Level 3 Cultural Learning and Participation Officer Apprenticeship

Summary

Based in the museum and in the local community, you will work with community groups and support them to share their heritage by sharing objects, creating new displays in the Museum of Oxford, collecting oral histories and writing new museum labels.

Annual wage: £13,570 a year
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Training course: Cultural learning and participation officer (level 3)
Hours: Monday - Friday. Shifts tbc.
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Wednesday 5 February
Duration: 2 years
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

Engage local communities with the Museum of Oxford’s 50th birthday celebration project
Collect new stories about local heritage and share them with the public Plan and deliver workshops in the museum and the community
Create new labels, a temporary exhibition, digital content and collect oral histories for the museum’s collection
Complete a Level 3 Cultural Learning and Participation Officer Apprenticeship

Where you’ll work

Town Hall

St Aldate's

Oxford

OX1 1BX

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

WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL

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

Up to 20% of your placement with the museum will be dedicated to training, and as part of this training, you will complete a Level 3 Cultural Learning and Participation Officer Apprenticeship with Westminster Adult Education Service.

Alongside support from the museum team, they will support your placement and create structure for your learning and coursework.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade A*-D / 9-3)
Maths (grade A*-D / 9-3)

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
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Team working

About this company

Our ambitious leadership team and dedicated staff are working hard building a world class city for everyone. Oxford City Council has accelerated plans to build more affordable and council housing in the city. We provide services to help reduce inequality and improve the health and wellbeing of Oxford’s residents and are taking a lead on reducing emissions and increasing biodiversity to become a net carbon neutral city of the future. We are a supportive and collaborative bunch of people working towards shared goals, where new ideas and initiatives are valued. We strive to deliver service excellence, take accountability for our actions and communicate with honestly and respect. There has never been a more exciting time to join us! Help us to build successful places in which to live and work and build a fairer, greener city in which everyone can thrive

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Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Cultural Learning and Participation Officer.

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