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APPLICATION: Programmes and Marketing Assistant

Deadline for applications: Midnight, Sunday 23rd November 2025

Applications can only be made online

We are looking for a Programmes and Marketing Assistant to support our small team working on our programme of projects and events.

Writing West Midlands (WWM) is the literature development agency for the West Midlands. It supports the writing industry regionally and nationally by offering training and development opportunities for writers, by encouraging children and young people to engage with creative writing and by running public literature events.

We run the Spark Young Writers programme, the Birmingham Literature Festival, the Room 204 Writer Development Scheme, the National Writers’ Conference and many other projects.

Writing West Midlands is one of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio Organisations and part of a national network of literature development agencies.

We have an office base in Birmingham but work across the West Midlands. Our office hours are Monday to Thursday, 9am to 4.30pm with a 30min break for lunch. We also work some evenings and weekends to deliver public events. Time off in lieu may be taken if working out of normal office hours.

Job Title: Programmes and Marketing Assistant 

Job Terms: Permanent following a successful probationary period 

Responsible To:  Senior Management Team 

Hours: 3 days a week. Hours are flexible including evenings and weekends – time off in lieu will be given. The office is closed on Fridays. 

Office Base:  Birmingham, UK (this role is office-based)  

Salary: £14,752 for three days/week (£24,287 full time equivalent) 

Start Date: January 2026 (exact date by negotiation). 

Application Deadline: Sunday 23rd November 2025, by midnight. 

Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by e-mail by Monday 24th November 2025 by 5pm. 

Interview date: Monday 1st December 2025 in Birmingham, in person, daytime. 

Application Form: Programmes and Marketing Assistant 

Step 1 of 3

The application form will be in three parts - the first part will ask for your contact details, a CV and information about why you believe you are suited for the role.

You might find this easier to complete on a PC or laptop, rather than a mobile phone. You will not be able to save and revisit the application form, so we recommend you have your CV ready to upload, and think about why you want the job before you begin to fill in this form. You may want to allow yourself at least 20 minutes to complete all three sections.

The second part will ask you to draft a reply to an email, requiring you to do a little research on our www.sparkwriters.org website. We ask that this is all your own work - we consider this to a typical task that the role will require, so if you are unable to do this on your own, it is unlikely that the job will suit your skills.

The third part is a monitoring form which will not be shared with the interviewers and will be anonymised before being added to our reporting to Arts Council England. As our main funder, Arts Council England are keen that we represent the wide variety of people that live in the West Midlands, and the questions are designed to monitor our success against specific targets.

We'd like to hear about you, your passions, your experience, and why you would be a good fit for this role.
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