Thu, 10 Apr 2025 published - Thu, 10 Apr 2025
Job Summary
St Andrew's Methodist Church, Worcester is recruiting for a part-time Producer (20 hours a week) to help us develop our unique city centre premises as a place to explore faith and spirituality through hospitality and the creative arts (visual and performance).
Job Description
St Andrew's Methodist Church is looking for a Producer to join us in an exciting new venture as we develop our unique, large, city centre premises as a place to explore faith and spirituality through hospitality and the creative arts.
We are looking for our space to be used for exhibitions, performances, workshops, and creative community engagement to enable those of all faiths and none to consider spiritual themes in an invitational, inclusive and participatory way.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about the potential of the creative arts to create space for conversation, connection and well-being, with a desire to explore faith openly and authentically with others.
You will work alongside the Trustees of St. Andrew's to devise and deliver a high-quality programme of exhibitions, events, workshops and discussions over the next three years, whilst integrating and generating dialogue between community activity and faith exploration.
We are particularly keen to hear from you if you are a creative practitioner with a background in the arts and community engagement, and are motivated by the prospect of shaping this new venture to enable St Andrew's to become a credible and active Christian presence in the creative arts in Worcester.
Job Requirements
It is an occupational requirement that the successful applicant is a professing and practising Christian under the Equality Act 2010.
Attributes:
* Alignment with the values & ethos of the Methodist Church.
* A desire to enable exploration of spirituality & the Christian faith through the creative arts.
* Ability to work flexibly (including some weekends & evenings).
Experience:
* Appropriate undergraduate Diploma/Degree, NVQ 4 or experience of working in an equivalent role.
* Strong administrative and organisational skills.
* Able to interact professionally with a wide range of stakeholders.
* Organisational and project management skills, including successful delivery of diverse projects on time and within budget.
* Proficient in one or more artistic disciplines.
* Experience of developing marketing and leading creative arts and community engagement programmes.
* Experience of working with both faith and community partners to generate open dialogue and engagement with faith and spirituality.
Job Responsibilities
The Producer will work with the Trustees to:
* Develop good partnerships with local creative practitioners, city-centre stakeholders and ecumenical partners;
* Develop a sustainable programme of creative events in collaboration with local creative arts practitioners, city-centre stakeholders and ecumenical partners to promote creative and open exploration of faith, meaning and purpose;
* Identify and secure income streams and funding opportunities for such events;
* Oversee and lead arts and creative community engagement initiatives, coordinating the preparation, organisation, marketing and supervision of events;
* Work with faith and community partners to generate dialogue between community arts activities and faith exploration;
* Develop a sustainable model between commercial activities and those which promote community/faith engagement to enable the church to become a flourishing arts hub with faith at its core.
Job Title: Creative Arts & Faith Community Producer
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