Community Post Type: Jobs

The team are looking for a dynamic and creative individual to join them, to work closely as part of their fantastic team here at SICK! and help achieve their potential and grow our impact and reach.

They’re looking for someone who will bring their unique energy, along with their experience of communication strategy, social media, copywriting, and creative thinking, and is also passionate about, and interested in, the areas in which SICK! operates – arts, health, diversity, community development and international work.

While they are proud of their diversity achievements in their creative programmes, they want to further diversify their workforce to be representative of all sections of society.

They actively welcome candidates who are underrepresented in the arts including people who face discrimination as a result of racism, those who self-identify as LGBTQIA+, those from lower socio-economic backgrounds and those who self-identify as disabled.

They know that everyone has different commitments in their work/home lives and we are open to requests for varied work patterns.

Please go to the SICK! website for more details about the role and to download the job information pack – https://sickfestival.com/news/opportunity-communications-manager/

Closing date: 2 May

Walk the Plank seeks a brilliant Marketing Manager to shape and deliver its marketing and communication strategies in support of the company’s vision of enriching lives through shared creative experiences.

You’ll have solid marketing experience – not necessarily in the cultural sector – with strong organisational, planning and people management skills; and the ability to help win business by communicating with a variety of audiences, from clients and stakeholders in the public and private sectors to event participants and volunteers.

This role will be considered as full-time or part-time, and is flexible and rewarding, placing you in the heart of a dynamic and ambitious national and international arts organisation.

How to Apply

Please submit your CV and up to two pages of A4 outlining your suitability for the role and fill out the Equal Opportunities Form by 12pm midnight on Friday 19 May 2023 to: recruitment@walktheplank.co.uk

Your submission should set out your relevant experience. Alternative formats to written applications are accepted as a reasonable adjustment.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview on Thursday 25 May 2023 at Walk the Plank’s base at Cobden Works.

Contact email: Sarah@walktheplank.co.uk

DaDa are looking for an Operations & Finance Manager who will assist the organisation in fulfilling its financial, managerial, and legal obligations.

Someone with great attention to detail, who thrives in a collaborative working environment, and can demonstrate a commitment to inclusive practice.

Purpose of Role: To manage the day-to-day operations and financial activities of the organisation and ensure the smooth running of the organisations’s main financial, operations, and legal processes and procedures.

Part time 3 days per week (21 hours)

Key Responsibilities:

•          General day-to day management of all aspects of organisational finance;

•          Agreeing and regularly reviewing DaDa financial controls policies and procedures with Board and Senior Management Team (SMT);

•          Managing and monitoring agreed organisational and project budgets, including financial forecasting and regular updates to SMT and Board;

•          Contribute to the development and implementation of an income generation strategy for the organisation including support on specific fundraising applications.

•          Managing and monitoring of all the operational and processing systems used by DaDa in the course of its day-to-day business.

•          Ensuring all necessary insurances and licenses are in place and updated regularly

•          Maintain an oversight of all DaDa policies and procedures in order to ensure that DaDa remains legally compliant and acts in a manner that supports effective safeguarding, access, well-being, environmental and sustainability commitments and pledges

•          Ensuring effective communication with the Board of Trustees including organisation of, and support for, Trustee meetings and the distribution of required information, papers and notifications.

•          Managing HR systems to ensure legal compliance and that all employment and service contracts with staff, freelancers and artists are in place, reviewed and amended as necessary

•          Managing the collection and storage of all data relating to audience, participation and other activities required for reporting

•          Embedding of any wellbeing and access requirements within the workplace, including access to work and occupational health

Further information for applicants, a detailed job description, and  application forms can be found at https://www.dadafest.co.uk/get-involved/jobs/operations-finance-manager/how-to-apply/

For more info / an informal conversation about the role please contact: jobs@dadafest.co.uk

20 Stories High are looking for a Technical Stage Manager to work with them from the 4th September until 25th November on their upcoming tour, High Times and Dirty Monsters. As well as their research and development week on the 24th-28th April at the National Theatre Studio.

The Technical Stage Manager will work closely with the Production Manager to manage the technical
elements of the production.

Contract type: Freelance
Payment (see schedule and payments in the table below):
£550 per week plus holiday pay for Sept-November contract.
£600 for the research and development week (24th-28th April)
Travel, accommodation and daily allowances provided on tour where necessary.

Job Description

● Assisting with the get in and get out at each tour venue alongside the CSM
● Operating sound in the performance
● Live sound mixing
● Possibly set up and operation of AV
● Ensuring cast safety during rehearsals and on tour
● Ensuring the safe use and storage or set, props and technical equipment alongside the CSM
● Setting up the captioning machine where necessary on tour
● Liaising with the technical departments at each tour venue
● Creating the technical rider alongside the CSM
● Ensuring compliance with the show risk assessment
● Trouble shooting technical problems
● Contributing to the show evaluation
A full clean driving license and experience driving vans would be desirable.

Person Specification

Essential skills and experience

● A knowledge and/or interest in theatre
● Good leadership skills
● Good communication skills
● Experience using QLab
● Experience setting up and mixing live sound with a range of vocalists, eg singers, beatboxers.
● Experience touring theatre to venues
● An enthusiasm for working with culturally diverse, working class and Deaf, disabled and
neurodivergent audiences and communities
● Proven ability to plan workloads and effectively manage multiple tasks and priorities
Personal Qualities
● A good team player
● A problem solver
● A positive attitude
● Calm under pressure
● An organised individual
● Flexible and diplomatic
● An effective communicator

Access

20 Stories High are committed to meeting the access needs of everyone we work with. We will work
with the selected person to identify any access requirements they may have and address them in the
best way possible.

