Jewellery Tutors – The Fox Studios, closes 30 Nov

The Fox Studios are looking for talented Jewellers who can teach a range of workshops.

Whether your passion is spinner rings or wire wrapping, enamelling or mixed media, they’d love to hear from you. You don’t need to be qualified tutor, just passionate about jewellery making, know your subject matter inside out and available to teach weekend workshops to a high standard.

You can find further details at www.thefoxstudios.co.uk/job-vacancies

Casual Event Coordinator -The Lowry, closes 2 Nov

The Lowry is an internationally acclaimed visual and performing arts centre situated at the heart of MediaCityUK, one of the world’s most exciting culture and media destinations.

​Quays Culture is a cultural programme generated through a consortium of partners who are leading the way in the fields of digital media, broadcasting, education, business, sport, arts, culture and heritage.

The aim of the programme is to enrich the location of The Quays, making it a visitor destination through a programme of arts and cultural events. Partners include BBC North, The Lowry, IWMN, Salford University, Peel/MediaCityUK, Salford City Council, Trafford Borough Council, Manchester United and Lancashire County Cricket Club- (www.quaysculture.com).

​They are looking for Casual Event Coordinators to work on a winter artwork installation; Lightwaves 2022, running from 1-10 December 2022. As a Casual Event Coordinator you will supervise, support and enhance the public experience, operational delivery, and effectiveness of the winter artwork installation of the Quays Culture programme.

​The role will require you to act as an ambassador for Quays Culture. You will be required to communicate well with the general public, handle queries and provide information and customer service in a welcoming manner, supervise the event and ensure the safety of the public.

​The successful candidate will have previous event coordination experience, good communication skills, experience of providing customer service of a positive and welcoming nature and a positive and adaptable approach to problem solving.

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Finance Manager – Halle Concerts Society, closes 23 Nov

The Hallé is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and experienced Finance Manager to support the Finance Director in providing a high quality financial function for the Hallé, enabling sound and sustainable decision making for the Hallé to achieve its strategic goals.

The Finance Manager – Financial Accounts is responsible to the Finance Director for managing the day-to-day financial operations and reporting requirements of the Hallé. This role has a particular focus on ensuring that the accounting processes, controls and records are managed efficiently and in accordance with statutory requirements and best practice.

The role also includes the primary supervisory responsibility for the Finance Assistant. This role works closely within a team of 4 people, liaising closely with the Finance Manager – Management Accounts to ensure the smooth running of the financial function and the provision of a high quality service and management information for the organisation to support the Hallé’s objectives and strategic plans.

For further details, including a recruitment pack and application form, please visit their website at www.halle.co.uk/careers

Events Assistants, Wonder Arts, closes 18 Nov

Wonder Arts are recruiting for Events Assistants.

At Wonder Arts we believe that magical artistic experiences have the power to change people’s lives.  Our vision is to bring artistic experiences to children, young people and families, who rarely have the opportunity to engage with the arts, to create profound and positive life changing impacts.

We are looking for events assistants to help deliver our events in non-traditional spaces in the public realm. We provide high quality, positive artistic experiences that are different to the norm, creating happiness, enjoyment and transformative life changing impacts for children, young people and families who would not normally engage with traditional arts venues.

If this sounds like the type of work that you would like to be involved in then we would love to hear from you!

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Deadline for Applications: Friday 18th November 2022, Interviews will be held in person, week commencing 28th November 2022.

Senior Venue Technician – Chetham’s School of Music, closes 1 Dec

The Stoller Hall is looking for a Senior Venue Technicians to join the busy Technical team.

The Senior Venue Technicians will work closely with the Technical Manager to ensure the effective delivery of all performances, events and conferences at The Stoller Hall and their other performance spaces across the site, including pop-up events in the Courtyard and Atrium.

They will manage the stage, technical and operational aspects of the concerts and events and deputise for the Technical Manager, acting as lead contact for visiting artists and clients on the day as required.

They will prepare, rig and operate sound, lighting, audio-visual, projection and staging equipment as required, liaising with visiting artists, promoters and clients as well as members of staff.

To apply, please complete the application form on their website: https://stollerhall.com/about/work-with-us/jobs/

Trustee at The Whitaker – The Whitaker, closes 14 Nov

The Whitaker Board is seeking four new people to join the Board of The Whitaker.

