Community Creative Project Manager: Connecting communities through creativity

Arts Council Wales

Arts Council Wales

The Project

Read and Asses a number of applications made to the arts council for funding and grants, from stakeholders.

Key Objectives

  • Read and research organisations applying for funding and grants.
  • Mark applications based on the arts council framework and criteria
  • Ensure applications met budgets and were eligible with a clear creative idea and plan.

Organisation

Arts Council Wales

I Got Involved Because

  • To give insight from a creative practitioner position
  • Share art projects that are widely needed
  • Support creatives from the position I hold in the community and in the council

What I Delivered

Arts Council Wales                                                                                              

Associate – External Funding Assessor 

  • Providing Quality Assurance to ensure Creative Practitioners and organisations are managed and reported in a clear, consistent and appropriate way.
  • Monitoring project schedules and budgets, preparing progress reports, and liaising with key stakeholders.
  • Working alongside the Arts Council Chair to undertake board meetings.
  • To provide support to track the status of funding applications finances, communications.
  • Conducted due diligence and background checks on potential applicants that Applied for Arts funding
  • Digested information from applicants and generated and submitted recommendations to stakeholders for decision-making.
  • Collaborated with diverse teams in devising solutions to problems and directed organizational resources towards implementing identified solutions.
  • Tracked expenditures against budget targets and spending limit