Community Post Type: Jobs

FACT are looking for a Development Officer to help research, cultivate and manage funding for projects and activities across FACT Liverpool’s artistic programme, including exhibitions, commissions, learning projects, talent development activities and other strategic priorities.

The Shakespeare North Playhouse are looking for a Company Stage Manager for A Midsummer Nights Dream.

A Midsummer Nights Dream runs from 22 September – 22 October 2022.

If interested, send your CV to technical@shakespearenorthplayhouse.co.uk ASAP.

Are you a person who makes things happen? Do you have experience in running projects or a background of event planning and delivery? Are you looking to develop your career? You could you be our Assistant Producer.

Shakespeare North Playhouse is a unique new arts venue, which opened in July, 2022. It will present a vibrant contemporary cultural and learning programme featuring home co-produced and visiting performances, as well as comedy, music, community work, hire and events and a range of education and training activities.  

The Assistant Producer will provide administrative support to the  Senior Producer, and the wider Culture and Learning Team.  

This is an entry level role that will work with the Senior Producer and the Culture and Learning team in the effective planning and delivery of the creative programme at Shakespeare North Playhouse. The successful candidate will be supported to consider career progression beyond the 12 month contract. 

In order to ensure that our workforce reflects the diversity of contemporary England, we commit to interviewing all applicants who have faced barriers to employment in the arts sector due to mental health issues, physical health/disability, sensory impairment, learning disabilities, neurodivergence, working-class backgrounds, and those from the LGBTQIA+, and Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities or traveler communities .  

We are committed to making our work as accessible as possible and welcome suggestions on how we can practically support access to this role. 

Download the Job Description and apply via https://shakespearenorthplayhouse.co.uk/job/assistant-producer-productions-programming/

Are you a person who makes things happen? Do you have experience in project management or a background of event planning and management? Are you interested in school and community projects? You could you be our next Assistant Producer for Learning and Engagement.

The Shakespeare North Playhouse is a unique new arts venue, which opened in July 2022. It presents a vibrant contemporary cultural and learning programme, featuring home co-produced and visiting performances, as well as comedy, music, community work, hire and events and a range of education and training activities.  

The Assistant Producer for Learning and Engagement will provide administrative support to the Head of Engagement, and the wider Learning and Engagement Team. This is a career development role and an opportunity for the successful candidate to learn more about the arts education sector, gain valuable practical experience in the planning and delivery of arts and cultural events and make connections with other likeminded organisations and individuals.  

They will work with the Head of Engagement and Learning team in the effective planning and delivery of the engagement and learning programme at Shakespeare North Playhouse, and will be encouraged to consider their career progression beyond this 12 month contract.  

Download the Job Description and apply via https://shakespearenorthplayhouse.co.uk/job/assistant-producer-learning-engagement/

At Manchester Collective they create intimate and intense human experiences.

They passionately believe in the power of music to make an impact: to move and excite us. We seek to create innovative musical work which reaches a diverse audience – from classical music afficionados to experimental music lovers. Their audiences love discovering new music and leave the room buzzing after taking a leap into the unknown.

This is where you come in. They are looking for someone with creative flair to help us communicate what they are about, and to find the people their work will resonate with.

The job will involve devising and delivering impactful marketing and communication campaigns, built on storytelling and human connection. It really is a varied role – one moment you may be in the rehearsal room creating a behind-the-scenes video reel, the next you are building creative advertising campaigns to reach people who’ve never heard of their work before.

This role is perfect for someone with excellent digital and communication skills, who enjoys working creatively and collaboratively. You will be excited about the kind of organisation Manchester Collective is and has the potential to become. You will be unafraid to break with convention and try out new things – in their world, common practice is rarely best practice.

If this sounds like the role for you or you would like to find out more, download a job pack from https://manchestercollective.co.uk/jobs and apply no later than Thursday 25 August 2022.

The team are excited to be recruiting a fixed term post for a Project Officer, to deliver the public engagement element of a University of Manchester-led research project.

The project that this post will deliver will test how heritage organisations can become important sites for developing public healthcare knowledge in partnership with their visitors, by placing historic healthcare practices at the centre of its public and learning programmes.

This role is managed by the University of Manchester but based largely at Ordsall Hall alongside the site team. It will support the public engagement work of the new research project Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World, funded by the Wellcome Trust.

