Vacancy at Modern Art Oxford
PRODUCER: (ADULTS & COMMUNITIES)
- To work with the Communities, Practice & Participation team to research and devise creative workshops for adult learners and community groups as part of the public programme at Modern Art Oxford, bearing participants of diverse abilities and background in mind.
- To deliver excellent, accessible and inclusive workshops with a strong commitment to developing peoples’ creative potential through contemporary visual art practice.
- To develop regular evening classes and short courses, working closely with the Head of Communities, Practice & Participation
- To provide introductions for local community groups and visitors at specific events.
- To work with colleagues to plan and manage project expenditure including processing invoices, monitoring expenditure and contributing to the preparation of estimates.
- To undertake general administration including responding to bookings for community group sessions and evening classes,, ordering materials, organising travel and hospitality for sessions, recording sessions through photographs and archiving.
- To maintain accurate records on attendance and activities and to coordinate evaluation and feedback to inform best practice for the organisation and peers.
- To update and maintain mailing lists and contacts relevant to Modern Art Oxford’s Adult Learning Programme including contacts with community groups and participants.
- To collate and prepare information for reporting as required by the Curator, Communities, Practice & Participation.
- To participate in staff team activities and attend professional training as necessary and as requested by the Curator, Communities, Practice & Participation.
- To ensure that Modern Art Oxford complies with all aspects of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in relation to marketing and communication activities with audiences, stakeholders and any other third parties.
- To carry out all duties in accordance with all Modern Art Oxford’s policies including Equal Opportunities, Access, Employment, Health and Safety, Child Safeguarding, Data Protection and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policies and the Creative Case for Diversity.
- To undertake any duties reasonably required by the Curator, Creative Learning & Participation.
- A minimum of three years’ experience of arts education with adult learners
- Experience of working collaboratively with charities and community groups
- Demonstrable experience of working with diverse materials and media.
- Creative, resourceful and responsive user-centred approach.
- Self-motivated and collaborative.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work evenings and weekends.
- DBS checked and trained in safeguarding.
- Good IT, administrative and organisational skills.
- A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
- An interest in and commitment to the work and values of Modern Art Oxford.
- Experience of delivering projects and workshops in art galleries and museums.
- Experience of delivering evening classes, short courses.
- Knowledge of alternative arts education methods and their histories.
- Knowledge of office procedures and practice.
25 days annual leave .plus 8 bank holidays (Pro rata)
An auto-enrolment pension scheme is in place with Legal & General. Under pension auto enrolment legislation, the employee will pay 5% (before tax relief) and the employer will pay 3% of qualifying earnings to the Legal and General plan. A salary sacrifice scheme is available after 3 months employment.
Employees are entitled to a staff discount in the Modern Art Oxford Shop and Café. There is an Employee Assistance Programme through Gemelli, and a series of discounts and salary sacrifice schemes through BHN Extras.
Modern Art Oxford is one of the UK’s most exciting and influential contemporary art organisations, renowned for its bold and ambitious artistic programme that promotes diversity and internationalism and celebrates contemporary art as a progressive agent of social change.
Modern Art Oxford welcomes more than 100,000 visitors each year with 10,000 attendances in creative learning and participation activities. The organisation’s digital content reaches 450,000 through Modern Art Oxford’s digital channels annually. Through a wide range of high-quality content creation and programming, Modern Art Oxford aims to make contemporary art accessible and engaging to the widest audience and to promote creativity in all of its visual forms. Over the last 50 years Modern Art Oxford has brought some of the world’s most important artists to the city, and the UK, and has developed an international reputation for pioneering emerging and under-represented artists.
Modern Art Oxford is a registered charity and relies on core funding from Arts Council England and Oxford City Council, and the generous support of individuals, trusts and foundations, sponsors, and friends.
Organisational Values
Modern Art Oxford aspires to the following values as an employer and organisation:
Welcoming
We are inclusive, caring, and respectful.
Ambitious
We are creative, resourceful and aspire to excellence.
Collaborative
We are dedicated to learning and are responsive and curious.
Conscientious
We act with integrity and are socially engaged and accountable.
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