Department/Team: Education and Community
Responsible to: Education and Community Director
Contract: Permanent
Location: Mix of home working and from The Old Vic, 103 The Cut, London, SE1 8NB (min 3 office days)
Hours: Full-Time, usual working hours are Monday– Friday, 9.30am–5.30pm with some occasional out of hours work (e.g. evenings and weekends)
The Old Vic offers the ability to work these flexibly under the guidelines in our Hybrid Working policy. Additional hours may be necessary in order to fulfil the requirements of the post.
Salary: £33,500 to £35,500 per annum
Benefits
* Hybrid working for eligible teams and a company culture that promotes good work/life balance
* Enhanced annual leave, starting at 25 days per year, increasing by one day per year up to 30 days (plus bank holidays). Opportunity to switch statutory bank holidays to mark a religious event or festival
* Complimentary tickets for you and a guest to Old Vic preview productions
* Discretionary invite to Press Night performances and parties
* Free therapy from our therapy partner SelfSpace
* Mental health support via our in house Mental Health Champions
* Enhanced employer pension contributions with The People’s Pension
* Festive day – one discretionary additional paid day off around the festive period for a collective pause
* Time to volunteer – one day per year to support a charity or project of your choosing
* Commitment to learning, education and development
* Enhanced sick pay
* Access to interest free travel schemes including Cycle 2 work and Season Ticket loans after your probation period
* Family friendly policies and enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental pay
* All staff social events
* Staff discount in Penny and The Old Vic bars as well as discounts in local bars and restaurants
* Opportunities to get involved with staff clubs and working groups such as the Inclusion Working Group
* Buddy schemes including New Starter and Parental buddies to support your induction and return to work after parental leave
Role Summary
As Community Manager, you will lead on the administration and development of The Old Vic’s flagship community projects including Matinee Idols and Theatre Connects and collaborate on the delivery of 12 Choirs of Christmas and other cross-departmental activities as well as leading on the development and delivery of any ad hoc community initiatives. You will also work alongside the Education and Community Director to develop future strategic community engagement activity including family work in the Backstage Building.
These projects will serve particular strategic objectives as defined in The Old Vic Business Plan, (updated yearly). You will also contribute to organisation wide initiatives from an Education and Community perspective.
Your Team
The Education & Community department is led by the Education & Community Director and also includes the Head of Education and Community, the Education Manager (Schools Club), the Education Manager (Take the Lead), the Education Manager (Primary), the Participation Manager, Participation Coordinator and the Education & Community Coordinator. This team is supported by a network of Education Associates, freelance artists and administrators.
Areas of responsibility
Programme Content
* To project manage, develop and oversee key Old Vic Community projects including Matinee Idols and Theatre Connects, ensuring that they meet objectives, reviewing this regularly and ensuring projects are kept to budget and evaluated thoroughly
* To collaborate with the Education Manager (Primary) on the development and delivery of 12 Choirs of Christmas and other projects where appropriate
* To support the creation and delivery of workshop content
* To work with the Education and Community Director to develop the community strategy for the Backstage building, including supporting on consultations and evaluation
* To recruit and maintain and develop strong relationships with participants for Community projects
* To maintain strong relationships with all stakeholders from participants to supporters to professionals involved in the department’s activities
* To develop and maintain strategic links with local community organisations
* To contribute to the development and content of wider Education and Community initiatives
Operational Activity
* To line manage freelance artists and facilitators working on community programmes
* To act as a point of contact for community participants
* To update and maintain our database of community organisations
* To work closely with the marketing team to create marketing material for our projects, in line with Old Vic branding guidelines
* To support annual reporting through provision of data and interpreted evaluation reports
* To support the development department by providing data for reporting purposes and ensuring supporters’ needs are met, and information is available in a timely and appropriate fashion
* To look for additional opportunities to engage participants across the organisation
* To maintain an awareness of best practice in community arts participation settings
Company-wide Activity
* To attend Development events as requested
* To contribute to regular all staff meetings, sharing information and connecting staff with activity across our projects
* To represent The Old Vic at various events and ensure its reputation is maintained
This is not an exhaustive list of duties and the Theatre's management may, at any time, allocate other tasks which are of a similar nature or level.
Person Specification
Essential
* Experience of facilitating, and delivering high quality community arts projects
* Experience in the content creation of large-scale community arts projects
* Excellent organisational and project management skills
* Experience of working with people from diverse backgrounds and with additional needs
* Proven line management experience
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Budgetary management experience of up to £50K - £100K
* Acute attention to detail
* Robust understanding of best practice and new developments within a community arts context
* Experience of evaluation design, analysis and reporting and experience of writing copy for content and marketing materials
* Some experience of working within a theatre building or arts organisation
The successful candidate will be required to undergo a DBS check as the role may interact with vulnerable adults and/or children.
How to Apply
We understand that everyone is different and we want you to apply in whichever way you feel best shows your skills and experience. There are a range of ways that you can apply with us:
* 1. Sending a short video file of yourself (no longer than two minutes in length), detailing your experience, why you are applying for the role and what about working at The Old Vic interests you (have a look at the person specification in the job description).
* 2. Sending a short audio file of yourself (no longer than two minutes in length), detailing your experience, why you are applying for the role and what about working at The Old Vic interests you.
* 3. Completing our application form.
* 4. Uploading your CV and covering letter, explaining why you are interested in the role and working at the Old Vic.
As a Disability Confident employer, The Old Vic has made a commitment that all applicants with disabilities who meet the essential criteria for this job will be invited to interview. However, in the event that we have a high volume of applications all of whom meet the criteria and identify as disabled, meaning it is not practicable to interview everyone, we may apply a weighting to the shortlisting criteria, or add an additional shortlisting stage before any interviews take place. In all cases we will take care to ensure that any criteria or weightings do not disadvantage disabled applicants.
All appointments are made subject to satisfactory references and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
The Process
The recruitment process for this role will be two stages:
* 1st stage virtual conversation
* 2nd stage in person conversation
* You may be asked to complete a work based skills assessment or challenge.
The closing date for this role is 3 February 2025. First Conversations are likely to take place 17 February 2025.
Equal Opportunities
We actively support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do. We are particularly keen to receive applications from people of the global majority, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse and disabled candidates.
We may take positive action, in cases where candidates are equally qualified, to increase the employment of under-represented groups at The Old Vic.
In the event that we ask you to attend the theatre for a conversation and you are struggling financially, we may be able to reimburse you for any reasonable travel costs.
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