The Project Officer will be responsible for the effective development, management and delivery of high-quality public engagement and research impact activity. They will bring their rich experience of learning in museums and historic venues to take an active role in developing and strengthening a public programme to support learners of all ages and backgrounds to engage with the project’s research outcomes.

The project is particularly committed to working with young people by offering hands-on outdoor learning opportunities that will complement the PSHE (Personal, Social, and Health Education) objectives now mandatory in primary and secondary schools, emphasising the importance of, and connections between ‘sufficient sleep’ and ‘time spent outdoors’ for the maintenance of physical and mental health.

The post is part time 0.4 FTE, 14 hours per week

For more information and how to apply, visit: The University of Manchester | Jobs | Search here for your perfect career

Manchester Jazz Festival is delighted to invite tenders for this exciting freelance role, which is central to the success of the next annual Manchester Jazz Festival, which will take place May 19 – 28 2023.

The C&BS will be a creative marketeer, with demonstrable experience in designing thoughtful communications strategies and secure knowledge of channel and content planning. They will have a strong track record liaising with arts press, plus experience setting up ticketing systems and ensuring sales targets are met.

The C&BS role is a chance for someone to be part of the mjf team, to revitalise and refresh the mjf image with dynamic festival-specific branding, and to deliver and enhance our audience development plans.

The C&BS will take ownership of how audiences perceive the festival, where they find out about it and then ensure they take that crucial step towards buying a ticket and attending.

TERMS: Self Employed; monthly working days TBA, subject to seasonal fluctuation according to mjf’s output

FIXED FEE: £16,000

DATES: 3rd October 2022 – 30th June 2023

Read the Job Brief and how to apply here.

Closing date: 31 August

Manchester Art Gallery is looking for a skilled, practical and dynamic person to be part of our technical team.

They’re looking for a friendly and collaborative team player with proven experience in packing, moving, installing and de-installing museum collections. You will enjoy solving technical problems and have an awareness of the latest materials for exhibition, display, loan out and storage of art.

You’ll have an appropriate craft qualification or equivalent experience, with excellent manual dexterity and attention to detail. You’ll enjoy learning new things every day, thinking about risks, sharing knowledge, and working in a fast-paced environment with a team of passionate people. Effective communication is essential to this role, as are attention to detail, excellent planning, time management and documentation skills.

Their key priority for the next five years is to deliver a capital programme across all three of their sites to re-think, re-organise and re-home their collections alongside the civic role of the gallery in relation to migration, climate emergency, work, identity politics and health and wellbeing.

You will bring your technical skills and creativity and provide support to a team carrying out high quality installations, collections moves and storage improvements.

Role Profile here

To apply, contact: hannah.tolmie@manchester.gov.uk

Applications close 9 August.

Manchester Jazz Festival is delighted to invite tenders for this exciting freelance role, which is central to the success of the next annual Manchester Jazz Festival (which will take place May 19 – 28 2023), and which will generate year-round strategic outputs for mjf’s talent development and audience engagement strands.

The DCCM&D will be a creative individual, with experience in creating high quality digital content and assets, including short films, photography and any other fun digital content, created inhouse. They will have experience creating fair and complete digital content, with skills in Canva, Adobe, editing software, Illustrator and/or the equivalent.

They will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of social media platforms and how to shape an online brand presence for the creative industries. The DCCM&D will have experience maintaining and updating a website through WordPress, ensuring that brand guidelines are clearly and consistently adhered to.

They are looking for an individual to revitalise and refresh all mjf digital outputs to deliver and enhance our audience development plans. The DCCM&D will be an individual who is confident in both creating and distributing online digital content strategically and in response to the data we hold about online engagement.

During the festival period, they will work closely with the Communications and Branding Specialist to co-create an online strategy to boost sales and share key press angles to our audiences.

TERMS: Self Employed; monthly working days TBA, subject to seasonal fluctuation according to mjf’s output

FIXED FEE: £12,000

DATES: 3rd October 2022 – 1st September 2023

Read the Job Brief and how to apply here.

Closing date: 31 August

Jamie Wilson Productions Ltd is looking for an experienced Head of Lighting for the UK premiere of Mrs Doubtfire the Musical at Manchester Opera House.

Should be experienced in managing a team and coordinating with design team, freelance production staff, venue staff and suppliers.

Basic programming skills and moving light maintenance are useful attributes for the position.

The project runs from 22 August to 2 October at Manchester Opera House

Salary IRO £850 per week plus touring allowance and travel

Please apply with CV to giles@jamiewilsonproductions.com