Job Description

Arts Coordinator

Are you passionate about improving the life chances of young people? We have an opportunity for an Arts Coordinator to lead on the planning and delivery of a varied, creative, dynamic and youth-focused arts programme.

The aim of this amazing charity is to help improve the lives of young people by giving them somewhere to go, something to do and someone to talk to. If you have a passion for putting young people first, we want to hear from you!

Position: Arts Coordinator

Location: Edgware, HA8 0DT

Salary: \xc2\xa327,000-\xc2\xa329,000 depending on experience

Hours: 40 hours a week role that operates via a rota. You will be required to do evening and weekend work as per the rota and on occasion you may be asked to be the Session Lead (full training will be provided).

Holidays: 33 days including bank holidays

Please note: interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis, so do not delay in submitting your application. We reserve the right to close this role early should a suitable candidate be found.

About the role:

As Arts Coordinator you will lead on the planning and delivery of a varied, creative, dynamic and youth-focused arts programme. This will be delivered through four distinct spaces: an Arts and Crafts room; a Multimedia room; a Music room (including a recording studio); and a Performing Arts Studio.

You will work with sessional staff to ensure that these four spaces are well-used and well-maintained. You will also ensure that special projects/events that involve or require art/craft, performance, music/sound or multimedia are properly organised and arranged. Finally, you will be a part of the Delivery Team, helping to deliver our overall objectives as an organisation.

About you:

To be successful in the role of Arts Coordinator you will need to have experience of delivering arts activities to young people as well as the following skills and experience:

• Proven experience of working with young people aged 13 to 19 (up to 25 for those with additional needs)
• Proven experience of engaging vulnerable, disengaged, or hard to reach young people
• Experience of managing a staff team including volunteers
• Organising and delivering a programme of youth work activities in an open access setting
• Ability to motivate and engage staff, volunteers, and young people through sessional work
• Strong commitment to young people and ability to engage and build positive relationships with disengaged young people

In Return:

The charity is fully wheelchair-accessible. They have enhanced maternity leave after you have been with them for two years, and enhanced sick pay after a year (with a further increase after two years). They provide one \xe2\x80\x9cwellbeing day\xe2\x80\x9d a year as extra paid leave. Staff can use the fully-equipped gym before work for free. There is free parking within five minutes\xe2\x80\x99 walk. A hot lunch is available for \xc2\xa31.

The charity is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable groups. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. The strength of the organisation is the diversity of its people, there is a huge value on different people doing things in different ways and we welcome applications from what might be considered non-traditional backgrounds. The one thing we all have in common is our desire to raise the aspirations of young people across the country. We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

We very much welcome previous experience working as: Senior Club Leader, Club Leader, Art Teacher, Arts Coordinator, Art Tutor, Music Teacher, Teacher of Art, Performing Arts, Creative Arts Leader, Art and Design, Curriculum Lead, Music & Drama, etc.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

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