Collective Encounters

Arts Council England; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Collective Encounters is seeking a proactive Participation Producer in Liverpool. You will design and produce participation programmes, focusing on care-experienced young people, and support participatory activity across the charity’s work. The role includes evaluation, safeguarding, risk assessment, and coordinating staff and volunteers.

The position is 32 hours per week (0.8 FTE) in Liverpool, with salary £32,812–£34,500 pro-rata (actual £26,250–£27,600). Closing date 4 December.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in the arts, youth and/or community sectors.
• Ability to build relationships with local authorities, funders and partner organisations.
• Experience in evaluation, safeguarding, risk assessment and staff/volunteer training.

Responsibilities

• Design and produce participation programmes aligned with Collective Encounters' aims.
• Support engagement of care-experienced young people across participatory activity.
• Coordinate safeguarding, risk assessment, and contracting/training of staff and volunteers.
• Collaborate with partners, artists and volunteers to deliver inclusive activities.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Program design

Project coordination

Youth engagement

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking a proactive and highly organised producer with experience of working in the arts, youth and/or community sectors who is able to build relationships with local authorities, funders, partner organisations, artists, volunteers, and vulnerable participants. You will have a commitment to supporting people's participation in creative activity, and advocating for its benefits.

The Participation Producer is a key role within our small team, responsible for designing and producing participation programmes that meet Collective Encounters' aims and objectives. The Participation Producer has a particular focus on engagement of care-experienced young people, as well as supporting participatory activity across the charity's work, with responsibility for evaluation and monitoring, safeguarding, risk assessment, and the contracting and training of participatory staff and volunteers.

Hours: 32 hours per week (0.8 FTE)
Location: Liverpool
Salary: £32,812 - £34,500 pro-rata depending on experience (Actual salary £26,250 - £27,600)
Closing date: Friday 4 December at 5pm
First round interview: 14 or 15 December (online)
Second round interview: 21 December (in Liverpool)

Collective Encounters is a Liverpool-based arts charity specialising in theatre for social change. We use creativity to build power within people and communities who are directly affected by poverty and inequality, and who experience barriers to inclusion, mainly in Liverpool City Region. We co-create participatory theatre and research to bring people together, tell stories that are often ignored, and provoke action towards positive change.