Libraries and Heritage Manager
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Role Overview & Responsibilities
| Salary £50,609 - £54,736 Per annum | Permanent, Full Time, 37 hours per week | Pro Rata
This is a full-time permanent post (37 hours per week) based in Preston.
Our service
Cultural Services is a 'family' of services and includes a large library service (64 static libraries, 5 mobile libraries, 5 prison libraries, home library service and resources team), a museum service (6 museums, conservation studio and archaeological site), conservation service, heritage learning team, archive and family history service, music service and music hub, outdoor education service and cultural and information development. Cultural Services comprises of circa 800 staff spread across the Lancashire County Council footprint.
The role
Reporting to the Head of Cultural Services, this post provides strategic leadership and management to specific teams within the Library Service (equating to approximately half of Lancashire's Libraries), the School Library Service, Prison Library Service, Mobile Library Service and the whole of the Museums Service (Museum sites, Collections, Conservation Service and Heritage Learning Team. The post is also the senior lead within Cultural Services on life-long learning.
Leading across the service area at a senior level to inform service planning, development, delivery and associated budgets management.
About You
We are looking for an experienced and effective senior leader to join the Cultural Services Senior Management Team. You will have experience of working at a strategic level within a political organisation. You will have experience of leading large numbers of staff and steering and supporting other managers. You will have evidence of developing partnerships at a local, regional and national level. You will have strong communication skills including in providing verbal and written briefing/reports to senior local authority management and politicians.
Please ensure you upload a supporting statement, with examples of how you meet the criteria for the role, this needs to be in addition to, or instead of a CV. Details about the role and the criteria can be found on the attached job description and person specification
If you would like an informal discussion or any further information, please contact Steve Lloyd on 01772 531884
In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website
We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.
Job description and person specification
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