International Programmes Manager 0.6fte (3 days per week), National Centre for Writing

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly effective project manager to deliver our residencies programme, alongside other international projects and collaborations including the Meet the World event series and the Literary Translation Centre at London Book Fair. Our international strand of work forms a core programme area here at NCW that sets us apart from other UK-based literature organisations. The residencies programme and our other international collaborations sit within a broad offer of support and opportunities for international writers and literary translators, which also includes the Emerging Translator Mentorship programme and our International Literature Exchange.

To be successful in the role, you will have a minimum of five years' experience of planning and delivering high quality projects with an international element, within an arts, literature or literary translation context. The residencies programme in particular requires a candidate with working relationships in the wider translation and literature sector, as well as in Norwich ideally, to ensure residents can network effectively at a local level. As our residencies programme is supported by a wide range of national and international funders and partners, National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall (c) Hannah Hutchins 1 a continually evolving mix of longstanding and new relationships, the ideal candidate will need excellent communication skills and an ability to co-ordinate and synthesise the ideas and needs of multiple participants and stakeholders, and will ideally bring their own international networks and contacts to the programme. You will have excellent planning skills and an ability to deal with a wide range of people, being flexible to the changing requirements and cultural sensitivities of residents, other artists and all our partners.