Development Assistant (Visual Arts) - EAY11066

East Ayrshire Leisure Trust; Cumnock; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000

Job description

Job Purpose

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Development Assistant: Visual Arts to work with East Ayrshire Leisure on 'Before and After Coal: Images and Voices from Scottish Coal Mining Communities,' an exhibition within Baird Institute, Cumnock. The exhibition is organised by National Galleries Scotland in collaboration with Nicky Bird and mining communities. The post holder will engage with public visitors and invited groups in the gallery delivering special exhibition tours. They will also assist in planning and delivering visual arts learning and engagement activities to a broad range of groups, with a focus on community photography and documentary practices. Please see the attached Job Specification and Key Activities which outline all responsibilities and duties for this post. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR INTERVIEW, CANDIDATES MUST DEMONSTRATE ON THE APPLICATION THAT THEY MEET ALL ESSENTIAL CRITERIA OF THE ATTACHED JOB SPECIFICATION.

Rate of Pay

Rate of Pay: £14.26 - £14.93 per hour. Hours of work are 19.5 hours per week, see attached work pattern. This is a temporary position until 30 August 2025.

Responsibilities and Our Values

Working within a performance management and continuous improvement framework, the postholder will strive to exceed the expectations of the East Ayrshire Leisure Strategy and Delivery Plan and in doing so promote and recognise the importance of people in delivering our vision and values:

1. Being honest and demonstrating integrity at all times
2. Engaging and inclusive with our people, partners, and stakeholders
3. Striving for continuous improvement by being ambitious and aspirational in all that we do
4. Taking responsibility and being accountable for our organisation and our service delivery

Additional Information

We follow the national guidance in relation to pre-employment checks namely Safer Recruitment Through Better Recruitment. With regards to requests for references and in line with this guidance, during your application process you should provide details of a minimum of two appropriate and relevant references, one of which should be from your current or most recent employer. It is also a requirement that the reference from your current or most recent employer is from an appropriate senior manager and it is not a reference from a former peer operating at the same level. The duties of the post involve Regulated Work with children and/or protected adults, as specified in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Successful applicants for such posts will be required to become a Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme member in respect of Regulated Work with either or both of these groups as appropriate, or if they are already a Scheme member, be subject to a PVG Scheme Record Update, before any formal offer of employment can be made by East Ayrshire Leisure.