Volunteer & Work Experience Coordinator – Odd Arts, closes 18 Dec

The Volunteer & Work Experience Coordinator is responsible for all aspects of our volunteer and work experience programmes, from recruitment and training, to placement planning, experience and recognition.

Full job pack can be found https://issuu.com/oddarts/docs/job_pack_volunteer_work_experience_coordinator_?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ – here

To apply for this role please send within one document the following information:

Name and contact details

Position applying for

Up to date CV

Cover Letter – Why are you the best person for this job? This is the most important question. Please answer this by showing how you meet the requirements of the person specification and main duties.

References: Please provide two references. (Contacted after offer)

You can submit the above information in video format if you prefer.

If you have any additional accessibility needs please let us know by emailing info@oddarts.co.uk so we can support your application.

Applications must be submitted by 4pm on Monday December 18th, 2023 to info@oddarts.co.uk.

Please header/title the email ‘Application Volunteer & Work Experience Coordinator’.

Professor, Digital Arts – Manchester Metropolitan University, closes 1 Jan

To raise the bar, drive performance at School, Faculty and University level, and build on our national and international reputation in research, we are looking to make a key professorial appointment.

If you have an international reputation of your own and have made a sustained, significant and original impact on knowledge in your field, this is your opportunity to join us as Professor of Digital Arts in the School of Digital Arts (SODA) within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

About the School of Digital Arts (SODA)

SODA represents a £35m investment into the workspaces, networks, teaching and research that will empower the next generation of creative practitioners at the intersection of storytelling, technology and innovation.

About the role

The role of Professor is one of the highest academic distinctions conferred by the University and post holders are expected to make a powerful contribution to academic citizenship and leadership, as well as to knowledge exchange.

About you

Your in depth understanding and experience within digital storytelling should include immersive and interactive storytelling through virtual production, AI, XR, AR, VR, game engines and/or other emergent technologies.

To apply, visit here

Closing date: 1 January

Freelance Project Manager (Neuro-Moves) – LPM Dance, closes 30 Dec

As Project Manager, you will manage and facilitate the Neuro-Moves dance class programme.

This involves booking sessions, venues, and tutors, and working with our locally-based partners to recruit participants. You will be expected to work closely with the LPM management team. Some travel is expected within the Lancashire region. The Neuro-Moves Project Manager will work for 36 weeks per year for the next 2 years.

This is a remote working/home-based position, with some team meetings (both in-person and online) expected. The LPM team are based in Lancaster.

Please apply with CV and cover letter to LPMDanceforhealth@gmail.com. Any queries can be emailed to the same address.

Closing date: 30 December

Story Explorer – Z-arts, closes 19 Jan

Z-arts is looking for hosts for our brand-new immersive experience, ‘100 Stories Hotel’.

We run both public and school’s sessions and expect our hosts, entitled Story Explorer’s to deliver a high-quality experience this includes delivering a storytelling session in character at the start of the experience and to facilitate play once guests are in the experience. Alongside this, the Story Explorer role requires you to work independently on each performance and reset the play space after each session.

Story Explorer Criteria:

– 18 years and over

– Have experience and an interest in working with children and families.

– Have good availability particularly at weekends and during school holidays.

– Be willing to obtain a DBS with Z-arts

– Be willing to attend training and review sessions.

– This role will be offered on a casual basis as per a rota and will be paid at £10.90 per hour, this is in line with the current Real Living Wage.

Our activities reflect our audiences, and we aim to represent all the different communities in our area.

– Z-arts is an antiracist organisation.

– We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind.

– We practice inclusivity and accessibility and are learning how to embed trans inclusivity across all we do.

-Z-arts is welcoming to all people who do not discriminate against others.

– We acknowledge all protected characteristics in the Equality Act 2010 – including age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race,religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation recognising socio-economic status and class as a thread that intersects all of these.

– As a learning organisation, Z-arts is always open to change.

We are committed to representing people with protected characteristics and welcome applications from everyone.

To apply or for an informal chat about the role please send a CV/Spotlight link and information about your practice to education@z-arts.org by Friday 19th January 2024.

Exhibitions and Interpretation Officer – Imperial War Museum, closes 8 Jan

Focusing primarily on projects at IWM North, with occasional travel to other IWM sites, you will work to create compelling and audience-centred new interpretation, project managing a range of small and medium-sized projects.

You will also manage the maintenance and updates to existing interpretation in the permanent Main Exhibition Space (MES), and provide support to the Exhibitions and Interpretation Manager for our temporary exhibitions programme.

Your duties will include:

1. Project manage all aspects of small and medium sized projects led by the Exhibitions, Interpretation and Design team including:2. Managing updates and maintenance of galleries, museum displays, interactives and AV installations including scheduling, content selection, budgeting, appointing contractors and managing internal resources.

