We are Here! Is the Creative People and Places project for West Cumbria. We are very interested in hearing from people who have passion for the community of West Cumbria and the development of a community-led creative programme.
We are Here is determined to embed itself within the local communities of West Cumbria. In order to begin building this relationship we need someone that is devoted to regular weekly on the ground work with local groups to sustain ongoing relationships.
Half of the Community Producer’s (CP) role will include visiting Village Halls, Community Centres, Warm Hubs, local centres and other non-arts venues across West Cumbria to connect with local people. Their role will be to keep groups informed about the We are Here! programme activities as well as gather people’s interests in what kind of creative activities they would like to get involved in or experience in the future. The CP will hold a budget to invest in the seeding of ideas with local people and generating small projects that they can support in an ongoing way throughout the year.
The CP will present evidence at our Citizens Assemblies alongside local community members. This role will work closely with our lead organisation ACT, to develop a balanced connection to the rural communities across West Cumbria building on existing relationships and targeting the widest representation of this complex region. We want to develop a presence within a representative range of local communities across West Cumbria.
The second half of the CP role will focus on developing Place Based projects that are developed in collaboration with international and national artists within places across West Cumbria. Navigating and nurturing the relationship of the local community to the pieces of work being created is essential for the successful development of audiences within the region, and the CP will hold this relationship supporting We are Here! and our partners to programme and curate work with, through and for local people.
Renumeration
We expect this role to work 65 days over twelve months for a fee of £10,000
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Passionate about West Cumbria and protecting their right to high quality culture
- An awareness of how to interact with very different groups across West Cumbria
- An understanding of the importance of Equity
- Confidence in using email and word documents
- Driving license
- Excited by talking in public and developing long term relationships with groups
Desirable
- Experience of working with local communities as a volunteer or professional
- Experience of managing complex conversations in community groups
- Experience of working in a creative setting or on creative projects on a voluntary or employed basis
- Passion and experience for culture
- Passion for representing local views
- Very strong interest in diversity and representation
Tasks
- Take on the community liaison and relationship management for core projects
- Represent the views of local people to the Senior Management Team
- Develop seed projects with local people to research the potential for further investment
- Initiate relationships with non arts organisations and groups across West Cumbria
- Gather evaluation information from group activities
- Produce all seed projects related to Seed Project strand
- Manage health and safety and risk assess artistic projects in connection with the Co-Directors and other programme producers
- Begin to lead creative conversations with communities and artists or venues based on the interests of local people
- Contribute to We are Here! programme ideas and feed into evaluation
- Work with the Programme Producers to develop meaningful evaluation that leads to change
Please send through either a covering letter of no more than two pages or video of up to 4 minutes detailing your interest and experience in relation to the specification with an accompanying CV to rebeccamoss@cumbriaaction.org.uk
If you choose to apply via video please send it via the free file sharing platform We Transfer.
We also have an audio file of this application which you can listen to, if you require this in any other format please do let us know.
If there is anything else that we can do to support you in applying for this role please do contact Rebecca and we will all do our best to make the process as inclusive and accessible as possible.
- Contact name: Rebecca Moss
- Contact email: rebeccamoss@cumbriaaction.org.uk