Community Post Type: Jobs

We are looking for a producer with a background in festivals, live events or the arts, and a strong track record in developing new work through partnership with civic or private clients and collaborations with artists and communities.

An exceptional communicator, you’ll have an eye for opportunity, and an entrepreneurial flair. You will support and work alongside a wide range of people in a fast-moving environment committed to making contemporary outdoor arts and events in public space, site-responsive performance and installations, and participatory arts activities.

Our work includes civic and cultural celebrations of varying scales, festivals, site-specific and touring performances and installations, parades and processions, signature events for cities – such as the opening for European Capitals of Culture; fire and fireworks shows; training schools, workshops and other learning programmes; and work with children and young people.

The successful candidate will be comfortable switching between programmes of work as wide ranging as this and applying their skills across the company’s full portfolio.

See the recruitment page here

Please submit your CV and a covering letter (up to three pages of A4) outlining your suitability for the role by: 12pm midday on Monday 13th November 2023 to: recruitment@walktheplank.co.uk

As an alternative to a covering letter, you can send us a Vimeo link to a 3-minute video (e.g., recording to a smartphone camera), telling us why you are applying for this position and why you are suitable for the role.

Alongside this, please fill out and submit the Equal Opportunities Form, which is downloadable from our website.

Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma star in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, directed by Simon Godwin with set and costume design by Frankie Bradshaw.

This brand-new production of one of Shakespeare’s most iconic plays will be staged like never before in custom built theatre spaces unique to this production in Liverpool, Edinburgh, London and Washington DC.

Role

• Overseeing day to day operations of the venue/site, attending to issues and situations as they arise.
• Maintenance and upkeep of the venue including power, water and internet supplies.
• Maintaining high standards of both employee and public safety whilst complying with licensing requirements.
• Representing Underbelly to clients (both public and performance related) as well council officers, blue light agencies and other visitors.

To apply and for more details, see here

Closing date: 6 November

£26,728 per annum, plus staff benefits

40 hours per week

The Lowry is a visual and performing arts venue situated at the heart of MediaCityUK, one of the world’s most exciting culture and media destinations. Within our building we have a number of flexible event spaces, where we host a range of special events.

We are looking for an Event Delivery Manager to join our dynamic Hospitality Department, who will be responsible for setting up and delivering events, whilst providing the highest quality of service. No two days are ever the same, and you will work across all Hospitality areas of the business on events such as weddings, seminars, Christmas parties and graduations.

You will have excellent communication, customer care, and people management skills. This role is fast paced and varied so you’ll need to be able to think on your feet, and adapt to changing situations. You will thrive under pressure, stay calm in a crisis and love knowing you’ve been an integral part of the success of an event and delivering a premium service to our clients. You will have knowledge and expertise in delivering events from both a catering point of view and client liaison perspective.

You will be working with one of the best teams in the business and with some high profile clients. This really is one of those roles where we can genuinely say that no two days are the same!

Sounds interesting? Well, the role also has a number of staff benefits including:

• Complimentary and discounted theatre and live event tickets
• Free car parking at MediaCityUK just a few minutes’ walk from The Lowry building
• Generous annual leave entitlement – including your birthday off!
• Discounts at the bars, restaurant and gift shop located within The Lowry building

Please note that MediaCityUK is a well-connected destination with a variety of different transport options – bus, car, tram and bike.

To apply and for more details, see here

The application deadline for this vacancy is Wednesday 11 October 2023 at 12pm.

What does the next 20 years of LGBTQIA+ art and activism look like? As Homotopia celebrates our 20th year as an organisation, this is an exciting time to join and lead us into the next chapter.

The role of Director is a dynamic leadership position, perfect for an arts professional experienced in producing, development and management to take on the organisation’s artistic and strategic development.

Building on Homotopia’s foundations, the Director will identify new opportunities for growth, implementing our three-year National Portfolio Organisation agreement with Arts Council England and overseeing the organisation as we become a registered charity. This is a unique opportunity for an individual to creatively develop and strengthen our vision, mission, values and behaviours throughout the next few years.

Download Director of Homotopia Job Pack to read full description and how to apply.

Please provide a written statement, no more than 2 pages, which should outline why you would like to work with Homotopia and how you meet the criteria set out in the person specification.

In addition to your supporting statement, please attach:

• An up-to-date CV or a 3 minute video or audio file telling us the content of your CV
• A completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
• Contact details for 2 referees (an offer of employment will not be confirmed
without 2 satisfactory references. We will not make direct contact with them without seeking your permission first)

Submit completed applications to:

Andrew Bullock, Interim Director via recruitment@homotopia.net

Are you an experienced live music sector professional? Are you passionate about sharing your knowledge with young people? Do you want to help develop the next generation of live sector professionals? Do you want to be a part of an exciting new flagship music collaboration?

