Creative Programmes and Education Co-ordinator
Job Title: Creative Programmes and Education Co-ordinator
Location: Based in one of our Plymouth offices but also when appropriate working from our Liskeard site. There is some opportunity for remote working.
Hours: 35 hours per week to be worked flexibly including evenings & weekends to suit the needs of the business.
About Real Ideas
Real Ideas Group works to solve problems and create opportunities that regenerate communities and support individuals to progress and flourish. The Group is comprised of multiple teams, each growing a specific area of practice in relation to our core themes: Public Engagement, Creative Business Development, Creative Digital Education, Developing Pathways and Embracing Innovation. These areas of work are often delivered in our buildings, Devonport Guildhall, Market Hall (the Devonport Creative Quarter) and Liskeard Library.
Devonport Creative Quarter
The Devonport Creative Quarter will support the transformation of Devonport Guildhall into a thriving creative hub, building on the legacy of Ocean Studios and bringing together studios, specialist print facilities, flexible making space, and a vibrant creative community. This transformation brings this expertise and opportunities closer to our other location in Devonport, Market Hall, a home to digital and immersive innovation.
Real Ideas creative skills and incubation programmes offer support to individuals and small businesses to develop practice at the intersection of creativity and technology and build sustainable careers and enterprises in the creative industries, which is currently the UK’s fastest growing sector. This is realised through skills development workshops, artist residency programmes, business incubation support and creative commissions.
Our Creative Education work is focused on developing creative aspirations and early-stage skills, and covers a variety of taster sessions, workshops and project delivery in our own buildings and in schools and other settings focusing on immersive digital tech (360 filmmaking, spatial audio, projection mapping), printmaking and the intersection of both.
Job Purpose
This role comes at a pivotal moment for Real Ideas, as we expand our creative footprint in Devonport, raising the visibility of the emerging Devonport Creative Quarter. You’ll play a key role in delivering Real Ideas creative education, skills and business support programmes, and work alongside the relevant Leads to inform and shape the offer.
The Creative Programmes and Education Coordinator will play a key delivery role in the team, supporting the smooth running of our activity and programmes, particularly those taking place in the Market Hall and Devonport Guildhall. This includes delivering workshops, tasters and projects for a variety of schools, groups and other education settings, coordinating creative business events, seminars and one-to-one support, helping build and sustain relationships with a range of participants and stakeholders and raising and sustaining the profile of both the education and creative business support work.
You will be expected to make decisions in your own area of work, use your initiative to direct your own workload and plan the workload and priorities of other staff/volunteers with the support of Programme and Strategic Leads. You will be asked to make informed judgements in relation to your area of work and beyond your own personal workload but within well-defined procedures and policy.
How to apply
Before applying please download the Role Profile to view the full details of this vacancy.
You can make an application in a way that feels best for you by choosing ONE of the following formats to answer the below 3 questions:
– A written response (max 750 words);
– A video response no longer than 5 minutes (please provide us with a link);
– A slide deck presentation (max 10 slides, no more than 750 words, max file size 16MB).
We recommend you prepare your document, video or slides before applying through the link below.
For this role, the three questions are:
Question A: What experience do you have of delivering Creative, Digital or other workshops/education for young people and or adults? (300 words max)
Question B: Why do you want the role of Creative Programmes and Education Coordinator with Real Ideas? (300 words max)
Question C: Can you describe your approach to co ordinating multiple programmes with competing priorities and needs? (Max 300 words)
We welcome applications from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, D/deaf or disabled candidates.
Please note that this role is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check as part of our commitment to safeguarding.
Everyone will be considered equally regardless of how they apply.
If you need some additional support to access this information, please contact us at hr@realideas.org
Key Dates:
Closing date for applications: 14th Sept
Interviews: 26th September, Markethall Devonport, Plymouth
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