SPEAK UP PRODUCER, QUEENS THEATRE HORNCHURCH
ABOUT THE ROLE
Job Title: Speak Up Producer
Reporting to: Director of Communities
Responsible for: Freelance Artists
Salary: £28,706 pro rata
Hours: 3 days per week (24 hours)
Contract: Fixed-term to end of July 2025
Holiday: 20 days holiday pro-rata during each holiday year, plus public holidays (the holiday year runs from 1 April to 31 March)
Period of Notice: 2 months
Special terms: This role is subject to an Enhanced Disclosures and Barring Services (DBS) check. Ideally be London / Outer East London or South Essex based and have a willingness to travel regularly to Havering to visit activity (mid-week term time)
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
To place creativity into the heart of young people's everyday experiences through high quality arts projects delivered in partnership with schools, colleges, and community organisations.
To build and nurture strong, meaningful local and national partnerships.
To inspire new ways of working inclusively with young people and the wider Havering community.
We are open to some of these duties being delivered flexibly and remotely, but a willingness to travel regularly to Havering to visit activity (mid-week term time) is essential.
MAIN DUTIES
• To produce the National Theatre's 'Speak Up' programme across 5 secondary education provisions in Havering.
• To establish positive relationships between schools, young people, artists, Queen's Theatre Hornchurch, the National Theatre and national project partners.
• Continually liaise with Speak Up Reps, artists and teachers across all Havering schools, managing the artists throughout the project.
• To manage associated budgets and contractual relationships on behalf of Queen's Theatre Hornchurch.
• To work closely with the National Theatre Speak Up team, reporting on budgets, training needs, data collection and evaluation.
• To be a champion for the work of the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, actively developing existing and new relationships with schools, colleges and community organisations
• To uphold the Theatre’s Safeguarding and Child Protection
• Organise evaluation session, bringing together teachers and artists to share experiences and feed in to development and legacy of the programme.
• Produce Speak Up sharing events for Havering Young People.
• Arrange off-site visits to QTH and other theatres, supporting travel to/from where necessary
• Support delivery of Speak Up Council, including pre-meeting with young people
• Attend monthly Speak Up Producer/Project Manager meetings
• Attend regular Speak Up catch up with NT team
• Continually monitor evaluation data from Speak Up sessions
• Arrange photographer/videographer to capture content from in- school sessions, seeking relevant permissions from schools and young people
• Support QTH and NT press team on press and publicity activity.
• Work with the Director of Communities to devise strategy for the legacy of Speak Up in Havering.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
• A passion for youth voice and social change
• Strong knowledge of school culture and the education system
• Successful track record in working with and empowering people through the arts
• Excellent project management and organisational skills
• Strong experience in producing multi-art events in a venue for young people and/or communities.
• Excellent communication skills working with a wide range of stakeholders: teachers, young people and partner venues at all levels
• Experience of embedding access requirements for events and activities
• Thorough and practical working knowledge of safeguarding and child protection procedures
• Knowledge and experience of working in Outer East London/Essex
ABOUT SPEAK UP
Speak Up is a new secondary school programme that aims to inspire a movement of young people, who want to speak up about the issues that matter to them – in their schools, their communities and nationally. Young people will work collaboratively with their teachers, artists, local arts organisations and the National Theatre to make local artworks and creative projects. This innovative programme has been developed with through the National Theatre’s Theatre Nation Partnerships (TNP) network, for young people who have been most affected by the pandemic and whose voices are not always heard. Speak Up takes place in areas of low arts engagement where there is an inequality of access to opportunities for young people. The TNP network includes
Speak Up is a co-created programme where young people, teachers and artists are equal partners. Young people will be supported and nurtured to become the leaders of the future, putting them at the heart of the creative process and decision making. Teachers will become opportunity seekers and actively find ways that Speak Up can shape the culture of their school. Artists will collaboratively and equitably make work without any predetermined outcomes. Arts organisations will use this programme to meaningfully shape how those with less power can have genuine agency within their organisations. Over three years, Speak Up will engage with 140,000 young people in 55 selected secondary schools nationwide. Together, we will inspire each other to find new ways to think, see and bring about change individually and in the world.
HOW TO APPLY
Application Deadline: Tuesday, 02 April 2024 at 12 noon
Interviews: First Interview via Zoom: Monday, 08 April 2024
Second Interview, In-person at QTH: Friday, 19 April 2024
To submit your application: Fill in our application form, a self-disclosure form and an equal opportunities form at: www.queens-theatre.co.uk/about-us/qrecruit/ (applications by CV cannot be considered)
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