Cultural, Learning and Participation Officer Apprentice

Summary

Cultural Learning and Participation Officer Apprentice will provide a pivotal role in this new Place Partnership project, to help build inclusive community engagement and cultural participation into the heart of this major capital regeneration development for Lowestoft.

Annual wage: £9,984 a year
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Training course: Cultural learning and participation officer (level 3)
Hours: Hours: 30 hours per week Working week: Our core hours are daytime Monday - Friday, however due to the nature of the role, you may be required to work evenings and weekends. Exact working hours TBC
30 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 3 February
Duration: 1 year 3 months
Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Cultural Learning and Participation Officer Apprentice will provide a pivotal role in this new Place Partnership project, to help build inclusive community engagement and cultural participation into the heart of this major capital regeneration development for Lowestoft. The role will work alongside the Battery of Ideas Volunteer Coordinator and Production Coordinator to support planning, organising and co-ordinating cultural education workshops, schedules of activity and community engagement projects including creative workshops, visits, events and digital arts, using online content and networks as appropriate to facilitate true community engagement.

We're looking for a highly motivated individual, personable, and a strong communicator. A keen interest in arts and culture together with knowledge of the local area and local organisations would be beneficial. You will need a working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word, be good at using your initiative, and work well as part of a small team.

You will work towards a Level 3 Qualification in Cultural Learning and Participation during your employment, supported by Access Creative.

In summary the job will involve the following three key areas:

Community Engagement and Development
Events Programming
Digital Engagement

Job tasks:

Community Engagement and Development
Working with the Volunteer Coordinator and Production Coordinator
Support the development and delivery of Creative Health and
Family activity with partners including
Family engagement
Family Festival Fringe events
Music touring/cultural exchange/mini festivals
Events Programming
Working with the Volunteer Coordinator and Production Coordinator
Support the planning and production of artistic residencies with partners including
Video/light/film testing
Dance
Visual Arts
Displays and collections with Association of Suffolk Museums and Natural History Museum
Popups - Community Radio, Experimental DJ
Schools/College activities
Create schedules of activity
Digital Engagement
Working with FLF’s Marketing and Communications Manager
Use digital channels such as website and social media channels wit create engagement opportunities for our audiences.

Additional Duties:

Support other First Light Festival CIC projects as required
Be a key holder and open up/lock up space as required

Essential:

An interest in working with grassroots community groups and organisations
Excellent time management
Ability to work well under pressure in a busy environment
Able to pay close attention to detail and maintain accuracy whilst handling a varied and demanding workload
A flexible and proactive approach to work, and able to manage own workload with minimum supervision
Good communicator, using appropriate means in effective ways.
Willing to learn and develop
Computer literate including possessing basic word processing and spreadsheet skills

Preferred:

An understanding of Lowestoft’s unique creative landscape, and of the wider East Anglian arts sector
An interest in arts and culture
Digital skills
Driving licence an advantage
Flexible and proactive approach to work
Be flexible for festival working over the festival weekend; there may be weekend and evening work as required. We do not pay overtime, but you will get time off in lieu

Where you’ll work

East Point Pavilion

Royal Plain

Lowestoft

NR33 0AP

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

ACCESS FURTHER EDUCATION LIMITED

Your training course

Cultural learning and participation officer (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Plan, organise and co-ordinate education and community engagement projects on behalf of the organisation, in order to ensure the facilitator (visiting artist or company colleague, freelancer or volunteer) can deliver effectively This could typically include deciding on appropriate content and information including producing event schedules, artist and technical riders, booking artists and practitioners.
Identify learning objectives of education and community engagement projects and suitability for target audience.
Work within a set budget, use appropriate resources, venues, systems and technologies to implement the CLP projects ensuring they meet stated objectives and outcomes.
Ensure projects comply with the organisation’s Health & Safety policies and procedures including Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
Communicate clearly and effectively, adapting methods both verbal and non-verbal as appropriate to the stakeholder or audience, which may include public speaking and/or using social media and digital communication methods.
Communicate the CLP projects aims, which may include artistic or cultural outcomes, skills and knowledge development, or a range of social and educational outcomes to audiences, partners and colleagues.
Produce clear, concise project reports, fundraising applications and other written communications.
Find and participate in professional networks such as arts and culture networks, meetings and events, performances and exhibitions, training and professional development events and industry membership schemes, in order to benefit the organisation.
Establish, develop and maintain positive relationships with a wide variety of internal and external partners, artists, colleagues, participants and audiences that result in and/or enable successful projects.
Build effective professional arts and cultural networks and identify the benefits they bring to the projects and wider organisation.
Contribute and manage audience/participant/venue bookings and ensure artists/external practitioners are recruited for projects as per the organisation’s policies and procedures, including contracting requirements.
Maintain artist/external practitioner and audience records as directed, which may include personal information, in-line with employer systems and data protection requirements.
Have excellent time management skills, demonstrating your ability to be organised, meet deadlines within project timeframes and meet budgets requirements.
Evaluate projects and use feedback to improve current and/or future activity.
Provide high quality content, which may be in written or image form, as required, to internal/external communications for example e-bulletins, newsletter content, posters, print and meetings, to aid the promotion of, and engagement with, the organisation’s learning and participation programme.
Contribute to fundraising activities including desk research on potential funding sources, note taking at audience consultation meetings, compiling data and information.
Identify problems, generate and form ideas to resolve issues, by thinking creatively in response to challenges and identifying when to seek help and support from others.
Collaborate effectively with colleagues, creative and cultural professionals and other organisations and partners to achieve project aims and objectives.

Your training plan

The apprentice will complete the Cultural, Learning and Participation Office apprenticeship with Access Industry
The learning will be blended with online delivery and in person observations
The apprentice will have a minimum of 6 hours of study per week
If the apprentice has not achieved a grade 4/C or equivalent in maths and English, they will be required to do functional skills

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4 or above)
Maths (grade 4 or above)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

About this company

First Light Festival is a community gathering that warmly welcomes those from down the road and across the world to celebrate a unique place at a very special time: the first sunrise of midsummer in the UK’s most easterly town. The festival is organised by First Light Festival Community Interest Company (CIC), a not-for-profit organisation based in Lowestoft that aims to shine a spotlight on our incredible part of the world, and the wealth of talent and creativity that exists here. Alongside the festival, we oversee a year-round programme of arts and events that includes the running of East Point Pavilion on Lowestoft’s seafront, and a number of projects across East Suffolk. As of November 2022, we are proud to be an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation (NPO). First Light is created for, with and by the community: our Steering Group is made up of 14 local organisations, and guides our work. Each year, hundreds of local volunteers help us bring South Beach alive, and for 2023 we will work with all the schools and colleges in our area on creative projects in the run up to the festival. We work hand in hand with the local authorities to make sure that our impact spreads as widely and as positively as possible.

https://firstlightlowestoft.com/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

You will expect to have a Cultural, Learning and Participation Officer Career.

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