CULT Cymru – Development Manager (Part Time)

(Bilingual English/Welsh)

Thank you for your interest in the role of Development Manager – Part Time.  Fixed term contract until 31.03.27 for 21 hrs per week with possibility of extension.  

£31,827 per annum (Based on full-time rate of £53,045 for 35 hrs. p.w).  

Benefits include 20 days holidays plus bank holidays plus access to Prospect’s pension scheme. (Based on 33 days full-time allowance).  Based in the union’s Cardiff Office.

The expectation is that the Development Manager will work from the office in Cardiff city centre and from home on a weekly basis.

Employer: Prospect – Bectu Sector – Wales

1. About CULT Cymru

CULT Cymru (Creative Unions Learning Together) is an exciting and dynamic all-Wales learning programme established in 2008 that is supported by the Welsh Government’s Wales Union Learning Fund (WULF) and Creative Wales. It is led by Bectu (a sector of Prospect) the trade union for those working behind the scenes in TV, Film, Theatre, Digital and Live Events.  We work in partnership with sister unions Equity, the Musicians’ Union (MU) and the Writers’ Guild of GB (WGGB) who alongside TUC Cymru provide Governance for the programme via the CULT Cymru Steering Group.

What we do

We are proud of the work that we do to support the learning needs and mental health and wellbeing of people working across the creative industries both behind the scenes and on stage/screen. The Development Manager is an exciting role that is an essential part of CULT Cymru’s team in supporting creative workers.

Freelance workers and employees benefit from CULT Cymru’s learning activities and can access opportunities to gain new skills, grow their confidence, build new networks and improve their well-being, in fact our members help inform what training and events we should organise.

Employers also benefit from CULT Cymru’s learning activities and projects for their staff and freelancers.  Employers working in the Screen Sector (TV, Film, Animation & Games) can apply for a grant to place a Wellbeing Facilitator on their Production.  Creative organisations in Wales, in particular Live Events/Music Venues, can access accredited Mental Health First Aid Workshops.  All creative workers and employers in Wales can sign-on to a broad range of training across Wales. Training - CULT Cymru

About the role

Prospect/Bectu seeks an experienced and motivated Development Manager to lead and grow CULT Cymru’s learning provision including the Mental Health and Wellbeing Programme. The postholder will develop strategic partnerships, secure funding, and provide leadership to lead CULT Cymru’s vision of enabling cultural change across Wales’ creative industries—making them fairer, healthier, and more inclusive.

The role requires close collaboration with CULT Cymru staff, unions, advisory groups, employers, Welsh Government, and stakeholders, while embedding strong Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and creative sustainability principles throughout all activity.

We are passionate about learning and are led by our trade union values of empowering and supporting the workforce, promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, the Welsh language, healthy workplaces and creative sustainability /green agenda.  In this role there will be opportunities for you to develop your skills as you seek to make a difference to others in their working lives.

If you are a team player who enjoys marketing and promotion, collaborating with individuals, want to enable and support creative workers and thrive in a role that combines strong marketing and organisations skills with creativity, we would love to receive your application.

How to apply

We embrace diversity and strive to bring learning opportunities to workers who are under-represented in the creative industries e.g. people from global majority backgrounds, LGBTQ+, disabled, Deaf and/or neurodivergent people and those from less privileged socio-economic backgrounds.   

Included in your application pack are the following documents:

1. About CULT Cymru
2. The Role:  Job description & Person Specification
3. Application form
4. Equal opportunities monitoring form (confidential)

• Applicants will need to send a cover letter, the completed application form and equal opportunities monitoring form by Friday 30^th October, 2026 @ 09.00 to  recruitment@prospect.org.uk

• We aim to inform you asap whether you are to be invited to interview.

• Interviews will be held in our offices in Cardiff on Thursday 19^th November 2026

• If you are disabled [1]or have a long-term health condition, it is important that you let us know your access requirements. please include in the email submitted with your application. We want to make sure you are treated fairly if shortlisted for interview. This may include communication support, additional time or a remote interview etc.

Do contact the office if you wish to discuss this in confidence before you submit your application. Please contact us should you require any of the information in alternative formats.

Our aim is to enable a supportive application process as we wish to instil confidence in those who apply.   If you have any comments on the process, please let us know as we continually strive to improve our systems and processes.  

We look forward to receiving your application.