Policy Manager – Creative Industries and Festivals - B3

Location: United Kingdom; Hybrid

This opportunity is only open to applicants who are Scottish Government employees, and are currently Priority Movers. Applications from individuals not currently on the Priority Mover list will be rejected and not considered. 

Creative Industries and Festivals represents some of the most important elements of culture that support the economy. The screen sector is forecast to reach £1bn GVA by 2030, creative industries has grown at four times the rate of the rest of the economy over the past decade, and the major Edinburgh festivals alone are forecast to deliver gross economic impact of more than £4.2 billion in Scotland over the next five years.

This Creative Industries and Festivals Unit leads the Scottish Government’s focus on this area, this includes policy development across screen and broadcasting, festivals policy and delivery, and creative industries workforce, as well as supporting the work undertaken directly by our public bodies such as Creative Scotland, Screen Scotland and Visit Scotland.

The unit is also responsible for the high profile delivery of manifesto and Programme for Government commitments. These include: setting up Screen Scotland as an independent body; the establishment of a Film and TV School; expansion of funding to enhance the ambitions of Scotlands arts festivals, and; the piloting of a minimum income for artists.

As a cross-cutting role, the post holder will build, develop and maintain strong relationships with partners across creative industries, screen, festivals as well as the broader culture sector and beyond, helping to support and enhance some of our country’s most significant national and international assets.

Working across these three areas will provide the post holder with an exciting array of both short-term focused projects, long-term policy development as well as leading on elements of Ministerial and stakeholder engagement.

The Culture and Historic Environment Division as a whole is responsible for: sponsoring culture public bodies and organisations such as Historic Environment Scotland, Creative Scotland and the national collection bodies; ensuring everyone can participate in and enjoy culture; and creating the conditions for creative people and businesses to thrive.

Location

This post is based in Victoria Quay with a mix of office-based and remote working and the expectation of 40% in-person working. The current team anchor day is Wednesday in VQ. 

This opportunity is only open to applicants who are Scottish Government employees, and are currently Priority Movers. Applications from individuals not currently on the Priority Mover list will be rejected and not considered. B3 Policy Manager – Creative Industries and Festivals Expressions of interest (EOI) are invited from eligible staff on level transfer for this exciting, permanent role working to deliver a number of high profile commitments in the creative industries and festivals sectors.