Creative Learning and Education Officer

A new role to develop a creative learning and education programme for young people and our community, using film, music, drama, Gaelic, and traditional arts. Salary of £36,000, 37.5 hours per week.

The Birks Cinema Trust is a charity which owns and manages The Birks Cinema in Aberfeldy. With around 21,000 people already visiting our cultural programme and 5,500 for our community programme, we now intend to launch a Creative Learning and Education Programme. This programme for young people and our community will be developed in the context of the inclusion of screen and film education in the Curriculum for Excellence Schools curriculum and involve other artforms including drama and music. A stakeholder consultation, feasibility study, and design of an education programme are required, which will also be developed in conjunction with other arts and culture organisations within Highland Perthshire.

Birks Cinema Trust is now recruiting a Creative Learning and Education Officer on a 12-month fixed-term contract to lead on the development of this programme. This would require the successful candidate to:

1. Undertake research into creative learning and education provision for young people and adults in our community and surrounding area in film, arts, and the creative industries to create a map of provision and identify relevant stakeholders.
2. Devise and manage a consultation exercise with local young people, education providers, community and arts and cultural organisations, and other relevant stakeholders, including funders.
3. Use the outputs of the consultation to design and scope a creative learning and education programme to be delivered by Birks Cinema Trust in partnership with others.
4. Develop a feasibility study for the delivery of the creative learning and education programme with a supporting 5-year business plan and budget.
5. Identify sources of funding to implement the business plan.

Skills and Experience Required:

1. Knowledge of current arts and cultural education provision in Scotland at primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, including knowledge of the Curriculum for Excellence.
2. Research skills.
3. Partnership working, including experience of negotiating and developing partnerships with schools, cultural organisations, voluntary organisations, and local authorities.
4. Experience of designing and delivering collaborative projects or programmes that are innovative, inclusive, and accessible.
5. Experience of integrating national and regional educational policy priorities with local plans for education and creative learning.
6. Project and budget management, planning, and organisational skills, with experience of initiating.

The deadline is Friday 21 March 2025 at 22:55.

TAGGED:
Education / Film / Gaelic / Music / Theatre / Traditional Arts / Young People (aged 0 to 25) / Literature and Publishing