Make It Together Project Manager

We're Recruiting - Make It Together Project Manager

Make It Together is a 9-month, Arts Council England-funded project that brings together Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) and national arts and culture partners to unlock inclusive everyday creativity across three pilot locations: Manchester, Barking & Dagenham, and Wiltshire.

The project embeds Creativity Connectors within local DPOs to bridge the gap between Disabled creatives and community-based creativity groups. The project will develop and share two national toolkits and culminates in an online Symposium in January 2026.

About the Role

We are looking for a creative, enthusiastic and collaborative Project Manager to lead the coordination and delivery of Make It Together. This is a unique opportunity to help shape a high-impact, co-produced, disability-led project that aims to spark long-term systemic change in everyday creativity and inclusion.

You will be the glue holding the partnership together—supporting delivery partners, managing timelines and budgets, facilitating communication, and ensuring that the voices and experiences of Disabled people remain central at every stage.

Key Responsibilities

General Project Delivery

• Manage day-to-day operations, timelines, budget tracking and communications.
• Be the primary point of contact for the project.
• Ensure delivery of project activities, outputs, and reporting obligations to steering group and funder.
• Produce timely narrative and financial reports with support from the DR UK Finance and Fundraising teams.
• Support exploration of funding for a potential Phase 2.

Stage 1: Project Set-Up (circa Jun–Sep 2025)

• Support DPO partners in recruiting and onboarding Creativity Connectors.
• Convene and facilitate the Project Steering Group.
• Liaise with national partners including Creative Lives, Attitude is Everything, The Audience Agency, and 64 Million Artists.
• Coordinate setup and delivery of training for Creativity Connectors.
• Support co-production of a project evaluation framework with The Audience Agency and partners.
• Oversee the setup of the online Disabled Everyday Creatives Network

Stage 2: Research & Engagement (circa Oct–Dec 2025)

• Support Creativity Connectors to:
  
  • Map local everyday creativity groups and practices.
  • Run inclusive focus groups / Knowledge Cafés to explore barriers, opportunities, and solutions.
• Ensure strong communication and shared learning between DR UK, local and national partners

Stage 3: Legacy & Dissemination (circa Jan–Feb 2026)

• Coordinate co-production of inclusive Everyday Creativity Toolkits.
• Organise and deliver an online Symposium and EasyRead Symposium.
• Oversee project evaluation and contribute to the final evaluation report.

Experience

• Project management
• Managing budgets
• Arts / cultural sector experience
• Working on partnership projects
• Commissioning and undertaking evaluation

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the barriers that Disabled people experience in society, and the Social Model of Disability
• Accessible and inclusive practice in areas relevant to the project: e.g. in-person and online events, communication

Skills and Abilities

• Building strong relationships internally and externally
• Managing a varied workload, taking initiative and working to deadlines