Cultural Learning & Participation Officer Apprentice

Summary

This role will support the planning and delivery of an ambitious arts project at the Tower of London through creative engagement activities. Working alongside professional artists, producers, local community groups and people living in East London. The project will include puppetry, dance, and music, and will explore the theme of ‘animals’.

Wage: £23,587.20 a year
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Training course: Cultural learning and participation officer (level 3)
Hours: 36 hours per week (2 year fixed term contract). Shifts TBC.
36 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 1 September
Duration: 2 years
Positions available: 1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

The Cultural Learning and Participation Officer will support activities at the Tower and offsite rehearsals and events, gaining understanding of the creative process and themes. They will work with the project team to support a wide-ranging arts engagement programme for residents of Tower Hamlets and East London. This programme will include activities for diverse individuals who experience barriers to accessing and engaging with the Tower of London and its stories. These barriers may be financial, physical, intellectual or cultural.

Our team is committed to working collaboratively with local people, for the long-term. This role will help us continue to engage with new partners, whilst nurturing and maintaining existing relationships. We would particularly welcome applicants who are resident in or have a strong relationship with Tower Hamlets and East London.

Over the course of this apprenticeship, we envision the responsibilities to grow, taking over more of the planning and delivery of onsite and offsite activities and event

Whilst studying towards your apprenticeship you will also be:

· Assisting with the co-ordination and delivery of engagement programmes for young people and adults.

· Attending engagement workshops to assist Lead Facilitators

· Attending rehearsals to learn about the Artistic Director’s creative process and assisting them as required.

· Supporting participants to access and engage with workshop and rehearsal content.

· Setting up spaces for meetings, rehearsals and activities.

· Meeting and greeting participants for visits and events.

· Sharing clear verbal and written communications with collaborators internally and externally about project activities

· Assisting the team in maintaining an up-to-date database of community partners that is clear and compliant with data protection standards.

· Supporting the team to ensure that events and activities adhere to Historic Royal Palaces policy and procedures and meet the expected health, safety, security and safeguarding standards.

· Working occasional weekends and evening to assist colleagues in the delivery of events at the Tower of London and at host venues in London. You will be able to take Time Off in Lieu (TOIL)

· Undertake any other reasonable tasks as requested by your manager

Where you’ll work

The Tower Of London
Tower Hill
London
EC3N 4AB

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

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

L3 Cultural learning and participation officer Apprenticeship Standard

Requirements

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

Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Team working
Creative
Initiative

About this company

Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) is a team of people who love and look after six of the most wonderful palaces in the world. We create space for spirits to stir and be stirred.

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After this apprenticeship

Cultural learning project worker/Community outreach

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000306654.

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Closes on Wednesday 14 May 2025

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