Strategic Development Lead; Freelance

Strategic Development Lead (freelance)

Bradford Producing Hub | Freelance, 7-month fixed term (Oct 2026 – Apr 2027) | 8 days/month | £350/day | Bradford, with hybrid working

Bradford Producing Hub (BPH) is looking for a freelance Strategic Development Lead. Working closely with our Trustees, you’ll lead a focused period of strategic review, sector mapping and stakeholder engagement to build a clear-eyed picture of where support for Bradford’s creative talent is most needed, and set out realistic, ambitious options for the future; it’s a chance to help define what BPH, and talent development across the district, becomes next.

You combine strategic thinking with practical delivery, and you’ve led organisations, projects or development work through change before. You know Bradford’s creative community, its challenges and its ambitions; and you’ll bring existing relationships, or the confidence to build them quickly. You’re as comfortable with funders and budgets as with artists and communities, and you understand that strong cultural organisations are built on relationships, trust and listening as much as on programmes and funding.

• Knowledge of Bradford’s artistic community, and a clear understanding of BPH
• Organisational leadership or strategic development
• Managing organisational change
• Research, mapping, consultation, evaluation or evidence-based planning
• Fundraising, budget planning and developing funding applications
• Developing partnerships across different sectors
• Strong financial planning and budgeting
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Working independently while reporting to a Board
• Understanding of the challenges facing artists and cultural organisations

Closing date: Wednesday 16 September, 12 noon

Interview date: Wednesday 23 September, in Bradford

We particularly encourage applications from people from the Global Majority, who are LGBTQIA+, disabled, and/or from working-class or low socioeconomic backgrounds, who remain underrepresented in the arts.