3. Project manage and deliver new Big Picture Shows and Downtime within the MES, working with Curatorial and AV teams, and when necessary, external creatives and producers.

4. Providing project support to Exhibitions and Interpretation Managers, Head of Exhibitions and Interpretation. Including answering public enquiries.

5. Liaising and discussing any new incoming loans with Collections Registration and highlighting potential onsite issues concerning existing loans directly to Collections Registration team.

6. Clearing copyrights and other licences. Manage the copyright database for every temporary exhibition and the MES and ensure copyright licence renewals are up to date.

7. Place orders to IWM photo archive and chase progress; organise photography of newly opened exhibitions and permanent galleries and add images to the central exhibition records.

8. Gather and collate internal exhibition review feedback following the closure of each exhibition or completion of project.

9. Assist with couriers during installation and de-installation periods if required.

To apply, visit here

Closing date: 8 January

Technical Director and Head of Production – HOME, closes 12 Jan

The Technical Director & Head of Production will report to the Director & CEO and work closely with Head of Programme, Head of Film Strategy and Creative Producer: Visual Arts in delivering the artistic aims of the organisation through the programme of presented, produced and co-produced work.

You will also contribute to the development of the organisation’s strategic priorities and lead on key aspects where appropriate. Working with the Executive Director and Director of Finance you will be key to ensuring high quality, cost effective and safe delivery of our programme. The Technical Director & Head of Production is a member of the Executive Team and will be an active role in supporting the wider leadership team at HOME.

To apply, visit here

Closing date: 12 January

Event staff – The Met, closes 31 Dec

The Met is an innovative organisation situated in Bury, Greater Manchester. We are unique in the breadth of work we present and our ability to nurture artists and develop audiences. We present a mix of live music, theatre and comedy alongside running community workshops, a recording studio and outreach programme and a creative business hub as well as running festivals in the borough.

They are seeking casual events staff to join our busy team. The Met is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee governed by its charitable objects and Memorandum and Articles of Association. The Met has a turnover of circa £1million and a permanent staff of 17 and 5 casual staff. We work with over 100 volunteers every year through our festivals and events work. The Met is an accredited Real Living Wage employer.

Purpose of the Role

To support and assist the events team at The Met. This will entail providing a warm welcome to our audiences. It will also include some bar and serving work.

To Apply: Please go to our website for a full application pack at www.themet.org.uk/jobs

Closing date: 31 December

Creative Learning Practitioner – Storyhouse, closes 17 Dec

As a Creative Learning Practitioner, you will plan, deliver, and evaluate weekly workshops as part of Storyhouse’s thriving partner schools’ programme, and deliver sessions with a variety of Storyhouse Youth Theatre groups, with children aged between 5 and 17 years old.

You will work with 3 schools on a regular basis, delivering regular workshops based around Storyhouse’s programme and the schools’ curriculum.

Your workshops in schools and at Storyhouse will foster a fun and inclusive environment, affording the young people the opportunity to develop a variety of skills, build confidence, work creatively and collaboratively with other young people, and learn from creative professionals.

This role will suit those with substantial experience delivering creative learning and performing arts for young people, ideally within formal education.

The role will be based at 3 different schools, 1 half day per week each, and 2 days based at Storyhouse, Chester.

To apply, see here

Closing date: 17 December

Managing Director – Liverpool Sound City, closes 15 December

Sound City are hiring a full time Managing Director (maternity, 6 months) in their Liverpool office.

Sound City is the UK champion for new music: a globally recognised music festival and talent development agency and an international ambassador for Liverpool culture.

We are looking for someone with a passion for music, strong team management and leadership qualities and the experience to deliver the programme of activities while driving the financial growth of the company.

To apply, please click here.

When applying, please also fill out the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form, which can be found here.

The closing date for applications is 6pm on Friday 15th December 2023.

Studio / Lab Producer (Technology) – FACT, closes 4 Jan

FACT is searching for an arts-focused technical producer to support their new Studio/Lab programme and space. Studio/Lab is a digital art production and workspace that will become a hub for a creative community of artists, curators, researchers and participants at FACT. The space will launch a public membership programme in early 2024.

The ideal candidate will have excellent technical skills, a keen willingness to learn and be excited about working with artists: supporting them to develop new work and helping to equip them with the skills necessary to navigate working within digital art.

What To Expect

This is an opportunity for an arts-focused technical producer to support FACT Liverpool’s new Studio/Lab programme and space. Working with the Studio/Lab Manager and another part-time Producer focused on Artist Development, they will help to support a growing community of artists to explore the possibilities of digital art. Their role will be to create the best possible space for technical experimentation at the heart of FACT – encouraging artists to explore the use of new creative tools and develop their digital practice. The successful candidate will also input into the design and delivery of a skills and practice development programme from a technical perspective.