The Whitaker Board is keen to seek Trustees who will support a greater diversity of life experiences and viewpoints, care about community, and help develop The Whitaker, by adding specific skills and competencies.

The Whitaker Board is seeking to appoint two Trustees based on their experience and skills within one or more of the following:

  • Arts and culture services and organisations; and
  • Heritage and museums.

For further details, please visit: https://rltrust.co.uk/our-story/careers/

Engagement and Events Coordinator – Working Class Movement Library, closes 8 Nov

Are you interested in making one of the world’s best collections relating to working class movements available to as wide an audience as possible?

Do you have a passion for communicating with people about working class history? The Working Class Movement Library in Salford is looking for a creative and enthusiastic Engagement and Events Coodinator to help them deliver their Education and Outreach Plan to engage communities across Salford, Greater Manchester and beyond.

The Working Class Movement Library tells the story of working class activism, protest and campaigning through its extensive archive and library collection. The collection explores how working people have and continue to work collectively to make change.

The library is built on the personal collection of activists Ruth and Edmund Frow and has had its home at Jubilee House in Salford since 1987. It was founded with the aim of encouraging people to learn from working class movements and labour history and for their collection to be available to everyone.

For full details please download the Job Advert and Person Specification from their website WCML | Vacancies | Who we are and what we do

Family Engagement Lead – Octagon Theatre, Bolton, closes 9 Nov

The Family Engagement Lead is an exciting new role that will grow our offer for children and young people and their families, with the aim particularly of helping families who wouldn’t normally engage with Bolton’s Octagon to take part in cultural activities.

You will be working with families to co-design meaningful activity that they have a real stake in. Alongside our Head of Creative Engagement, you will develop a new strategy for working with families in partnership with schools, community partners and families themselves. As the post and project are brand new, this is an exciting opportunity to shape the direction of their family work.

You will be confident in working with families from a range of social backgrounds, with a collaborative approach to your work and a passion for developing projects with communities. You will be able to forge and maintain positive relationships with partners.

You will have excellent project management skills, be confident managing budgets and have a good eye for detail and for artistic and creative merit. You will have a strong understanding of what makes a quality cultural experience for families.

You will also be confident in shaping and driving this new project whilst delivering against clear outcomes. You will share our commitment to excellence, diversity and inclusion in the arts.

To apply, contact: Imogen Woolrich recruitment@octagonbolton.co.uk

Storybarn Creative Coordinator – The Reader, closes 2 Nov

The Storybarn is a creative, interactive environment in which children can feel thoroughly alive and creative 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. The Reader exists to provide book routes into this inner space and to develop shared understandings of both it, and the outer world.

The Storybarn Coordinator (Creative and Training) will guide and inspire the Storybarn delivery team, take responsibility for consistent quality of delivery, and ensure excellent customer experiences.

The successful candidate will have;

  • The ability to take the lead of a creative team including contributing ideas and practical suggestions for formalising new session plans, whether virtual or physical.
  • An awareness of and active commitment to upholding our safeguarding policies and Procedures
  • Experience in devising, developing, and scheduling creative content on social media platforms.
  • The ability to provide engaging and informative contributions to magazine articles that will promote the work of the Storybarn. Experience in delivering reading, play, and activities to children in a Storybarn or similar environment and able to teach and guide others to deliver to a high standard.

To view a full job description please visit https://www.thereader.org.uk/job/storybarn-creative-coordinator/. All completed application forms should be sent to laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk

Assistant Facilitator – Shakespeare in Italy, closes 28 Oct

Shakespeare in Italy – Resilience Project

Shakespeare in Italy is looking for a female (or female-identifying) assistant facilitator with experience of working with communities and vulnerable people to support our Ebbing and Flowing project at the Venus Project in Bootle.

The project will run at Venus Charity in Bootle in November/December 2022, every Tuesday from 12.30 to 2.30pm. They are inviting all selected candidates on 1st November for an informal chat with the main facilitator and our company director Mary Chater. Starting date will be 8th November, and it will run for about 5/6 sessions with a final sharing in early December 2022. The pay for each session is £45 plus transport coverage.

For the nature of the work and funding, candidates must be Merseyside based and have an up to date DBS or enhanced DBS check.

To register your interest, please send a CV and cover letter stating your experience and interest in the project to idacasilli23@gmail.com by 28th October 2022 at 7pm.