We are delighted to offer a unique opportunity to lead our successful Sound Check programme, the result of a partnership between Future Yard CIC and The Learning Foundry. Sound Check provides young people with the opportunity to gain the skills and experience needed to pursue a career in the live music industry.

We are looking to recruit a Sound Check Programme Lead Tutor – in partnership with The Learning Foundry – to lead on the delivery of our Sound Check programme, as part of the expanding skills and training offer at Future Yard.

As Programme Tutor, you will deliver engaging and inspiring training and employment programmes to support young people to achieve their goals and introduce them to the skills they need to pursue a career in the live music industry.

You will support learners to gain hands-on skills at live events, which will lead to opportunities for them to progress into employment, apprenticeships, and/or Further Education.

Based between Future Yard on Argyle Street in Birkenhead and The Learning Foundry, Sound Check supports young people from all backgrounds to build their skills and knowledge in a real industry setting. The programme is open to those aged 16+ living in the Liverpool City Region. The programme is free for young people to access and designed as an alternative pathway into music industry careers, specifically targeted for those too often excluded from the sector.

We are looking for experienced live music industry professionals with equally good communication skills who aim to inspire and enthuse young people with a love of music and support them to build the skills for a future career in the live music industry.

Successful candidates will have at least five years’ experience in one of the following two areas of the live music industry:

Technical Production

You will have worked professionally as a live sound engineer at a live music venue, theatre or across festivals and touring events. You will have an understanding of live show lighting and AV systems. You will have experience of delivering and leading the technical production in small, touring live music venues.

Event Management

You will have worked professionally in a hands on, live music event delivery role. This may be across event management, artist liaison, tour management, promotion, booking, production management or similar. You will have experience of successfully delivering live shows in small, touring live music venues.

Candidates with experience across both areas are encouraged to apply, but we expect applicants may indeed specialise in one area.

You may also have some teaching experience (though this isn’t essential as full training will be provided) and you will demonstrate a desire to learn and develop professionally. The ability to work on your own initiative, but also as part of a team to deliver collective success, is essential.

If you are an experienced live music industry professional who can demonstrate a passion to work with young people, are positive, creative and professional, we want to hear from you.

*TO APPLY, HEAD TO FUTUREYARD.ORG WHERE YOU CAN ALSO FIND THE FULL JOB SPEC*

https://futureyard.org/jobs-sound-check-lead-tutor/

The team are looking for a willing administrator who will be able to help keep the wheels turning in the fast-paced-whirlwind that is the Music Department at Chetham’s School of Music. Supporting their Heads of Instrumental Departments and Music Manager, you will be approachable in nature and an efficient administrator.

The Job

• A permanent role, 28 hours per week, 4 days per week, Monday to Friday, 8.30am – 4.30pm, term time (36 weeks) + 8 days.
• To provide comprehensive administrative support for the Heads of Instrumental Departments and Music Manager; to provide general support for the Music Department as a whole and to act as a central point of contact for fielding student/parental/general enquiries.
• The role is suitable for on site working at the school only.

In return

• Starting salary £23,278 per annum (FTE)
• Flexibility available in respect to working hours.
• Benefits including free catered lunches during term time, on site gym, complementary yoga & fitness classes and free tickets to concerts.

Closing date: 9am, Monday 9 October 2023
Interviews will take place: W/C 16 October 2023

Download: https://static.chethams.com/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Music-Department-Administrator-JD-PS-Sept-2023.pdf – Job Description & Person Specification.

Download: https://static.chethams.com/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/Application-Form-Blank-Fillable-Chethams-March-2023.pdf – Application Form.

Please ensure that you download and save the application form to your computer before completing the form, as completing within your browser may result in information not being saved.

For further information please contact Julie Scott on – juliescott@chethams.com

The Principal Lecturer will provide leadership in their specialist area and support the Course Leader to ensure that students are at the heart of our curriculum and teaching practices.

They will be the university representative for their discipline at one of our campus locations and provide specialist teaching and tuition to students in their subject area.

In addition, they will be responsible for ensuring high rates of student participation and engagement, maintaining educational quality and standards, successful student outcomes and equality of access and participation.

To apply and for full details, see here

Closing date: 4 October

The RNCM is recognised as one of the world’s most forward-thinking and dynamic conservatoires, educating musicians to the highest level in an environment that’s creatively stimulating and rich in opportunity.

With the support of a friendly community of loyal staff, our students are inspired to become the next generation of musicians, working hard to develop their talent and embrace new skills for exciting futures on and off stage.

The RNCM’s award-winning Library is looking to recruit to its small, dedicated team a part-time Library Assistant. The main duties for the successful applicant will be staffing the main service point, assisting users with enquiries and helping students with IT and other equipment. An excellent knowledge of classical music (preferably with a formal qualification), good communication, interpersonal and IT skills, as well as the ability to work under pressure, are essential requirements. Experience of working within a library or similar customer-service environment would be advantageous.

