Head of Learning and Participation
Closing Date – 04/03/2021
The Head of Learning & Participation will demonstrate through a high–impact delivery programme that every job in every sector requires creativity, and every individual is born with potential. Through mass participation, community engagement, and innovation in learning; we will reassert the role of creativity in everyday life.
The postholder will demonstrate a passion for this area work and the leaderships skills to collaborate with some of the UK's greatest minds to realise an innovative and forward–thinking programme. The Festival is delivered through a commissioning model, and this role will be required to work with teams across all four nations to deliver a coherent and accessible programme of activity.
Responsibilities
As a senior member of the Programming Team, devise the Festival's learning and participation offer in collaboration with the 10 teams commissioned to deliver the public programme.
Build a programme of engagement that celebrates the creativity of science, technology, art, engineering and maths; realised through a UK–wide festival.
Ensure the mass community engagement planned with each of the Festival's 10 major commissions is delivered in a meaningful and high–quality format to inspire and engage audiences.
Identify creative synergy across commissions, including opportunities for further collaboration and to ensure opportunities are distributed equitably across the UK.
Devising new and innovative methods for delivering learning and participation at scale, shaping the approach to engagement across the body of work.
Own and drive forward a national and international schools' engagement programme for the Festival.
Utilising the Festival's cross–sector STEAM collaboration to inspire creativity through public programming, professional development initiatives and targeted interventions.
Ensure the highest quality of safeguarding is delivered across the Festival delivery partnership.
Lead the integration workstream for coordinating school engagement across the 2022 Major Events Programme, delivering activity in partnership with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, HM The Queen's Platinum Jubilee and the BBC's Centenary celebrations.
Skills & Experience Required
Essential
Fluent in spoken and written English.
Relevant professional experience in a senior position within the cultural sector, industries or STEAM sectors leading on learning and participation activity.
Experienced in accessible delivery and widening participation.
Advanced knowledge of safeguarding.
Ability to work autonomously whilst being highly–collaborative with external partners to deliver a coherent programme.
Desirable
Prior experience of youth and/or community work.
Safeguarding qualifications.
Knowledge of creative commissioning and planning processes.
Experience of working with senior stakeholders.
An interest in educational policy and policy development.
Understanding of delivering across devolved policy areas for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
We will consider a secondment from an existing cultural organisation or local authority for this job role.
Salary: Competitive
This position is subject to an Enhanced DBS check with Barred Lists from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Festival UK* 2022 is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities. We are working towards achieving Leaders in Diversity through the National Centre for Diversity. The principles "FREDIE" (Fairness – Respect – Equality – Diversity – Inclusion and Engagement) support our aim of delivering a truly inclusive and accessible games.
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. If you wish for your application to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme, please submit a completed form with your application, which can be found on the Festival UK* 2022 jobs site under the current vacancies drop down.
To apply for this role please follow the link and complete the application attaching a single document containing your CV and Covering Letter. Please also submit your disability confident/ reasonable adjustments form (if required).
On occasions where we receive a large number of applications, we may close the advert ahead of the publicised closing date. We would therefore advise that you submit your completed application as soon as possible.
We take your data privacy seriously. Before sending your application please review our applicant privacy notice which explains how we use your personal data. This can be found on the Festival UK* 2022 jobs site under the current vacancies drop down.
Gi Group Holdings Recruitment Limited group of companies includes Gi Recruitment Limited, Draefern Limited, Gi Group Recruitment Ltd, INTOO (UK) Limited, Marks Sattin (UK) Limited, TACK TMI UK Limited and Grafton Professional Staffing Limited. We are committed to protecting the privacy of all of our candidates and clients. Following some recent changes to data protection laws we have updated our Privacy Policy. To view a copy and to help you understand how we collect, use and process your personal data please visit the Privacy page on our Gi Group UK website
The Head of Learning & Participation will demonstrate through a high–impact delivery programme that every job in every sector requires creativity, and every individual is born with potential. Through mass participation, community engagement, and innovation in learning; we will reassert the role of creativity in everyday life.
The postholder will demonstrate a passion for this area work and the leaderships skills to collaborate with some of the UK's greatest minds to realise an innovative and forward–thinking programme. The Festival is delivered through a commissioning model, and this role will be required to work with teams across all four nations to deliver a coherent and accessible programme of activity.
Responsibilities
As a senior member of the Programming Team, devise the Festival's learning and participation offer in collaboration with the 10 teams commissioned to deliver the public programme.
Build a programme of engagement that celebrates the creativity of science, technology, art, engineering and maths; realised through a UK–wide festival.
Ensure the mass community engagement planned with each of the Festival's 10 major commissions is delivered in a meaningful and high–quality format to inspire and engage audiences.
Identify creative synergy across commissions, including opportunities for further collaboration and to ensure opportunities are distributed equitably across the UK.
Devising new and innovative methods for delivering learning and participation at scale, shaping the approach to engagement across the body of work.
Own and drive forward a national and international schools' engagement programme for the Festival.
Utilising the Festival's cross–sector STEAM collaboration to inspire creativity through public programming, professional development initiatives and targeted interventions.
Ensure the highest quality of safeguarding is delivered across the Festival delivery partnership.
Lead the integration workstream for coordinating school engagement across the 2022 Major Events Programme, delivering activity in partnership with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, HM The Queen's Platinum Jubilee and the BBC's Centenary celebrations.
Skills & Experience Required
Essential
Fluent in spoken and written English.
Relevant professional experience in a senior position within the cultural sector, industries or STEAM sectors leading on learning and participation activity.
Experienced in accessible delivery and widening participation.
Advanced knowledge of safeguarding.
Ability to work autonomously whilst being highly–collaborative with external partners to deliver a coherent programme.
Desirable
Prior experience of youth and/or community work.
Safeguarding qualifications.
Knowledge of creative commissioning and planning processes.
Experience of working with senior stakeholders.
An interest in educational policy and policy development.
Understanding of delivering across devolved policy areas for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
We will consider a secondment from an existing cultural organisation or local authority for this job role.
Salary: Competitive
This position is subject to an Enhanced DBS check with Barred Lists from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Festival UK* 2022 is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities. We are working towards achieving Leaders in Diversity through the National Centre for Diversity. The principles "FREDIE" (Fairness – Respect – Equality – Diversity – Inclusion and Engagement) support our aim of delivering a truly inclusive and accessible games.
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. If you wish for your application to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme, please submit a completed form with your application, which can be found on the Festival UK* 2022 jobs site under the current vacancies drop down.
To apply for this role please follow the link and complete the application attaching a single document containing your CV and Covering Letter. Please also submit your disability confident/ reasonable adjustments form (if required).
On occasions where we receive a large number of applications, we may close the advert ahead of the publicised closing date. We would therefore advise that you submit your completed application as soon as possible.
We take your data privacy seriously. Before sending your application please review our applicant privacy notice which explains how we use your personal data. This can be found on the Festival UK* 2022 jobs site under the current vacancies drop down.
Gi Group Holdings Recruitment Limited group of companies includes Gi Recruitment Limited, Draefern Limited, Gi Group Recruitment Ltd, INTOO (UK) Limited, Marks Sattin (UK) Limited, TACK TMI UK Limited and Grafton Professional Staffing Limited. We are committed to protecting the privacy of all of our candidates and clients. Following some recent changes to data protection laws we have updated our Privacy Policy. To view a copy and to help you understand how we collect, use and process your personal data please visit the Privacy page on our Gi Group UK website
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