Workshop Facilitator at NEST North East
Contract Type: Permanent
Role Type: Employment
Hours: Part time
Application deadline:
Based: Hybrid
Salary: £
Salary Type: Fixed Salary
Role description: Project Support
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR, MOCKINGBIRD NEST (NORTH EAST)
We’re recruiting for a Workshop Facilitator, who will work as part of a small team (alongside a Project Lead and Producer) to deliver our new Mockingbird NEST project in Newcastle, working with care experienced children and young people aged 11-18, in person and online.
About Mockingbird NEST
Mockingbird, a global award winning and pioneering programme led by The Fostering Network in the UK, delivers sustainable foster care. It is an evidence-based model structured around the support and relationships an extended family provides. The model nurtures the relationships between children, young people and foster families supporting them to build a resilient and caring community. To find out more about Mockingbird you can visit the website and watch this short film.
Mockingbird NEST is part of a series of Mockingbird events that focuses on working alongside the children and young people that live in constellations across the UK. It is a multi-disciplinary arts programme, which offers a safe and playful space for collaboration, experimentation, expression and the development of creative skills. The workshops are delivered regularly, both in person with partner venues across the UK, and online. We deliver 3 in-person and 3 online workshops per year, all taking place on Saturdays.
To see an example of some of the work that NEST participants have created in the past, watch this animation film.
OVERVIEW
NEST Workshop Facilitators are a key part of the core team, delivering the project alongside the Project Lead and Producer, and collaborating on the design and delivery of regular workshops with professional artists from a range of artistic backgrounds.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job title: Workshop Facilitator (NEST North-East)
Reports to: Project Lead (NEST North-East)
Contract type: Freelance
Fees:
£350 full day delivery (in person)
£250 full day producing/planning
£200 half day delivery (online)
Location: Live Theatre, 27-29 Broad Chare, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3DQ and online via Zoom
Main Responsibilities
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● Work closely with the Project Lead, Producer (NEST North-East team) guest artists and The Fostering Network to design and deliver workshops in person and online.
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● Collaborate with other members of the project team, including partner venue staff, to ensure each session runs smoothly and successfully.
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● As part of the project team, actively contribute to the research and recruitment of guest artists to deliver workshops alongside the core team.
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● Provide feedback to the NEST team through regular debriefs and team meetings.
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● Implement The Fostering Network’s current safeguarding policy in a workshop context (safeguarding
training will be provided).
Person Specification Essential
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● 5+ years' experience of delivering practical workshops with young people aged 11-25 in a participatory arts context
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● Experience of designing creative participatory workshops for young people
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● Experience of working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary artistic team
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● A passion for working with children and young people
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● A warm, friendly, open-minded approach
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● Demonstrated ability to be flexible in a workshop and producing/planning context
Desirable
● Experience of working with care experienced children and young people.
If you feel you have relevant skills and experience to the role, but that they don’t match all the essential criteria, we would still be interested in hearing from you.
AVAILABILITY
Please make sure you are available on the dates below before you submit your application. First round interviews (online, 1 hour): Wednesday 19th, Thursday 20th OR Friday 21st July Second round interview (in-person, all day): Wednesday 30th August
Training (in-person, all day): Wednesday 13th September
Workshop 1 (online, 10:30am-1pm): Saturday 7th October
Workshop 2 (in-person, all day): Saturday 11th November
You will also need to be available for approximately 3 additional 60-minute meetings per delivery session, which will take place in person and/or online. Looking ahead to 2024, the team will deliver 3 in-person and 3 online workshops, spaced regularly across the year.
HOW TO APPLY
Please apply via this online form https://mockingbirdnestjobsnortheast.paperform.co/
The form will ask you to:
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● Enter your contact details
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● Upload your CV
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● Upload a cover letter of maximum 2 sides of A4 OR a video (maximum 4 minutes) responding to the
Person Specification
Enter the name and contact details of two references, one of whom should be your current or most recent employer
Application deadline: Monday 10th July at 5pm.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
We welcome applications from all sections of the community and especially encourage applications from individuals, who are underrepresented in this sector. All applicants are treated equally and selected on the basis of individual merit and ability to meet the requirements of the role.
If you have any questions, or you need anything to be sent to you in an alternative format, please contact Adam Kammerling on adamkammerling@googlemail.com