To apply and for full details, see here

Closing date: 11 October

The Strategic Lead will focus on delivering specific strands of our programme of work set out in our recently successful National Arts Lottery Project application.

There will be support from key Sub-Groups made up of the full partners in the network (these cover Communications and Marketing; Co-commissioning; CPD and talent development and environmental sustainability). The Strategic Lead will also work closely with our Communications and Marketing Freelancer and have dedicated administration support.

The Strategic Lead will support the network to help light art festivals in the north deliver higher quality programmes, create new strategic partnerships in HE, be a fulcrum for more ambitious touring commissions and increase the number and ability of more diverse northern artists creating outstanding work at a national and international level. The Strategic Lead will help LUTN to become a robust, resilient sector-led network and will lead on a strategic review for organisational development beyond 2025.

LUTN’s objectives over the next 2 years are as follows:

a) establish strategic partnerships with, amongst others, the International Light Festivals Organisation, the Graphene Institute (University of Manchester), Culture Creative, Higher and Further Education, Outdoor Arts, Without Walls that will have a positive effect on the creative and cultural sector.

b) develop co-commissioning opportunities of larger scale, ambitious, innovative works with longer lead-in times, in association with new relationship partners, and increased co-touring to festivals across the north, nationally and internationally.

c) generate multiple talent platforms and programmes for diverse artists including an Artist’s Directory, SHINE, Spark, R&D LightLab, Light Gatherings, and a Light Up The North Community.

Full job details are here

Please submit your CV with a short supporting statement (no longer than 2 pages) describing your suitability and interest in the role. Please outline how your skills and experience fit the Person Specification and Tasks.

Submit by email to admin@lightupthenorth.com
Deadline: 7 October 2023
Shortlisted applicants will be notified by 14 October
Interviews will be held on 16 and 17 October

As well as your application, please consider completing our Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form. This helps us to understand whether we are successfully reaching a diverse range of applicants. The monitoring form is entirely anonymous and not connected to your application.

Hours – zero hours
Salary – £10.67
Based – Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB
Contract – Fixed Term
Deadline – 9am, Monday 2nd October 2023

The Storybarn is a creative, interactive environment in which children can stretch their imaginations in the company of quality literature. With Shared Reading at the heart of all that we do, we believe that books offer children a way to understand the world in which they live and the worlds inside themselves. We’re coming into our busiest period of the year and we need Storyhunters on hand to deliver all aspects of our programming; to encourage children to engage as fully as possible with The Storybarn experience.

Training will be provided with space for creative adaptation of delivery for applicants to really make the role their own. This role could be for you if you:

– Passionately believe in the value of reading and can bring stories to life in an exciting and interactive way
– Are flexible, enthusiastic and positive
– Are incredibly outgoing and confident working with children and families
– Are compassionate and creative

Key Responsibilities

– Inspiring young people to love reading and to feel confident and relaxed in the company of books by being a lively, engaging and enthusiastic presence
– Creating an exciting, stimulating environment, to encourage children to make meaningful connections with books and stories. This may involve using props such as puppets, musical instruments and other items to stimulate creative play
– Leading delivery of a varied programme of sessions and events for babies, children and families across The Storybarn, The Mansion House and in Calderstones Park. This includes curriculum-based workshops for school groups of up to 35 children
– Bringing energy, warmth and enthusiasm as the host of Storybarn birthday parties
– Maintaining excellent customer service by providing a warm welcome and a safe, friendly and vibrant environment for all visitors. You’re the public face of The Reader and The Storybarn
– General housekeeping duties including opening/securing of premises, managing daily bookings list, ensuring resources are prepared, supplies topped up and that the barn is clean, tidy and well presented for delivery
– To support the development of content for our social media channels as advised by The Creative Coordinator.

Person Specification

– A genuine willingness to work as part of a lively team to help the Storybarn project evolve and develop in the most exciting and positive ways
– Able to adapt and change delivery in response to audience, unsupervised and self-motivated including the flexibility to work weekends on a rota basis
– Committed to providing excellent customer service
– Experience of working/volunteering with children
– Excellent at reading aloud
– Confident in dealing with the sometimes-challenging behaviours of children
– A flexible, playful and caring approach to working with children
– Self-motivated with the ability to work unsupervised
– Able to engage with parents, carers and teachers in a relaxed, open and non-judgemental manner
– Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
– Excellent timekeeping skills and the ability to remain calm under pressure
– Proficient in the use of MS office and willing to learn other IT systems and software as we look to further develop our virtual offer (E.g. Zoom)

Desirable:

– Personal knowledge of the need for Shared Reading
– A background in children’s books/ performing arts/music
– A current driving licence and access to a vehicle
– Excellent knowledge of children’s literature

If you’re inspired by our mission, are looking for a new challenge, and want to work for a forward-thinking organisation at an interesting time, we’d love to hear from you.

To apply and for more details, see here

Closing date: 2 October