Jobs

Artquest does not provide individual job listings, since so many other services already do.

We do provide links to potential sources of employment: publications, websites and email resources to help you find a job.

The main source for arts jobs in the UK is the Arts Council England ArtsJobs service, which provides daily digest emails or immediate messages when a new job posting in the arts goes live.  It's free to join and post information about a job.

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  • CIDA (Cultural Industries Development Agency)
    address
    Business Development Centre, 7-15 Greatorex Street, London E1 5NF
    contact
    telephone
    020 7247 4710

    CIDA - the Cultural Industries Development Agency, is a specialist support organisation for the creative and cultural sector offering services to individuals, new and existing businesses and not-for-profit organisations. Some of the courses they reguarly run are: First Steps to get freelancers and new businesses moving in the right direction, Creative Business Club offering knowledge through networking and intensive support to existing businesses, Digital Women's Club supporting women wanting to work in the creative digital sector and Sustain to Gain helping arts organisations and cultural groups become more sustainable. The also have updated lists of Jobs.

  • The Guardian
    address
    Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU
    telephone
    020 3353 2000
    fax
    020 7837 2114

    For listings email The Guide guide@guardian.co.uk

  • Academic Jobs

    London and UK, jobs in the creative arts and design, craft, academic jobs, research.

  • Artists in Schools
    address
    1 Rogers Close, Elsworth, Cambridge CB3 8JJ
    telephone
    Tel/Fax: 01954 268013

    Looking for artists to work in schools in North and East London and elsewhere in the UK

  • Arts Hub
    telephone
    07000 382 543

    Arts Hub is a service provided by Euclid for UK Arts professionals. It is a pay-to-use service for online jobs, news and events information for arts and cultural workers. Arts Hub is immediate, up to date, convenient and comprehensive. The comprehensive web site features a detailed online listing of employment opportunities from across the cultural industries. The news service provides you with an independent, thrice weekly emailed news bulletin of stories from across the media, and the UK, focussing on the issues that matter to those who work in the arts. Advertising for jobs is free.

  • Artsplan
    address
    23 Basepoint,, Anderson Road, Southampton, SO14 5FE
    telephone
    02380 682 535

    Artswork, an independent youth arts development agency committed to developing creative opportunities for young people aged 12-25, has developed Artsplan, a dedicated training and publications site. Artsplan offers training for individuals and organisations; publications to advise and inspire professionals working with young people and the arts acting as a resource for anyone looking to develop their skills, knowledge and creative ideas within youth arts; and guidelines to provide a useful introduction into specialist subject areas such as cultural diversity, disability, and young people at risk, with many complimenting current Artsplan training courses.

  • National Council for Voluntary Organisations

    NCVO is an online best practice resource for the voluntary sector, providing a wealth of advice on subjects from trusteeship to employment law.

  • BBC Jobs

    London and UK, jobs in media programme making, broadcasting assistants and technology/design services.

  • City Jobs

  • Criminal Records Bureau
    telephone
    0870 90 90 811

    The CRB acts as a one-stop-shop for organisations, checking police records and, in relevant cases, information held by the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA). This service enables organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors to make safer recruitment decisions by identifying candidates who may be unsuitable for certain work, especially that involve children or vulnerable adults.

  • E Teach Teacher Recruitment

    Teaching recruitment site information on vacancies and agencies.

  • Education Jobs

    Job vacancies for teaching staff in colleges and schools.

This article is from the Artlaw Archive of Henry Lydiate's columns published in Art Monthly since 1976, and may contain out of date material.
The article is for information only, and not for the purpose of providing legal advice.
Readers should consult a solicitor for legal advice on specific matters, and artists in London can get free online legal advice from Artquest