1 x Freelance Youth LGBTQIA+ Focus Group Facilitator (aged 18-25), with an arts/craft specialism*

ArtsJobs; West Midlands Combined Authority; On-site; GBP 3,000; Full time

Job summary

Une organisation dynamique recherche un facilitateur freelance pour un groupe de jeunes LGBTQIA+, apportant des opportunités créatives pour les jeunes de 18-25 ans. Ce rôle implique la planification et l'évaluation de sessions artistiques tout en soutenant le bien-être et la confiance des participants. Avec un tarif compétitif de 2880£ pour 72 heures de travail, les candidats enthousiastes avec une spécialisation dans les arts seront favorisés.

Qualifications

• Doit être âgé de 18 à 25 ans.
• Intérêt fort pour les arts et spécialisation dans une forme d'art pertinente.
• Expérience dans la facilitation et le travail avec les jeunes.

Responsibilities

• Planifie, facilite et évalue 7 sessions de groupe de jeunes LGBTQIA+.
• Co-facilite jusqu'à 10 sessions de découverte avec un autre animateur.
• Mentor les jeunes bénévoles pendant les séances.

Skills

Facilitation

Mentoring

Plans and Evaluates

Creative Arts Specialism

Job description

Job Summary

The facilitator will work alongside our previously recruited facilitator and with local LGBTQIA+ young people under the age of 25 to support the co-production, steering, and evaluation of a new cross arts programme that will run across 2025-26.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• To work with LGBTQIA+ and questioning young people in a way that encourages suggestions and input for future programming whilst also supporting their wellbeing, safety, and boosting their confidence and self-esteem.
• To plan, facilitate, document, and evaluate 7 inclusive youth LGBTQIA+ focus group sessions across 2025-26, working alongside the other young focus group facilitator. These sessions should include a creative element wherever possible. Each meeting will be 2 hours in duration with 30 mins mentoring afterwards for 2 peer volunteers aged 16-18. Where appropriate, the group may split into 2 age-groups, 11-17 and 18-25.
• To plan, co-facilitate, document, and evaluate up to 10 taster sessions alongside the other focus group facilitator to aid recruitment for the focus group and cross arts programme.
• To work with the LGBTQIA+ youth focus group to refine the programme delivery and facilitator/volunteer briefs for the new cross arts programme.
• To support young people to be involved in the development of the focus group and the delivery of the cross arts sessions, including by supporting and mentoring the 2 peer volunteer roles.
• To help promote and grow the focus group (which was established by Quench Arts in 2022 and has helped with plans to date).
• To facilitate the group to undertake at least 1 age-appropriate research visit per annum to help design project.
• To mentor 2 young LGBTQIA+ peer volunteers aged 16-25 (30 mins per person after every focus group).
• To undertake induction, safeguarding, mental health first aid training & other training and support as deemed relevant to the role by Quench Arts.
• To support the administration, monitoring, and evaluation of the programme, for example by: taking registers of attendance; completing sessional monitoring forms and gathering feedback from participants; disseminating and collecting in project documentation & evaluation material.

Job Requirements

Applicants must be between the ages of 18-25 for the duration of the role (up until October 2026). This is because it is a youth-led project and will support the younger workforce.

Due to the protected characteristics of the group and the desired programme outcomes, we particularly encourage applications from the LGBTQIA+ community.

Quench Arts is seeking to appoint 1 freelance facilitator, aged 18-25, for our Youth LGBTQIA+ focus group. The facilitator will work alongside our previously recruited facilitator and with local LGBTQIA+ young people under the age of 25 to support the co-production, steering, and evaluation of a new cross arts programme that will run across 2025-26 of our National Lottery Community Fund grant. We are looking for a facilitator who has a strong interest in the arts and a specialism in a relevant artform (our current facilitator has specialisms in music and drama so our ideal candidate will cover other types of artforms, such as visual art/crafts).

Job Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• To plan, facilitate, document, and evaluate 7 inclusive youth LGBTQIA+ focus group sessions across 2025-26, working alongside the other young focus group facilitator. These sessions should include a creative element wherever possible. Each meeting will be 2 hours in duration with 30 mins mentoring afterwards for 2 peer volunteers aged 16-18. Where appropriate, the group may split into 2 age-groups, 11-17 and 18-25.
• To plan, co-facilitate, document, and evaluate up to 10 taster sessions alongside the other focus group facilitator to aid recruitment for the focus group and cross arts programme.
• To work with the LGBTQIA+ youth focus group to refine the programme delivery and facilitator/volunteer briefs for the new cross arts programme.

See application pack for full responsibilities.

Freelance Fee: £2880 (£120 per session. Each session is 3 hours max, usually 2 hours delivery plus set up/pack down time). The contract covers 72 hours at £40 per hour.

• Job Title: 1 x Freelance Youth LGBTQIA+ Focus Group Facilitator (aged 18-25), with an arts/craft specialism*

To apply, please answer how you meet points 1-17 detailed in the ‘requirements’ section of the application pack (point 18 is not scored)- www.quench-arts.co.uk/employment-opportunities. You can either do this with a written application (2 pages max) or through an audio or video recording (10 minutes max). In your application, please do give examples for each point if you can. Please email your application to [e-mail]. If you are applying using an audio/video recording then you will need to use WeTransfer.com to send your application if it is over 10MB. Please do drop us a separate email if you are sending an attachment via WeTransfer, so that we can make sure to look out for this.

Quench Arts is passionate about making a positive difference through the arts.

Our work focuses on 2 areas:

Our own projects use music to make a real difference to people's lives, nurturing artistic talent in areas where opportunities may be limited.

We also support other organisations in developing their community arts practice.