Casual Learning Officer

Your new company
A prestigious London Local Authority with a large regional jurisdiction over both the City of London and the county of Greater London are looking to recruit an immediate Learning and Engagement Officer within the authorities popular Art Gallery.
Your new role / purpose of the post
To deliver a successful and newly established creative learning and participation offer for the Authorities Art Gallery.
To ensure engagement with a wide range of audiences and make a positive contribution to the knowledge of the City's history and assets, particularly amongst families and young people, driving audiences at weekends and at times when the City is less busy.
To support the Events Manager to develop new creative and engaging opportunities for participation in a high profile program and deliver high-quality engagement experiences.
Key skills and experience required

• Support the Events Manager to develop and create an exciting, ambitious and original creative learning programme, with the objective to maximise opportunities for engagement with a wide range of audiences, especially young people and families.
• Deliver a year-round programme of creative learning opportunities which culminate in showcase opportunities in the regular annual events calendar and/or as part of a major event, ensuring the projects are of the highest quality and have maximum impact.
• Focus activity at weekends and during school holidays when the City is less busy and the target audiences specified above may be better engaged.
• Support the Event Manager to deliver specific participation and engagement opportunities linked to specific events or shows, with many of these occurring at weekends and on Bank Holidays.
• Work with the Head of Gallery and Amphitheatre to develop and create a creative learning offer for the Gallery, connecting with the wider Programme and delivering against Gallery specific themes (eg exhibitions and the collection); drive event audience footfall into the venue through an attractive and engaging participation package, focused on young people and families.
• Review and revise the Galleries schools programme to ensure the offer is aligned to the wider Programme and that exhibitions and the Gallery's collection are reflected in wider education work as well as at the Gallery. Working with the Events Manager, procure workshop leaders for gallery schools' activity.
• Actively contribute to the development and creation of creative learning projects, workshops and programmes for both current and prospective audiences in line with the strategic vision, including developing budgets, project plans and key aims and objectives.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to deliver paid-for learning and engagement sessions across the City's heritage assets, driving revenues. Similarly, explore revenue opportunities for delivering a financial return across the remit of this role.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with key stakeholders from the local community including, but not limited to, London community groups, formal and informal education sector organisations, arts and non-arts organisations, and City businesses.
• Coordinate and implement a varied creative learning programme, including but not restricted to:
• Engaging with artists and facilitators to deliver work.
• Planning and delivering high-quality arts and education-based workshops and events, noting that this will include the procurement of workshop leaders as appropriate.
• Coordinating production, technical, infrastructure and materials requirements, drawing on the Events Officer roles and freelance technical and production teams where necessary.
• Completing risk assessments and necessary paperwork to ensure compliance.
• Fielding all enquiries regarding the creative learning programme and managing the booking process for any activity.
• Managing a database of participants and ensuring regular communication to retain engagement.
• Ensure the creative learning offer meets all legal and regulatory controls and measures, particularly in relevance to working with young people.
• Act as the Safeguarding Lead
• Identify and execute marketing activity for the creative learning programme, working closely with the Content Team to design and produce required marketing assets.
• Champion creativity, the arts and culture in communities and engage participants within the overarching context of the Programme.

What you'll need to succeed

• A track record of excellence in developing and delivering creative participatory programmes.
• Experience of working with or engaging young people and families in programmes/projects in either an arts, museum, heritage, school or equivalent setting.
• Knowledge of the National Curriculum and the latest initiatives in heritage education.
• Good experience gained in a cultural role, planning and coordinating projects, including compliance with organisational and regulatory requirements.
• Experience of successfully managing relationships with a broad range of stakeholders, e.g. local authorities, suppliers, artists, facilitators and corporate and community partners.
• Experienced with Microsoft Office
• Proven ability to work well as part of a team and on one's own with minimum supervision, using initiative with accuracy.
• Excellent written communication skills with the ability to compose a wide range of documents and correspondence in the organisation and delivery of participation projects. (A)
• Excellent oral communication skills, with the ability to discuss details and requirements for projects with a broad range of stakeholders and deliver creative sessions for a broad range of audiences.
• Excellent administrative, organisational and time management skills, including the ability to work under pressure to tight timescales whilst running a variety of tasks simultaneously to meet key objectives in the organisation, administration and delivery of events.
• A flexible, enthusiastic, adaptable and creative approach to work.
• A demonstrable interest in the cultural, creative industries and the heritage sector and a passion for engaging a wide range of people in creative learning opportunities.

What you'll get in return
The chance to work in a interesting and unique role delivering learning to young audiences
Hybrid working - 2 or 3 days in the office per week, the rest working from home. 35 hours p/w (Mon-Fri)
*1 Saturday in 4 will be required to be worked; for a regular family event, TOIL - time in lieu offered in return.
What you need to do now
If you are you a confident communicator with a passion for working with young people and interpreting learning to a varied audience in a exhibition setting?Perhaps you have worked in education or in a heritage setting and are available for a new challenge?
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