Deadline: Monday 27 January, 10am
We’re looking for a passionate and organised producer to work closely with our team to coordinate our citizens’ jury, the Jury for Joy in West Cumbria.
About Everyone Here and the Jury for Joy
Everyone Here is the first Creative People and Places (CPP) project nationally to co-opt the existing methods of a citizens’ jury and apply them within an arts and cultural programme context on a long term basis. We have worked with experts Citizens in Power, to develop our innovative Jury for Joy model, a long-term sustainable decision-making structure for West Cumbria that is responsible for our programming budget. The pool of jury members was determined through a sortition process. Jury for Joy members were selected using attitudinal and demographic sampling to ensure that they are broadly representative of the wider population, this was undertaken by Sortition Foundation the country’s leading experts in democratic sortition. The jury meet twice a year with additional cultural visits and remote check-ins.
The jury uses a deliberative process to draw out people’s views on creativity and culture. A deliberative approach means one that helps the participants to learn about the topic, consider all sides of a question and discuss their views. Deliberation means weighing up an issue as a whole. In order to do this, you have to consider evidence and life experience from all sides of the issue. This requires a listening and learning approach, and everyone to explore each other’s ideas and seek to understand each other’s motivations. Jury for Joy provides time, space and support to empower local people to lead decisions about the creativity and culture they would like to see, experience and engage with in their community.
What is the role?
Our Jury for Joy Producer will work alongside our:
- Director for Access & Lead Jury Facilitator
- General Manager
- Artistic Director
- Projects Producer
You will be the jury’s main point of contact, keeping them informed on upcoming activity and opportunities. You will work to empower the jury to feel confident and comfortable in making decisions as a collective on creativity in their community.
What kind of work will you be doing?
Job Description
Organisation and Planning: Co-ordinating logistics of meetings, organising the schedule, gathering resources, booking venues and catering, ensuring clear communication and on-the-day event management.
Communications: Producing a monthly newsletter, keeping the jury up to date with opportunities and project development, scheduling remote check ins and updating the Jury for Joy webpage.
Creative Event Visits: Co-ordinate the jury to visit different artistic experiences, organising travel, tickets and catering.
Who are we looking for?
Person Specification
Essential
- You have a passion for West Cumbria.
- You have an appreciation of community working.
- You are organised and confident in co-ordinating large groups.
- You draw affirmative ideas from creativity and culture.
- You trust that together, people can deliberate consensus in a way that will radically challenge the status quo, and this will be democratic.
- You have experience of being creative with others in a position of leadership or followership.
- You be passionate about democratic platforms and the complex, slow process of deliberation.
- You be confident in handling complex information in a range of settings and platforms.Â
Desirable
- You have knowledge about working with governance, or alongside groups that have done this.
- You have a driving license and your own vehicle.
How much will you be paid?
We are offering £150 per day for an initial 25 day contract which we expect to be worked flexibly and often through half day engagements. This initial contract will last from February 2025 until end of June 2025.
Interested? How are we recruiting?
Please read through the below Jury for Joy Producer Recruitment Pack, complete the application form and provide a CV. We also accept these as sound or video files.
We actively prioritise people living in West Cumbria (which we define as the old Allerdale and Copeland area) and people who identify as working class.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to an informal online meeting with members of our team w/c Monday 27 January 2025 and then an in-person interview on Wednesday 5 February 2025 with our Artistic Director Kieran Sheehan and a member of the Jury for Joy. You will receive the questions in advance of the interview, and you will be able to speak to one of our team about any access requirements.