CREATIVE PLACES TIPPERARY TOWN
CULTURAL PRODUCER
CLOSING DATE: **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE** NOON ON FRIDAY **APPLY ON THE
WEBSITE**ND NOVEMBER **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**
NOTE THAT INTERVIEWS WILL TAKE PLACE THE FOLLOWING WEEK, ON WEDNESDAY
**APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**TH NOVEMBER.
INTRODUCTION
Tipperary Town is one of nineteen places nationally that has been
awarded a Creative Places Award by the Arts Council for either a
one-year research project or three-year developmental arts programme.
The project in Tipperary Town began work proper in Autumn **Apply on
the website** and current funding runs until September **Apply on the
website**.
The project is being led by Youth Work Ireland Tipperary in
partnership with a range of other agencies and organisations that make
up Tipperary Town Revitalisation Task Force.
The mission for Creative Places Tipperary Town is to:
SUPPORT AND DEVELOP ARTISTS AND CREATIVE PRACTITIONERS TO COLLABORATE
WITH THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN TIPPERARY TOWN TO EXPLORE IDENTITY,
BRING VIBRANCY TO THE PLACE AND HIGH QUALITY ARTS OPPORTUNITIES TO THE
PEOPLE.
A Creative Places Coordinator has been employed since November **Apply
on the website**. She has built an infrastructure and foundations for
the project and developed it in partnership with local artists,
community organisations and members of the wider public.
The project in Tipperary has several strands: a public engagement
programme, socially engaged arts projects in community settings and a
developmental programme focused on the arts and creative sector within
the town.
A change of Coordinator is due to happen at the end of November
* and a new Assistant has been recently
recruited to support the Coordinator with the project’s
administrative and marketing tasks.
A Cultural Producer is now sought to join the team so that Creative
Places Tipperary Town can continue to develop and work towards its
goals in collaboration with the community, artists and partner agency
staff.
THE ROLE
The Creative Places Cultural Producer will support the project
Coordinator to develop a small number of socially engaged arts
projects and cultural interventions with artists and key community
partners such as the HSE, Three Drives Family Resource Centre and
Youth Work Ireland Tipperary. The role will involve developing and
project managing arts projects in community settings, including an
Arts and Health Artist Residency in HSE settings with health care
service users. The role will involve supporting and coordinating the
artists who will devise and deliver those projects with and for a
range of members of the public.
The person who undertakes this role will also be responsible for
bringing together artistic creations and examples of community
engagement to meaningfully celebrate the range and variety of work
that has happened as part of Creative Places in Tipperary. The project
plans to celebrate and showcase work made by and with communities
during September * at the end of initial
project funding. The Cultural Producer will seek ways to share
artistic work and produce events that reach the widest possible
audience with the aim of sharing and validating the experiences of
those artists and members of the community who have been involved in
creating artistic work together.
This role is suited to an experienced Arts Manager, Cultural Producer
or Project Manager who is used to brokering relationships with
community sector partners and working with artists to develop
meaningful socially engaged arts projects with and for specific
communities of interest. It’s vital that the person who takes on
this role is familiar with community engagement methodologies in the
arts and cultural sector and understands socially engaged arts and the
context they play within creative place-making. This role is suited to
an imaginative person who enjoys working with people and is interested
in the role that creativity and the arts can play in society.
The Creative Places Cultural Producer will be recruited and employed
by Youth Work Ireland Tipperary (YWIT) and supported operationally by
the Creative Places Coordinator, Project Assistant and wider YWIT
team. The successful candidate will report to and operate within the
employment and governance procedures of YWIT.
DUTIES
The duties will include but are not limited to the following and the
post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to
the post from time to time and to contribute to the development of the
post while in office:
Work alongside the Creative Places Coordinator to:
* Develop and support the delivery of a small number of socially
engaged arts projects and cultural interventions with artists and key
community partners.
* Support the recruitment of an Arts for Health Artist in Residence.
* Work with the above Artist in Residence to develop meaningful work
with HSE partner staff and service users.
* Support the Artist in Residence to deliver and document their
work, as described above.
* Take responsibility for bringing together artistic creations and
examples of community engagement to meaningfully celebrate and share
the multiplicity of work that has happened as part of Creative Places
in Tipperary.
