Chair of Children of Young People Group
The
Worcestershire Arts Partnership (WAP) is seeking a Chair to run the Children
and Young People (CYP) group
Background
Children
and Young People is one of the five priorities of 1000 Days, Worcestershire’s
Arts Strategy. This priority is well established within WAP and has seen a
number of events and programmes as well as successful funding bids for
projects. The highlights over the last two years include:
·
The
immersion of Voices and Visions, the County Arts Service Schools based project
into the work of the Group
·
The
development of the Moving on Staying On Symposium into a University and Elmley
funded project to maintain skills in the County
·
Funding
from Arts Connect, the West Midlands Bridge organisation, to develop and run an
Arts Ambassador Programme in schools
Your experience and skills
We are
looking to appoint one or more people to Chair the Group. We are looking for
someone with the following attributes:
·
Knowledge
and experience of working with schools and artists and organisations to develop
and provide arts based outcomes for children and young people
·
Knowledge
of how the arts can improve the lives of children and young people
·
Knowledge
and experience of working with children and young people in and out of formal
education
·
Knowledge
of the further and Higher Education sectors
·
Ability
to manage a group of arts practitioners and educators and act as an independent
Chair
·
Energy,
drive and commitment to embedding WAP within the CYP sector, as a contributor
to improving the lives of young people in Worcestershire
·
Experience
in bid writing
Your roles and responsibilities
The
roles and responsibilities are laid out in 1000 Days, the County Arts Strategy
and are as follows:
Oversee
the delivery of the Action Plan of the Children and Young people priority of
1000 Days, specifically:
·
Develop
the Arts Ambassador scheme across all schools and adapt Voices and Visions to
respond to needs
·
Work
with the County Arts Service to develop Voices and Visions into a membership
programme
·
Develop
directory of arts organisations for schools, after exploring issues of quality
and currency
·
Oversee
the Voices and Visons activity programme
·
To
work with the Looked After Children Team to develop interactive arts
experiences to embed arts across a wide range of exclusivity
·
Develop
a Jump Start event for young people
·
Support
the Chair of the New Prescriptions group to oversee the progress of the
Inspiring Futures in the Arts project (13-16 year olds) funded through the West
Mercia Police
·
Roll
out the Moving on Staying On project to ensure that graduates have the
opportunities to develop their arts practice in the county
·
Explore
funding opportunities for the Children and Young Group to ensure longevity
·
To
run one developmental symposium for the sector
·
To
act as a Champion and representative for WAP and on occasion deputise for Steve
Wilson
·
To
attend and report back to the WAP Steering Group
·
To
run at least four meetings and oversee 6 CPD events for schools and artists a
year and set agendas
The Fee
The fee
for the role is £2,000 and this represents a total of approximately 10 Days
work or 20 half days over the course of a year.
This
role could be held by one person or shared between 2 people, and
responsibilities allocated appropriately.
At the
present time we do not have full funding in place and would thus welcome
discussions with anyone interested in the role about approaches to achieving
full funding, such as partial in-kind support.
.
How to apply
Please
send a CV plus no more than 2 sides of A4, detailing your experience and
suitability for the role in response to the information outlined above, and
your consideration of the funding approach described above.
Responses
should be sent to
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