative health; integrating these activities into a cohesive, inclusive, and responsive programme.

Working collaboratively with the team, they will ensure QUEERCIRCLE's values of co-creation, equity, and accessibility, are reflected across programmes, partnerships, and public communications.

Term: Permanent

Schedule: 4 days / week

Working hours: Tue - Fri, 10.00 - 18.00
Some evenings and weekend work will be required, compensated by time off in lieu.

Salary: £ 42,000 (based on four day working week)

Application deadline: 7 December 2025

Job Requirements

Essential

  • Significant experience (minimum 5 years) in leading arts, community, or education programmes grounded in social justice.
  • Proven ability to develop and deliver creative health or political education initiatives.
  • Strong theoretical and practical understanding of cultural democracy, participation, and co-creation.
  • Experience managing teams, partnerships, and complex, multi-stakeholder projects.
  • Excellent communication, facilitation, and advocacy skills.
  • Commitment to queer, feminist, anti-racist, and decolonial frameworks.
  • Experience collaborating with public-sector or NHS partners on health and wellbeing projects.
  • Demonstrated ability to embed accessibility, inclusion, and care-centred approaches in creative work.

Desirable

  • Experience contributing to fundraising and partnership development.
  • Familiarity with evaluation, impact assessment, or action research.
  • Understanding of participatory or community learning methodologies.

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Job Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

Programme Development and Delivery

Leadership and Team Management

Partnerships and Advocacy

Research, Evaluation, and Learning

Communications and Public Engagement


Visit: https://queercircle.org/recruitment-listing/cultural-democracy-lead/
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How to Apply

APPLICATIONS
Please send us a CV and personal statement (of no more than two sides or via video or audio file at a maximum of 8 minutes) outlining how you meet the criteria and why you want the job to [email protected] with the subject line ‘Cultural Democracy Lead’ by 7 December 2025

Fill out our Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form: https://form.typeform.com/to/KWD00ReP

If you would like to apply in a different format that meets your access requirements better, please contact: [email protected]

FEEDBACK
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