Community Post Type: Jobs

Are you looking for an opportunity to join a great team of workers in a busy and fun place. Work face-to-face with Liverpool Royal Court’s lovely audience and customers.

Send your CV in now. Please send CVs to HR@liverpoolsroyalcourt.com

The purpose of this role is to lead and manage a national, remote team to deliver Shared Reading sessions within a large number (currently 35) criminal justice and high security environments across England.

The wide geographical spread of the justice settings and the delivery team involves substantial travel as part of this role. This contributes to the criminal justice re-commissioning process, ensuring their work continues in this sector and benefits those that need it most.

This role is responsible for the day to day operational management and delivery of an HMPPS contract which sees them deliver the enrichment programme for a nationwide body of Psychologically Informed Planned Environments (PIPEs) as part of the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Pathway. See supplementary information within their recruitment pack for more details.

How to apply

1. Take a look at their candidate recruitment pack to find out more about The Reader and what it’s like to work with them and to see a full job description for details about what responsibilities, skills and experience are required.
2. Complete your application form and personal details form and send it to us before the closing date.

(vacancy reference code: MA_310724)

Closing date: 31 July

PHM generates income through many channels including retail, venue hire, catering contracts and commissions. Since the impact of COVID-19, they have worked hard to rebuild these commercial income streams as a key source of self-generated income for the museum.

Within the current climate, self-generated income is more important than ever, and are now embarking on a new project to grow commercial work further. This two-year project is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and will focus on the future resilience of the museum. They aim to evolve their approach to grow and develop our existing commercial income streams and explore what their future model should look like.

This is a dynamic role which will lead on refining commercial strategy. The immediate focus will be to deliver their commercial plan, working with our skilled team to develop, market and grow existing income streams. This role will have responsibility towards meeting ambitious targets and reporting to their Trading Company Board. Over time, the role will shift to have an eye on the future, testing new ideas to increase the level of self-generated income.

They are seeking a strong project manager with commercial experience and excellent relationship management skills. Experience within the events and hospitality sector is essential. This will be a fast-paced role, where no two days are the same.

To apply, see here

Closing date: 31 July

The role of assistant director is a key member of the creative team, supporting the Director (Daniel Lloyd) in the room, this hand-on experience is full time from day one of rehearsals until the press performance, so you’ll get to experience the whole theatre making process on a production of scale.

Please note this is a freelance, fixed-term position, and is open to people born, raised, or living in Wales.

Important dates

Rehearsals begin: Mon 21 October 2024 in Mold, North Wales

Tech: w/c 18 Nov 2024

First Preview: Sat 23 Nov 2024

Guest Night: Thu 28 Nov 2024

Final Show: Sun 19 Jan 2025

The fee is £3,800 for the whole project, plus subs if the applicant is based more than 25 miles from Theatr Clwyd. The Assistant Director must commit to be fully available from the first day of rehearsals until and including the Guest Night performance on Thu 28 Nov 2024. This post is a fully in-person position.

To apply, see here

Closing date: 2 August

This post is situated in the Producing department and plays a vital role in the delivery of their Den Festivals as part of their LOCAL EXCHANGE work in communities in Greater Manchester.

They are looking for a someone who is organised, pro-active, has great communication skills and who wants to make a difference to people’s lives through engagement with theatre and the arts. The post will lead on the delivery of two festivals in Stalybridge (May 2025) and Leigh (August 2025).

To apply and for more details, see here

Closing date: 5 August

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.

To apply, see here

Closing date: 12 August

While an essential area of experience will be acoustic instrumental and vocal composition, additional and complementary areas of expertise might include electronic music, experimental music, and/or composition for theatre, dance, screen, and video game.

The appointee will be expected to deliver one-to-one composition lessons at undergraduate and postgraduate level, potentially some small group teaching, and may be called on to contribute to auditions, examination, and seminars as required.

The post is initially for approximately 6-8 hours a week during term time.

Informal enquiries should be directed to Dr Larry Goves: Larry.Goves@rncm.ac.uk.

For full details regarding this role please view the candidate pack, which can be found in the downloads section.

You can apply for this role via the Application Form at the link here: https://www.rncm.ac.uk/jobs/professor-of-composition/

All of the fields are required unless stated.

Once you have submitted your application you will receive an automated email from ‘RNCM Website’ confirming your Application Form submission for this role.

Please note that applications received after the deadline will not be submitted to the panel.

If you have any queries please contact our Human Resources department via email at Recruitment@rncm.ac.uk

As a Supervisor in Cass Art’s Manchester Store you will be working as part of the wider store management team assisting in operational excellence and sales growth.

This role is also responsible for the day to day running of the shop floor (sometimes unsupervised), together with supporting the Store Manager and Assistant Manager in direct line management responsibility for all Retail Sales Assistants and Key Holders.

This is a temporary role for 6 months covering 32 hours per week.

Job Requirements

– Retail Team Management experience skills gained at a similar level
– Self-driven and results orientated
– Numerate and analytical
– Sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite
– Energy enthusiasm and passion
– Excellent verbal and written communication skills
– Highly organised and motivated
– Passionate about retail and the mission of Cass Art

To apply, see here

Closing date: 26 July

Z-arts, Manchester’s dedicated venue for children and families, seeks a dance facilitator specialising in dance to join the creative team. This is an exceptional opportunity to develop a career within the performing arts industry based with an arts centre focused on working with children and young people.

The resident performing arts facilitator will help Z-arts to provide dance education to address inclusion, equality, and diversity for all young people in Greater Manchester. They will create a culture of dance-making that harnesses potential and encourages all participants to build their skills and develop their talents.

The successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring an excellent, efficient, and welcoming environment for all dance participants to Z-arts and have specific responsibility for the smooth running of Z-arts dance studio and dance sessions. Styles of dance skills required: Contemporary ballet, urban tap, street dance, jazz dance, and musical theatre for ages 5 -7, 8-11 and 12+. Other styles welcome!

Ask them a question or call for a chat. Get in touch in whichever way works best for you – or drop a line and ask them to call you back.

Email: saskia@z-arts.org / Call: 0161 226 1912

To apply, see here

Posts available: 1.
Contract: Permanent.
Term: Part-Time.
Salary: £30,500 per annum, pro rata.
Hours per week: 21 hours.
Reporting to: Head of Community.
Location: The role can be home or office-based, or hybrid. Given the nature of the role they would expect the Community Events Officer to be based in or near one of the three areas where they currently work: London, Manchester or Merseyside.

Employer Bio

Arts Emergency, a mentoring organisation and support network aiming to address the inequalities in the creative and cultural sectors.

Job Summary

The Arts Emergency Community programme provides a wide-ranging offer that supports young people to broaden their experiences of creative careers and cultural organisations, build connections with each other and with the industry, grow in their confidence to advocate for themselves and others, and successfully navigate their pathways into the creative and cultural sector.

This is an exciting new role that will be responsible for planning and delivering a programme of events (in-person and online) that bring together members of Arts Emergency’s Young Community across networking, skills development and community-building opportunities.

To read the full job description and to apply, please click here.

Deadline: 12 August 2024 at 10 AM.

Interviews: W/C 19 August 2024.

Contact Details: jobs@arts-emergency.org.