OPPORTUNITY: Creative Futures Project Co-Ordinator – NOW CLOSED

Wolverhampton Arts Centre; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A community arts organization in Wolverhampton is seeking a project co-ordinator to plan and deliver a weekly visual arts workshop programme for young people aged 12-16, running from autumn 2024 to summer 2025. Candidates should have relevant experience in project management and working with youth, along with skills in facilitating creative workshops. The position offers a unique opportunity to inspire and develop young artists in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Relevant professional experience in project management.
• Experience working with young people.
• Ability to plan and deliver engaging workshops.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver a visual arts workshop programme for 12-16 year olds.
• Create and maintain a safe and constructive environment for participants.
• Inspire creativity and skill development in young artists.

Skills

Project management

Work with young people

Creative workshop facilitation

Job description

Overview

Newhampton Arts Centre is looking for a project co-ordinator to plan and deliver a weekly Saturday visual arts workshop programme for 12-16’s in Wolverhampton from autumn 2024 – summer 2025.

Newhampton Arts Centre has been awarded funding by The Eveson Trust and Trusthouse Foundation to develop a weekly visual arts programme for 12-16 year olds in Wolverhampton. The aims of the programme are:

• To inspire young people’s creative work and develop their skills, confidence and knowledge in visual arts practice in its widest sense.
• To create a safe, social and constructive environment that young people feel at home in.

Newhampton Arts Centre is Wolverhampton’s busy community arts centre, situated a stone’s throw from the Molineux just outside the city centre. It programmes approximately 100 live events in the theatre annually, has a programme of weekly courses and classes, and also a developing participatory and outreach programme including Holiday Activities Fund events; the #LOVETHEREANS Festival; and during 2024 the Wolverhampton Urban Rooms. NAC is a National Portfolio Organisation of Arts Council England.

To Apply

To apply please respond to this tender with a written response that should include:

• Relevant professional or equivalent experience, particularly project management and work with young people.
• A description of a sample Saturday session that you or an artist would deliver for a group of 12-16 year olds, including what the content would be and what the young people would have learnt by the end of the session.

Please send your response to [e-mail] no later than 12:00 noon on Monday 7 October. Interviews will be on Friday 11 October at NAC so please ensure you are available on this date when you respond.

To find out more and how to apply, please download the information pack by clicking the button below:

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