Within this role, there will be the opportunity to work alongside early career and established artists, curators and researchers, as well as oversee the technical production and delivery of talks, workshops, performances, and networking and social events. This is the perfect chance to understand how technical roles within artist-centred organisations work and to have significant input into the launch and strategic development of a new digitally-focused project.

Some of the areas you will help to support through Studio/Lab include: audio production; digital production (Blendr, Maya, Cinema4D, After Effects); film production and installation; work in XR (including virtual and augmented reality) and Web 3.0 projects; and use of creative technology (i.e. Arduino, RaspberryPi, 3D printers) etc. We are also thinking about how immersive technologies might add to FACT’s programme, and how to support North West-based artists to experiment with these critically.

You can see what equipment we currently have available here.

Please note, due to the nature of this role (including lots of face-to-face work with our growing artist community) the candidate should be based in the North West.

Deliverables / Expectations

  • Working 3 days per week – usually Wed, Thu, Fri with some weekend cover also expected
  • Temporary 12-month fixed term contract, open to extension
  • Be responsible for Studio/Lab’s technology, including its maintenance, making sure we have the necessary equipment to support emerging artists across a diverse range of practices
  • Maintain the physical Studio/Lab space, having an overview of room and equipment bookings and use, including general upkeep of the space and preparing equipment for events
  • Maintenance of equipment and software licences
  • Lead on the technical delivery of Studio/Lab events including performances, talks, presentations and workshops (both online and in-person)
  • Work with the Studio/Lab team to design and deliver induction sessions for both staff and new artist members, supporting them to use technology in the Lab
  • Support resident artists’ use of the space by being available to act as an advisor on their work where appropriate, either in a technical or production capacity, including identifying which freelance skills they might require to realise their work and liaising with them
  • Working with external technicians to meet deadlines and support the development of residency artists’ work for public presentation in exhibitions or events
  • Troubleshoot the technical needs of any members or staff using technical equipment in Studio/Lab
  • In collaboration with the Studio/Lab team, deliver community socials, open days, and workshops
  • Ensuring risk assessments for all spaces are updated regularly and following Health & Safety, and safeguarding procedures
  • Ensure FACT’s new ‘artist portal’ section of the website is updated regularly with the progress of residents and profiles of the Studio/Lab members

Eligibility

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Excellent technical skills (see above for a quick technical overview), as well as a willingness to learn new skills, and train others
  • Demonstrable knowledge and technical skill within the field of digital art, or digital culture
  • Based in the North West, ideally in or around Liverpool
  • Excellent verbal communication skills: able to meet with and train new people, and have in-depth conversations with artists about their work
  • A creative, problem-solving approach
  • Ability to balance multiple deadlines and priorities
  • Ability to organise calendars and booking systems, and communicate workload effectively

DESIRABLE (NOT ESSENTIAL) SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Be an active participant in the field of contemporary art
  • Previous knowledge of, or experience working with artistic communities
  • Ability to document workshops and events (either as film, audio or through written documents)
  • Working knowledge of the cultural scene in Liverpool (for example this could be through visual art, music, dance, socially engaged arts, tech or research)
  • Any experience in website management or design
  • Commitment to inclusion and supporting the diverse and intersectional needs of individuals from a broad range of backgrounds and contexts

How To Apply

FACT Liverpool is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds.

To apply, please complete the following two forms:

Upload your CV and Cover Letter (maximum of 2 pages each if in written format). We accept word/pdf documents, video or audio files. Please label the attached files as: Your Name_CV/CoverLetter_Job Title.

Closing date: Thursday 4 January 2024, 23:59.

FACT is committed to providing equal access to everyone, so if you require any adjustments or help with the application or interview process, please contact: recruitment@fact.co.uk

EVERYONE IS WELCOME

FACT Liverpool cares about diversity in the workplace and sector. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly from candidates who have Black, Asian or Global Ethnic Majority heritage, who identify as disabled, LGBTQIA+, and/or who are from lower socio-economic backgrounds. You can read our policy for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here: fact.co.uk/edi

DISABILITY CONFIDENT EMPLOYER

We are proud to be a disability confident employer which is a government scheme supporting employers in ensuring disabled people, and those with long term health conditions, are able reach their full potential within their organisation. The scheme will help us to ensure we are doing our very best in increasing our reach when recruiting and giving as many people as possible the opportunity to be a part of our team. All candidates will be asked if they wish to declare a disability on the application form for a vacancy at FACT Liverpool. You can read our Disability Confident Commitments in more detail here: fact.co.uk/disabilityc

For more information, to download the recruitment pack and apply, visit https://www.fact.co.uk/news/2023/12/opportunity-studio-lab-producer-technology