Community Engagement Worker

Application deadline: 15/04/2024

Summary

Artlink Hull is a community arts and educational charity with a mission to engage all sections of the community in the arts and to bring about social change. We have recently won a three year National Lottery Community Fund grant to recruit a Community Engagement Worker to extend our work.

Are you passionate about engaging people from underrepresented communities in arts and cultural activities which will have a positive impact on their lives? Are you well connected with Hull’s communities and the city’s arts and cultural sector? Are you positive and flexible with a ‘can do’ attitude? If so we’d love to hear from you.

Role: Community Engagement Worker

Reports to: CEO

Terms: 2 days per week (0.4 FTE) 3 year fixed term contract

Note: possible extension to 3 days per week subject to funding.

Salary: £28,770 pro rata

Job Description

· Contribute to the design and delivery of Artlink’s community engagement strategy and programme alongside the CEO and our whole team.

· Pro-actively identify underrepresented communities, establish contact, and build strong relationships with community organisations and explore ways in which we might work together.

· Communicate and promote the opportunities for joint working between Artlink and community organisations.

· Ensure that the Artlink team is regularly updated on relevant community issues, concerns and activities.

· Create and maintain delivery partnerships with organisations which share our values.

· Work with Lead Creative Producer to identify and nurture partnerships with potential Creative Connections delivery partners.

· Create new opportunities for people to engage in arts and cultural activities.

· Identify potential community leaders within organisations with an interest in the arts and cultural engagement and support the development of community leaders.

· Contribute to the production of project planning documents, delivery systems and project management processes to enable and support delivery of projects to the highest possible standards.

· Working with the General Manager, provide information for Artlink’s central databases and systems to monitor and report on project milestones, timelines, impact and evaluation criteria.

· Assist in the commissioning, assembly and management of project artists/facilitators as required.

· Support and enable project team(s) and delivery partners to realise the aims and objectives of projects.

· Personally deliver elements of projects such as activity sessions, as necessary

· Promote equality, diversity and inclusion across project activities.

· Work in collaboration with the Creative Team to ensure community engagement across the whole of Artlink’s programme.

· Help to secure a future life and legacy of projects by identifying and nurturing new opportunities for income generation.

· Assist with fundraising activity by working with the CEO to secure income generation.

· Help to maintain a positive, flexible and collaborative working culture, ensuring all team members have the community engagement resources and information required to support their role.

· Work in accordance with organisational practices, policies and procedures.

· Attend staff meetings and organisational development/planning meetings as necessary.

· Maintain a commitment to training and professional development and undertake relevant training and development.

· Engage with annual staff appraisal process.

· Work flexibly including some evening and weekend work within reason and by prior agreement.

· Act as a keyholder for the building.

· Carry out additional duties relevant to the role as deemed appropriate by the CEO, and by agreement.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following attributes:

Essential

· Minimum 3 years experience of communications and engagement with local community and voluntary sector organisations.

· Significant knowledge and networks relative to the Hull’s community and voluntary sector and the arts and cultural environment.

· Passion about engaging people in arts and cultural activities which have a positive impact on their lives.

· Experience of designing and developing arts and cultural engagement projects

· Proven track record of working with project teams, artists and partners in the development of new work.

· Ability to maintain accurate and up to date records.

· Experience of monitoring and reporting of projects.

· Strong verbal and written communication skills

· Strong command of risk management and H&S around project delivery

· Strong, demonstrable ability to identify priorities and to delegate

· Commitment to equality of access and opportunity, able to support the cultivation of an inclusive and representative organisation

· A commitment to equality and diversity and promoting inclusion

· Ability to motivate and support others

· Good listening skills

· Empathy, understanding and ability to engage with people at all levels.

· A team player, positive about working collaboratively.

· Current DBS check

· Knowledge of current safeguarding requirements.

· Willingness to work flexibly including some weekends, evenings and off site.

Desirable

· Significant applied experience of delivering projects for disabled people and/or for children who faces barriers to participation

· Experience of working with and supporting volunteers

· Disability awareness training

For more details please contact recruitment@artlinkhull.co.uk

To apply, please send a full cv with a covering letter to recruitment@artlinkhull.co.uk

Benefits:

• Additional leave

• Casual dress

• Flexitime

Work Location: Onsite

Application deadline: 15/04/2024

Expected start date: 01/06/2024