State of Mind

Over the past 4 years we have been developing our State of Mind programme which is about
Wellbeing in everything we do. This means prioritising the mental health and wellbeing of our
participants, audiences, staff team, freelancers and creatives in making an accessible, inclusive
space.

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Activism

It is important to us that the lived experience of our team accurately and fairly represents our
participants, audiences and communities we serve. We strongly believe in having a diverse team, and
we specifically welcome applications from candidates from the following groups, which we believe are
underrepresented in our workforce and in the wider cultural sector:

● People of African or Caribbean, South Asian, East or Southeast Asian, or mixed heritage, or
other people of the Global Majority*
● Deaf and/or disabled candidates
● Neuro-divergent candidates
● Candidates from working-class backgrounds
● LGBTQIA+ candidates
* This includes but is not exclusive to people of Middle Eastern, Arab, Latinx, Jewish, Romany and
Irish Traveller heritage.

Contact

If you are interested and available for the above dates, please get in contact with Natasha Patel
(Associate Producer) on natasha@20storieshigh.org.uk with your CV. We will be in touch with suitable
candidates to arrange an informal meeting.

Please do let them know if you would like to receive this information in a different format or have any
questions: natasha@20storieshigh.org.uk

The Head of Marketing & Communications will take the strategic lead on marketing and developing the audience engagement in order to maximise attendance and revenue.

They will also develop and communicate the emerging brand strategy, ensure awareness and amplification of their mission, impact and critical place in the cultural landscape.

How to Apply

Please complete the application form and EDI Monitoring Form available from their website https://www.theatrebythelake.com/about-us/work-with-us/ and return to jobs@theatrebythelake.com by 10am on Monday 3 April.

First Interviews will be on w/c 10 April.

 

This role is a part-time, fixed term role which will help sculpt, organise and deliver the Liverpool Biennial x British Council Biennial Connects programme.

They’ll be responsible for the first group visit to Liverpool Biennial 2023, working closely with Biennial and British Council colleagues to facilitate a fruitful and impactful programme, alongside delivering one edition of their digital research journal Stages, and laying the groundwork for a year-round digital programme and evaluation.

For the full job description, please download the Job Pack from their website.

To Apply

If you would like to be considered for the role, please send:

• An up-to-date CV or a 3-minute audio or video file telling them the content of your CV
• A supporting statement which addresses why you are interested in the role and how you meet each of the criteria listed within the person specification, giving examples (with hyperlinks to examples if you wish) from your experiences to date from both within and outside of work.
• Contact details for two referees
• Confirmation of whether or not you identify as disabled. As a Disability Confident employer, they will offer an interview to all disabled applicants who fully meet the essential criteria in the person specification

Completed applications should be submitted to applications@biennial.com by the closing date of Midnight on 16 April 2023. Upon receipt of your application, they will send you a link to their equality monitoring form for you to complete and submit online.

Contact name: Jade Mitchell, jade@biennial.com

Band on the Wall is looking for a Marketing and Communications Officer to join its team.

A key role at a busy music venue and concert promoter, the Marketing and Communications Officer will support the Chief Programming Officer, Promoter and Head of Venue Operations in the promotion of events at Band on the Wall, implementing the organisation’s marketing and communications plans and helping reach sales targets for the live music programme, live events and food and beverage offer.

Info / Apply Here: https://bandonthewall.org/2023/03/opportunity-marketing-and-communications-officer/

Closing date: 29 March

The purpose of the job is to work with the Touchstones Team to assist in the smooth running and administration of cultural and creative engagement activities.

This includes assisting the Team to facilitate creative engagement sessions and events with local communities and freelancers, supporting evaluation activities, undertaking relevant research and maintaining strong relationships with delivery partners to contribute to the development of our ambitious cultural programme.

Your Trust are committed to being an employer of choice and offer competitive salaries and a wide range of benefits, including access to:

• Best of Friends Events Membership
• Competitive Pay Rates
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Excellent Pension Scheme
• Free Gym Membership
• Learning and Development Opportunities
• Occupational Sick Pay

To apply and for more details, see here

Closing date: 23 April

Our Team is a huge part of what makes Bridgewater Gardens great. They are looking for a passionate, forward thinking and hard working person to join their Visitor Services team.

This is a key role operating at the core of the visitor services team and working with our garden, catering and events teams. This role presents a unique opportunity to be part of the development of a department. Have your say and bring great ideas to create great working practices.

In return, we offer a positive working environment with a great culture, complimentary tickets to gardens and flower shows, employee discounts, 24-hour employee assistance program and full training package with access to wider trying programs to suit your interests.

Recruitment will close once they have received the right applicant.

For more details and to apply, see here

Closing date: 30 April

The Producer will develop and nurture relationships with artists, particularly those based in the North West.

Optimising the Artistic Strategy within the Business Plan, and working with teams across Shakespeare North, this role is central in delivering a thriving artistic programme that includes a range of visiting companies, one off events and development opportunities.

This role is ideal for an individual who has a passion for the arts and a finger on the pulse of the creative sector in the North West and surrounding areas.

Working across a range of cultural events and theatre projects at Shakespeare North Playhouse the Project Producer will deliver an innovative programme that celebrates a range of voices, for our audiences in Knowsley and beyond.

The Project Producer will work closely with Shakespeare North Playhouse Learning and Engagement, Technical, Audience and Catering & Events teams to deliver the programme across all three spaces (the Cockpit Theatre, Sir Ken Dodd Performance Garden and The Studio).

This creative and administrative role is suitable for a producer with a background of programming, producing small to mid-scale theatre shows, one off events, negotiating and issuing contracts, and working in venues.

See here for full details and to apply.

Closing date: 21 April