Play & Learn Facilitator

DisabilityArtsOnline Limited; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

DisabilityArtsOnline Limited in Nottingham invites applications for a role focused on family engagement within our arts programmes. You will work collaboratively to co-develop accessible, inclusive, and welcoming family sessions, ensuring safe environments.

You will research exhibitions as points of connection, support activity development, and help create welcoming spaces for diverse participants. We welcome applicants from underrepresented backgrounds and can discuss accessibility needs and

Qualifications

• An enthusiasm for the arts, and an interest in contemporary art
• An ability to work in an engagement role with children and families
• A commitment and awareness of the needs of participants who have a wide range of identities and experiences
• An ability to assist and play activity with others in a spirit of co-learning and mutual support

Responsibilities

• Collaborating and co-developing sessions for families, ensuring they are accessible, inclusive, welcoming, safe environments
• Overseeing and facilitating play and learn family sessions
• Researching our exhibitions and programmes as points of connection and exchange to support activity and session development

Skills

Arts engagement

Engagement with families

Inclusive practices

Collaboration

Job description

Your main accountabilities will include:

• Collaborating and co-developing sessions for families, ensuring they are accessible, inclusive, welcoming, safe environments;
• Overseeing and facilitating play and learn family sessions
• Researching our exhibitions and programmes as points of connection and exchange to support activity and session development

The Person

The successful candidate will be open and collaborative, brave, accountable and resourceful as well as be hopeful and inspirational. You will also have experience and knowledge of:

• An enthusiasm for the arts, and an interest in contemporary art
• An ability to work in an engagement role with children and families
• A commitment and awareness of the needs of participants who have a wide range of identities and experiences
• An ability to assist and play activity with others in a spirit of co-learning and mutual support

We actively encourage applications from people whose perspectives and experiences are currently under-represented on our team; people who identify as disabled, people from ethnically diverse cultural backgrounds and people from working class / lower socio-economic backgrounds.

We are a Disability Confident employer. We aim to offer interviews to candidates with a disability or long-term condition who fully meet the criteria for the role.

We are happy to discuss accessibility requirements, both as part of the recruitment process and in relation to the role at any time and welcome video or audio application statements (of up to 5 minutes) if you are unable to complete our application form. Information about our access statement and facilities can be found here.