Head of Creative Services

Head Of Creative Learning Maternity Cover £46,735 - £55,755 Pa DOE

Warwick Arts Centre has an exciting opportunity for a 12-month fixed term contract as a Head of Creative Learning (maternity cover). They are on a mission to create a dynamic, relevant, artistically ambitious and sustainable arts centre, and this role will help them achieve their plans.

They believe that the arts are an extraordinary source of wisdom, support, connection, understanding, joy and inspiration for each and every one of us. It’s their job to bring art into more people’s lives and the position of Head of Creative Learning (maternity cover) will lead the team in achieving this.

They are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels they belong, a place of fairness and equity and to be an organisation that reflects the diversity of its city. If this sounds like somewhere you would like to work, we would like to hear from you.

The Head of Creative Learning (maternity cover) sits within our Creative Learning Team and you will lead and implement a high-quality learning and engagement strategy and will collaborate closely with stakeholders, schools, artists, communities, and key funders including University of Warwick and reporting to Arts Council England (ACE). You will work alongside our live programming, visual arts and cinema teams and closely with our visitor experience, marketing and operations teams.

This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate with a passion for arts education and engagement, with a good understanding of working with artists and creatives across artforms and who enjoys working with people at all levels.

The Creative Learning team plays a central role in developing their profile and maintaining Warwick Arts Centre’s presence in the local community, connecting people of all ages and all backgrounds to their programme. The aim of the programme is to discover, inspire, nurture and support the next generation of artists and arts audiences with a focus on people who have been historically excluded and underserved by society. The key audience strands are families and early years, schools, youth, students and communities.

Please note this role will involve some evening and weekend work.

Skills and Experience

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• Previous experience of working in arts educational environment and up to date knowledge of current practice, learning methodologies and participating arts sector developments
• Project management with proven experience of managing complex projects and programs with multiple stakeholders
• Budget management and financial planning and forecasting with ability to present to senior team
• Excellent IT skills including the ability to adapt to new software
• Previous experience of working in the performing arts / visual arts and venue administration with good knowledge of creative arts education sector
• Demonstrable leadership and people management skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to maintain good contacts and relationships working at all levels
• Experience of leading, developing and delivering successful creative learning strategies
• Ability to work collaboratively across a large organisation and contribute to strategic plan / objectives
• Willingness to work unsocial hours

Please note you will be required to complete an enhanced DBS application if successful for the role.

Application

In your cover letter

1. Please review the Job Description and the Person Specification.
2. Think about all the different types of roles you have had or work that you have done to support your application. (Essential)
3. For each of the essential criterion, provide evidence/an example of what you have done that demonstrates that you have the experience, skills or knowledge we are looking for. (Essential)
4. Remember to tell us why you want to work for Warwick Arts Centre. So, do your research. Look at our website https://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk to make sure that you understand the range, scope and scale of our work. Explore our context. Our role in the city of Coventry is very important to us so make sure you understand the demographics and have a view on what that means or should mean for us and our work with audiences. (Essential)
5. Ask a friend/colleague to review your application and to check that you have provided examples and told the best story of your career to date and your ambitions in this role and the future. (Optional)

To find out more or to arrange an informal conversation about the role, please contact: olivia.brook1@warwick.ac.uk

Closing date 29th April

Interviews to be held Thursday 8th May