About the Museum
Inspired by three great 18th- century activists - Thomas Coram, William Hogarth and George Frideric Handel - the Foundling Museum is a force for change. We believe in creative action that brings past and present together to stimulate imaginations and enrich young lives. With a campaigning spirit, we celebrate the work of artists and inspire people to take positive action that transforms the lives of children and young people, and creates a lasting impact on society.

Widening access to our remarkable 300-year-old collection and story, lies at the heart of all our work. Our pioneering learning programmes have a lasting, positive impact on the lives of vulnerable and marginalised young people, with a focus on early years, families, paediatric inpatients and care-experienced young people.

We seek to grow our impact with care-experienced people across the UK, through an innovative new project called The Breakout Room. This private digital portal will adapt elements of our established training programme, Tracing Our Tales, alongside new and bespoke creative, vocational and participatory content.

About The Post
The Arts & Wellbeing Manager will take a leading role on our work with Social Prescribing, Hospital Projects and Wellbeing Projects as well as a collaborative role, alongside the Curator: Artists’ Projects, in programming projects around Social Care.

This role is central to our ambition of developing and disseminating knowledge about best practice in creative delivery and learning, both within and beyond the formal education sector.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the launch of a new programme of activity in April 2023, when the Museum becomes an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation. We are therefore looking for someone with the confidence of experience to hit the ground running.

Job Description

Main duties:

Planning and Strategy
• Programme and develop projects inspired by the story of the Foundling Hospital and the Museum’s Collection
• Contribute to funding applications and provide the Development Team with evaluation and reporting needed for successful funding bids. Work with evaluators Art of Regeneration to maintain good evaluation practice.

Projects
• Maintain the partnership with MIND in Camden to deliver Social Prescribing art project for the local community.
• Manage the Museums long-standing Hospital Projects, sending artists into Mental Health Wards for young people
• Develop work with Home-Start Camden & Islington, following a pilot in Spring 2023, supporting wellbeing of parents and under-fives.
• Deliver a partnership programme with DOST in Newham, supporting young migrants and refugees.

Other Duties
• Manage the Museum’s Trainee one day per week.
• Contribute to the development and management of the Museums Safeguarding Policy for children and vulnerable adults
• Work actively with the Communications team to promote Arts & Wellbeing projects across digital platforms
• Contribute to financial planning within the Learning Department and manage substantial budgets in relation to the Arts & Wellbeing Projects
• Undertake such other duties as may be requested by the Curator: Artists Projects

Person Specification

Essential Attributes
• Proactive self-starter with a collaborative, generous approach to project work
• Self-reflective with an ambition for excellence and the ability to communicate with people from all walks of life

Essential Skills
• Thorough knowledge of the arts and cultural sector
• Practical knowledge and experience of safeguarding policies and procedures, relating to young people and vulnerable adults
• Experience of working within hospital or healthcare settings, or of working with either looked after children or care experienced adults
• Experience of developing and managing projects (including budget management)
• Experience of employing and supervising a team of high-quality, dynamic freelance artists
• The ability to engage with a wide range of people
• Excellent IT skills

Desirable
• Knowledge of Social Prescribing
• Up-to-date knowledge of working in healthcare settings and good teaching practice
• Mental Health training
• Public speaking skills
• Ability to create website content when needed
• Experience of programming projects in response to a collection
• Experience of risk assessments
• Delivery of creative CPD for professionals
• Experience of project managing projects with vulnerable young people and adults
• Experience of developing a health and safety policies.

Enhanced DBS
This position will work in-line with our Safeguarding policy and any offer of employment will be subject to successful completion of an enhanced DBS check.

This is an on-site position with limited capacity for remote-working.

Closing date 13th March, midday
Interviews Monday 20th March 2023 by zoom (or telephone)
 Monday 27th March 2023, in-person second interviews

To apply, please complete the attached application form and upload it. Applications received without a completed application form will not be considered.