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Women Leaders South West
Project Administrator

We are currently looking for a Project Administrator to provide administrative support for Women Leaders South West (WLSW) – a programme that has recruited 16 women into a new leadership programme working with eight cultural organisations across the south west region. The role will ensure the successful implementation and delivery of the programme and will report to the Business Manager at The Point, Eastleigh as lead partner.

The consortium partners include, Pavilion Dance South West, Strike a Light, The Arts Development Company, Activate Performing Arts, Arts Asia Ltd, Kaleider, Diverse City and Southampton Business School.

This role will provide administrative and project management resource to coordinate this bespoke programme.

Contract Details

• Occurrence: Flexible working between 1-4 days per week based remotely, at The Point and at any one of the Transforming Leadership partners on arrangement with the Lead partner
• Period: Between 1 April 2021 to 30 September 2022
• Total no. of days: Approx. 35
• Total fee: Approx. £5,000
• Expenses: £ travel and subsistence
• Equipment: Laptop available for the duration of the project, contribution to mobile costs (to be agreed), flexible workstation
• Review/probation: Initial probation August 2021 followed by six-monthly review

Further information about the WLSW programme, plus full job description and duties can be found in the recruitment pack.

Project Administrator Recruitment Pack webpage with accessibility toolbar

Project Administrator Recruitment Pack PDF

Closing date for applications: Monday 12th April 5pm
Interviews: Wednesday 14th April, online via Outlook Teams

Apply with a CV and an expression of interest to:

Louisa Milburn, Business Manager louisa.milburn@eastleigh.gov.uk

Women Leaders South West

Applications now closed.

The Women Leaders South West project is run by a group of eight arts organisations and one business school.

The project also involves the WOW Foundation, which is a global movement to celebrate women and girls and take a frank look at the obstacles they face. An Arts Council England Transforming Leadership grant is funding the project.

The WLSW Advisory Panel are Sabeena Akhtar, Maricka Oglesby and Kym Oliver.

Empowering Women of all Backgrounds to be Leaders in the Arts

Training Programme
Living Allowance / Training Bursary: £12,000 

For more information on the Women Leaders South West programme please see our Artist networks information.

We ran two info sessions via Zoom on Monday 15th October, and you can listen to the audio from both below.

With thanks to

Women Leaders South West is funded through Arts Council England’s Transforming Leadership Fund.

The partner organisations are: The Point (lead partner); Activate Performing Arts, Art Asia Ltd., Diverse City, Kaleider, Pavilion Dance South West, Southampton Business School at the University of Southampton, Strike a Light and The Arts Development Company.​

Image Credit: 2018 Doing Things Differently State of The Nation 2 by Diverse City and Bristol City Council. Workshop facilitated by Raquel Meseguer. © Christopher Cardwell