Ref no:
EAY11615
Published:
25/09/2025
Closes:
10/10/2025
Location:
Wallace Chambers John Dickie Street Kilmarnock, KA1 1HW
Salary:
£55,201 - £60,315 per year pro rata
Contract Type:
Permanent
Position Type:
Full Time
Hours:
35 hours per week
Job Purpose
Innovation and creativity will drive your Strategic Leadership of our Museum and Arts team. The focus for this team is to develop and deliver a programme of high profile venues, exhibitions, programmes and projects that are ambitious and outward facing, whilst maximising the impact on our customers and visitors. Your leadership will ensure that the facilities within your remit are dynamic and vibrant, are respectful to their heritage and culture, whilst responding to modern trends and aspirations. Across the team, you will also develop sustainable pathways that encourage lifelong participation in the arts. Please see the attached Job Specification and Key Activities which outline all responsibilities and duties for this post. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR INTERVIEW, CANDIDATES MUST DEMONSTRATE ON THE APPLICATION THAT THEY MEET ALL ESSENTIAL CRITERIA OF THE ATTACHED JOB SPECIFICATION.
Rate of Pay
Salary: £ £60315 per annum Hours of work will be 35 hours per week to be worked as follows: Monday - Thursday 9.00am - 5.00pm (50 minute unpaid lunchbreak applicable daily) Friday 9.00am - 4.00pm (40 minute unpaid lunchbreak applicable)
Responsibilities and Our Values
Contributing to and supporting the Executive Management Team in the development of the overall Trust Strategic Vision and Corporate Delivery Plan, the Strategic Lead will ensure the delivery of the highest quality services, supporting change, challenging the status quo and empowering the design and delivery of innovative, modern and sustainable services. Working within a performance management and continuous improvement framework the postholder will strive to exceed the expectations of the East Ayrshire Leisure Vision and Delivery Plan and in doing so promote and recognise the importance of people in delivering our vision and values;
• Being honest and demonstrating integrity at all times
• Engaging and inclusive with our people, partners and stakeholders
• Striving for continuous improvement by being ambitious and aspirational in all that we do
• Taking responsibility and being accountable for our organisation and our service delivery
Additional Information
We follow the national guidance in relation to pre-employment checks namely "Safer Recruitment Through Better Recruitment". With regards to requests for references and in line with this guidance, during your application process you should provide details of a minimum of two appropriate and relevant references, one of which should be from your current or most recent employer. It is also a requirement that the reference from your current or most recent employer is from an appropriate senior manager and it is not a reference from a former peer operating at the same level. The post you have applied for requires you to complete a Criminal Conviction Declaration Form listing any live offences. Any information that is disclosed on a Criminal Conviction Declaration Form will require to be discussed before a formal offer of employment is made. If you require further clarification please refer to