Placemaking Creative Producer – Slough
Location: Slough with small amount of supporting associated activity in Spelthorne and Crawley. This role is home based and requires weekly face-to-face work within defined target communities. It will also require occasional travel for team meetings and events in the south east.
Hours: 3 days per week (21 hours)
Flexible working: Flexible working applications are welcome. This role requires working during school holidays and some weekends
Reports to: CEO
Salary: Level 6. £33,475 per annum (£20,085 pro rata)
Pension: Stakeholder pension scheme available
Overall purpose of the role:
The role involves initiating and enabling creative and cultural projects that respond to needs identified by the community, using a youth-led approach. Strong communication will be essential as you form partnerships and build relationships with schools and local organisations across Slough, a recognised Arts Council England Priority Place. Experience working with young people and collaborating with key community decision makers will help you plan, co-design, and deliver projects that meet important targets.
You’ll be proactive in seeking out additional funding, experimenting with fresh creative ideas, and ensuring our youth-led projects are both impactful and inclusive. Making connections with existing and developing opportunities, you’ll help expand creative options that truly respond to local needs. The position involves collaborating with various teams, especially Artswork’s other Placemaking Creative Producers in the New Forest /Rushmoor, Isle of Wight, Arun, and Dover, while also working independently. Through your efforts, you’ll help deepen and extend Artswork’s youth-led initiatives in Slough.
Work alongside the current Placemaking Creative Producer in Slough, who will be handing
over and tapering off their work over the rest of the year as they move towards a different
opportunity
• 2 youth-led creative changemaking commissions engaging a total of 450 young people
(Changemakers), who’ll have their skills development accredited through digital badges and
where appropriate Arts Award. Of these, one will engage underserved young people, and
one will focus on young people taking the lead to improve communities and lives. At least
one of these should have an environmental sustainability focus
• Local fundraising target of £10 000 to add to the existing budget for the above commissions
• Collect feedback and data and share stories of impact and achievements of young
Changemakers
5 creative consultation listening events with young people (likely to include weekends
involving artists / freelancers)
• 3 youth-led creative changemaking commissions engaging a total of 500 young people
(Changemakers), of which 100 will be lead changemakers and have their skills development
accredited through digital badges and where appropriate Arts Award. Of these
commissions, one will work to improve wellbeing outcomes for young people, one will
target and include underserved young people, and one improve communities and lives. At
least one of these should have an environmental sustainability focus
• Local fundraising target of £15,000 to add to existing to add to the existing budget for the
above commissions
• Collect feedback and data and share stories of impact and achievements of young
Changemakers
Project Development
• Develop relationships and partnerships across identified Priority Places with key stakeholders including local authorities, schools, health authority and youth services
• Develop and deliver creative consultation events, taking a creative approach to engage and capture the views of young people
• Develop mechanisms for sharing the learning from consultations to influence project development and policy in the local area
• Develop and deliver a range of youth-led creative changemaking commissions within Slough’s communities including working within and outside of school settings
• Deliver digital badges and champion their use across local projects
• Oversee the work of freelance facilitators and artists to ensure the aims and standards of the projects are met, and aid and enable delivery
• Work with Artswork’s Learning and Creative Careers teams to coordinate training for young people to become more powerful youth-voice champions, and to develop their creative careers options.
Communications
• Be responsible for local marketing including the production of event flyers, press releases, invitations etc.
• Liaise with Artswork’s Sales, Marketing and Communications team to ensure good communications and Artswork’s public profile are maintained, and brand guidelines and message are adhered to
Fundraising and Finance
• Leverage additional local funding to support the work from sources such as Local Authority Infrastructure Levy funding (formerly Section 106), health authority commission funds and grant funding
• Agree allocations and monitor the local budget, working with Artswork’s Finance & Operations team
• Source and manage relevant contractors, adhering to tendering processes
Impact and Evaluation
• Implement an agreed evaluation framework across all the work, ensuring that reporting is completed on time
• Work with the Data, Impact and Evaluation Managers to improve measures which demonstrate social impact
Administration and Legal Compliance
• Work closely with colleagues and partners to ensure compliance with all relevant legislative requirements, including data protection, environmental, equalities, health and safety, prevent duty, safeguarding, in line with Artswork’s policies and procedures
• Be a committed champion for Artswork’s Values and our Anti-Discrimination Charter
• Maintain and develop personal skills and knowledge through appropriate training
• Perform own administrative duties
• Maintain positive professional relationships with our participants, partners and stakeholders
Benefits:
We provide a range of benefits for employees including:
- Flexible working options
- Generous 29 days holiday plus bank holidays including guaranteed time off between Christmas and New Year
- Access to the Sage Employee Benefits programme
- Additional wellbeing time, which allows you to take 25% of your hours back when you really need it
- We champion continuous professional development in our organisation and offer all staff access to training opportunities. We invest in your learning and nurture your aspirations with an additional £500 budget to be spent on training of your choice.
Closing date for applications: Sunday 14 April 2024
Application procedure
Applicants should complete the Artswork application form (see below)
Closing date for applications: 10:00 Thursday 7 August 2025
Interviews: Thursday 14 August 2025 on Teams
Artswork will inform candidates whether they have been shortlisted for interview no later than Monday 11 August. If you are successfully shortlisted the interview questions will be sent in advance to support you. If you require any further support to enable you to participate in the interview please let us know.
We regret to say that we will not be able to provide feedback to candidates who have not been shortlisted. Thank you for your interest in this post.
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