Would you like to lead the collaborative design of the Portico’s activity plan for its £7m Reunited project?
Are you passionate about breaking down barriers to accessing heritage as well as the opportunities and challenges of contextualising offensive collections? This role, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, offers an opportunity to work with local communities, partners, staff, members, and critical friends to develop the Library’s future activity programme.
As Activity Planner for the Portico, you will be working closely with staff, numerous project consultants including the Design Team, Evaluator, Business Planner, Interpretation Designer and Lead Fundraiser. Your role is to author a compelling Activity Plan to take the Portico Library through the three-year delivery phase, including a period of closure for the capital works, where you will be running engagement and activities for targeted audiences. This plan should also map out the long term vision for public programming at the Portico once we re-open in 2028.
This piece of work will build on consultation with partners and community groups, with whom some established relationships are already in place but others need to be built up. Staff at the Portico – led by the Creative Producer – will support your work in this area, particularly on site at the Portico in scoping out activities and themes for interpretation.
In addition to the fee for your work, there is budget allocated to consultation on the legacies of enslavement, developing new displays and trialling different activities. You will play a part in allocating this budget with the guidance of the Creative Producer, Librarian and Project Management Team (budget details are in the outline Activity Plan). You will bring together skills and knowledge in audience development, community engagement, heritage interpretation and a love for working with people.
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Closing date: 12 August