Art Matters Studio Arts Facilitator

TipTopJob; Redhill; On-site; GBP 27,000; Part time

Job summary

A community arts studio in Redhill seeks a creative individual with an arts background to support artists and promote mental wellbeing through creativity. The role involves facilitating workshops, ensuring studio safety, and working collaboratively with a small team. Ideal candidates will possess excellent communication skills and experience in art facilitation, contributing to a welcoming environment.

Qualifications

• Creative individual with an arts background.
• Experience in facilitating art groups is essential.
• Calm, resourceful, and enthusiastic.

Responsibilities

• Support attending artists to explore their creative interests.
• Help ensure studio safety and implement health and safety policies.
• Deliver workshops and exhibitions at community hubs.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Experience in facilitating art groups

Good all-round IT skills

Confidence using Microsoft packages

Experience with iMac editing software

Social media platforms

Job description

Location: Redhill, Surrey

Salary: GBP 26,820 (pro rata) inclusive per annum

Hours: Part-time, 18.75 hours per week

Waythroughs community arts studio Art Matters requires a creative individual with an arts background to join our team.

You will have an arts background, qualifications, and skills in a range of arts activities and will be involved in supporting attending artists to explore their creative interests during sessions and workshops.

The Role

As part of a small team, you will work closely with colleagues, volunteers, and partner organizations. You need to be flexible, positive, and take ownership of tasks and deadlines.

You will help ensure the studio's safety by supporting the implementation of Waythroughs' health and safety policies and carrying out risk assessments as needed.

The role is mainly studio-based, but you may be required to work outreach at other Surrey community hubs, delivering workshops, exhibitions, and arts and mental health promotion, including occasional out-of-hours and weekend work.

You will support individuals in maintaining wellbeing through creativity and help them achieve their creative goals.

Skills and Qualifications

You should be respectful, understanding the benefits of creativity on mental wellbeing. Calm, resourceful, enthusiastic, highly motivated, hardworking, and supportive of people (service users, artists) in a creative and holistic manner.

Experience in facilitating art groups, excellent communication skills, and the ability to maintain a friendly, welcoming space supporting people with all levels of creative experience are essential.

Good all-round IT skills, confidence using Microsoft packages, and experience with iMac editing software and social media platforms are desirable. You will learn and use Waythroughs' programs, systems, and processes daily.

If interested, please apply via the following link to complete your application: application link.

We are committed to increasing diversity and welcome applications from individuals with lived experience and from Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic groups.

This is a rolling recruitment process. Candidates will be interviewed as shortlisted.

When applying, please upload a CV and a supporting statement outlining your skills and experience.