Vacancies
Volunteers Coordinator
The Volunteers Coordinator’s role is to work with the Programme Producer in the recruitment and training of volunteers for the Festival. The Coordinator oversees the volunteers’ support of the Festival by matching their availability, skills and interests to the organisation’s needs. The post holders need to enjoy working with a range of people, have excellent written and verbal communication skills, be confident at data processing and using spreadsheets as well as having good attention to detail and strong planning skills.
Our volunteer requirements vary depending on the detail of the programming. Most recently in 2026, 152 volunteers completed a total of 2295
hours of volunteering across the Festival.
We anticipate that the role will run from late January to mid-June
Deadline: 10am, Monday 16 November 2026
Production & Programme Assistant
This is an exciting opportunity to join the delivery team for the annual Norfolk & Norwich Festival. The Production & Programme Assistant role provides an opportunity to gain valuable first-hand experience of major event delivery. The Assistant will join the wider Production & Programme team and gain a broad experience of event delivery support.
Typically this role will attend site visits with Festival artists, support with financial and scheduling aspects, conduct research as required and gain experience in various aspects of delivering multi-artform events as well as supporting the Production & Programme team in a variety of
ways.
We anticipate that the role will run from late January to mid-June.
Deadline: 10am, Monday 16 November 2026
Festival Connect & Create Administrator
The Festival Connect & Create Administrator will provide administrative support to the Festival Connect & Create team in their role to devise, deliver and evaluate programmes of activity, projects and networks to improve the creative and cultural lives of children and young people and their communities in East Anglia. This is an exciting opportunity to support a number of programmes and activities across the region.
This is a part time (0.6fte) permanent role.
Deadline: 10am Monday 30 November 2026
Bursaries for Young Creatives
We’re offering £2,500 bursaries to help eight young people to further their cultural and community leadership abilities. Run across seven months, the programme will enable participants to develop their creative skills and contribute to the creative and cultural lives of other young people in East Anglia.
Applications for 2027 Bursaries are now open.
Bursaries for Artists
We’re offering eight bursaries of £2,500 to support artists to further their socially engaged and/or community practice with children and young people. Run across nine months, the programme will enable participants to develop artistic work and contribute to their communities, as well as to the creative journeys of children and young people in East Anglia.
Applications for 2027 Bursaries are now open.
Event Managers & Festival Crew
Our requirements for event staff and crew fluctuates each year dependent on our programme of work. If you’re interested in working with us either as an Event Manager or member of our Crew please email a CV to info@nnfestival.org.uk stating which is your preferred role.
We will then add you onto our list of prospects and may contact you if we need some additional support.
Norfolk & Norwich Festival welcomes applicants from a wide mix of people. We are really interested in hearing from people who possess transferable skills but might not have worked in the professional arts sector before. We also welcome applicants from a wide mix of people because we want our workforce to be inclusive of people from a diverse range of backgrounds. We are therefore particularly interested in receiving applications from people who identify as disabled, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people from socio-economic backgrounds that are currently under-represented in the arts.
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