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Vacancy - Regional Projects Officer
Post Title: Regional Projects Officer, The Garage Trust Ltd
Location: The Garage, 14 Chapelfield North, Norwich, NR2 1NY
Term: Full time (39 hours), fixed term contract to 31st March 2011 with the possibility of extension.
Please note that we are happy to consider candidates seeking a job share of 0.4 (2 days) supporting the Arts Award Regional Development Agency East or 0.6 (3 days) supporting MusicLeader East England.
Salary: £16,000 per annum (full time or pro rata equivalent)
Reporting to: Director, MusicLeader East of England and Arts Award Regional Development Co-Ordinator
Application deadline: 5pm, Thursday 27th May
Interviews: Friday 4th June
Application packs are available to download from the panel on the right.
Alternatively, please contact us at east-england@musicleader.net or call us on 01603 283382 if you need us to send you hard copies.
We are seeking a dynamic, can-do individual with a passion for music, the arts and skills development with excellent administration and project management skills. The successful candidate will support the Arts Award Development Coordinator in management of the Arts Award Regional Development Agency East (AAERDA(E)) and MusicLeader Director to develop two significant regional projects here in the East. We are seeking a candidate to work full time to support both projects however we are happy to consider a job share, split 2 days to support Arts Award delivery and 3 days to support MusicLeader delivery.
About Arts Award
The Arts Award is a national qualification which supports young people to develop as artists and arts leaders. It fosters creative, communication and leadership skills and helps to prepare young people aged 11-25 for further education and employment. The award is accessible to any young person and embraces all cultural interests and backgrounds and is offered at three levels (Bronze, Silver and Gold), levels 1, 2 and 3 on the English National Qualifications Framework. Young people can achieve an award in any arts activity, including technical and support roles such as arts marketing, stage lighting, web design etc.
The Garage has been the regional development agency for the east region since the award was launched in 2005. Nearly 3500 young people from across the region have achieved their Arts Award since.
More information can be found at www.artsaward.org.uk
About MusicLeader
MusicLeader exists to raise the quality, value and impact of music leadership in the UK. Funded by Youth Music, MusicLeader is a unique national network which supports the development of the music leading workforce, equipping it with the knowledge and skills required by employers. MusicLeader provides support to any individual or organisation who is interested in delivering music making activities. It offers three core services:
• Information, advice and guidance
• Training and networking opportunities
• Online resources
MusicLeader also advocates for the importance of music leading and the need for investment in this area of work. Join the MusicLeader Network today and see the difference. Visit www.MusicLeader.net. The Garage was appointed the MusicLeader partner organisation for the East Region in January 2010.
About The Garage
The Garage is a specialist young people’s creative training and education centre based in Norwich and managed by The Garage Trust, a registered charity. We deliver a range of creative programmes which support young people, particularly those that are disadvantaged to raise their aspirations and skills and build pathways into education, training and employment.
In addition to our direct delivery, we manage a range of strategic, region wide programmes which compliment our ethos of improving outcomes for young people through providing training, best practise and capacity building to cultural organisations and practitioners across the region.