* Document and monitor activities and collate Creative Places data
in collaboration with the Creative Places Assistant.
* Be an active member of the Creative Places Team and contribute to
project processes, for example by sharing ideas for the development of
the Creative Places project in Tipperary.
* Support and work with volunteers and local creatives to support
the project.
* Work with the Coordinator, project Evaluator and other people
involved to reflect on and evaluate the project’s processes and
programme.
TENURE
The contract duration is until the end of September **Apply on the
website**. The position is a fixed term contract with a 3-month
probation period.
A panel may be formed to fill this position and any future vacancies
for the Creative Places Tipperary Town Cultural Producer which may
arise during the lifetime of the panel.
LOCATION OF POST
Where and when particular pieces of work will take place will be
discussed and agreed with the Creative Places Coordinator.
Administrative and other desk-based tasks can be undertaken from home
or at an office in Tipperary Town, the project has a shop that it uses
at its headquarters and to host art workshops and meetings. Other
activities will require the Cultural Producer to work at a community
venue in Tipperary, such as Three Drives Family Resource Centre or St
Vincent’s Hospital, an HSE mental health support venue.
SALARY
The rate of pay is € *.**Apply on the
website** per hour, based on * hours per week.
WORKING HOURS
Working hours provide for thirteen hours across each working week. The
successful candidate may be required to work hours outside of
“normal office hours”, including evenings and weekends, as
required by the Creative Places programme and as agreed in advance
with the project Coordinator. It may be that some weeks require more
hours of work and that other weeks require less, depending on project
activity, again this will be agreed in advance with the project
Coordinator and there is a recognition of flexibility being required
on both sides of the working relationship.
All hours worked will be subject to the provisions of the organisation
of the Working Time Act * and Organisation of
Working Time Act (Regulations) *.
ANNUAL LEAVE
The current annual leave entitlement is * days
per annum or on a pro-rata basis for any period worked. Notice of
intention to take leave shall be given to the line manager at least
two weeks before proposed leave commences.
YWIT’s leave year runs from 1st January to **Apply on the
website**st December. Granting of annual leave, payment for annual
leave and arrangements for public holidays will be governed by the
provisions of the Organisation of Working Time Act, **Apply on the
website** (as amended).
PERSON SPECIFICATION
ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
* Significant experience of developing and project managing work
that involves both artists and community organisations.
* Experience of sharing artistic work made by communities with a
wider audience, either through exhibitions, performances, events,
publications or other means.
* Experience of working to high quality artistic and production
outputs.
* Experience of supervising and supporting artists who engage with
communities.
* Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and communication skills.
* An understanding of the cultural sector and the practices of
community engagement and socially-engaged arts.
* Good team work skills.
* Ability to work on one’s own initiative.
* Ability to take direction and maintain appropriate boundaries.
* Report writing skills and the ability to document work and record
data.
* Experience of keeping accurate budget records.
* Ability to adhere to organisational policies such as child
protection, data protection and health and safety.
DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE AND QUALITIES
* Experience of working within an Arts and Health context.
* An awareness of creative place-making and its impact on
communities.
* Committed to human rights and equality of access to the arts.
* Self-motivated, enthusiastic and imaginative.
* Honest, responsible and reliable.
ESSENTIAL
* Flexible approach to work according to the need of the Creative
Places Project.
* Garda vetting applies to this post.
* The ability to be on-site in Tipperary Town occasionally, as
required by the Project.
TO APPLY
PLEASE SEND A CV AND COVERING LETTER TO **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE** WITH
THE SUBJECT HEADING “CREATIVE PLACES CULTURAL PRODUCER”.
Your covering letter should be no more than 2 sides of A4 and needs to
explain how your experience, skills and personal qualities match the
person specification for this role, also why you are interested in the
job.
THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS FRIDAY **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**ND
NOVEMBER **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE** AT **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE** NOON.
ANY APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
If you have an enquiry about this role you can email **Apply on the
website**
PLEASE NOTE: We are a small, part-time team and it may take us a few
days to reply to your enquiry.
We need : English (Good)
Type: Permanent
Payment:
Category: Others
