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Job details
Job reference
REQ
Date posted
21/08/2025
Application closing date
15/09/2025
Location
KESWICK
Salary
£51,356 - £52,413
Package
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full time
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Development and Impact Manager - WMF2220e
Job description
Location: Kendal
Contract Type: Permanent
About this opportunity
The purpose of the Development and Impact Manager role is to drive investment into arts, culture and heritage across Westmorland and Furness — supporting creative ambition through strategic fundraising, impact measurement and meaningful community engagement.
You will play a vital role in developing and delivering large-scale funding applications to national bodies such as Arts Council England and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Working closely with internal teams and external partners, you'll lead on creating strategies for income generation, research, and evaluation — ensuring the impact of cultural and heritage activity is clearly demonstrated and used to inform future investment.
This post will suit someone with a strategic mindset, a strong understanding of the funding landscape, and a passion for using data and learning to champion arts and culture as a driver for community wellbeing, inclusion, and place-based transformation.
Who we are looking for…
A collaborative and experienced fundraiser with a proven track record of securing significant investment for cultural or charitable initiatives. You'll understand how to develop and deliver impactful funding strategies, create compelling applications, and design robust evaluation frameworks.
Ideally, you'll bring experience of working across sectors, from local government to grassroots community organisations, with an ability to translate vision into funded programmes. A strong communicator and strategic thinker, you'll champion community voice and help shape a sustainable future for arts, culture and heritage in Westmorland and Furness.
What can we offer you
Working at Westmorland and Furness Council you will receive a variety of benefits, including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and other various perks and discounts schemes. For more information about life at Westmorland and Furness Council and what we can offer you, please visit our Careers site. Our benefits | Careers )
Would you like to find out more?
For further information about this role, such as responsibilities and essential criteria please view the below attachments:
* Post Specification
* Role Profile
If you have any queries about this role or would like an informal chat about this opportunity, then please contact Jenny Langlands on
Application and Interview information
Closing date: 15/09/2025
We are currently operating both in-person and virtual interviews. Options will be discussed with candidates once they have been invited to the interview stage of the process for this specific position, and if you have any concerns or adjustments are needed, we are happy to discuss this with you.
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Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Westmorland and Furness Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and work to promote an inclusive, supportive culture that values and celebrates our differences.
As a Disability Confident Leader, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
We also offer guaranteed interviews to Armed Forces personnel and veterans and those in care or care experienced and under 24 years old (someone who has been looked after by a local authority at any point, for any length of time, e.g. foster care, residential care, or under the guardianship of a local authority) that meet the essential criteria for the role.
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