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Commission Brief, Creative Careers & Work Experience Programme Evaluation, Partners in Creative Learning (PiCL)

  •  West Midlands
  •  Â£40k-50k (pro rata)
  •  Part time
  •  Closes February 16, 2026
  •  Lucy Thomson-Smith
  •  lucy@picl.uk.com
  • #Education

Description

Job Summary

PiCL are seeking to engage an individual or organisation to compile an evaluation report on the impact and outcomes of our Creative Careers and Work Experience Activity.

Job Description

As part of our Arts Council England National Portfolio funded activity, we have been delivering an engaging work experience programme and creative careers activity. This work has partnered young people, schools and cultural organisations to delivering meaningful and educational opportunities for young people to learn around careers in creative industry.

This has included;

  • Hosting Creative Careers fairs and events at local schools and cultural venues
  • Facilitating work experience placements and projects with local creative organisations
  • Developing legacy projects to provide ongoing opportunities for creative work experience
  • Partnership working to develop and improve the local offer and opportunities for young people to gain insight into creative industry

Moving into our first NPO extension year, we are working with local partners to create a responsive plan to address in school needs and gaps.

We are seeking to engage an individual or organisation to compile an evaluation report on the impact and outcomes of our activity and delivery.

Job Requirements

We invite proposals from individuals or organisations with:

  • Experience evaluating educational or young people focused activity
  • Expertise in compiling and analysing data and impact findings
  • Experience in evaluating and reporting on creative and arts activity
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Experience working with National Portfolio Organisations is desired but not essential.

Travel in and around North Staffordshire will be required.

Job Responsibilities

The contracted expectations will include:

  • A data report and gaps analysis based on local education partners, to identify opportunities to support gaps in knowledge, skills and resources
  • Working with our partners and stakeholders to understand the impact and outcomes of activity
  • Compiling the key learnings from the activity
  • Collate any relevant data and information
  • Delivering a report to our Team on the key findings
  • Advising suggested actions or next steps
  • Advise on future evaluation tools relevant to collecting the related information for this programme strand

We invite applications to deliver this brief for a budget of circa £5000.

Please include a breakdown of your budget and cost allocation in your submission.

We envisage the commission being the equivalent to circa 12-15 days over the project period. The appointed person or organisation will need to be responsible for their own National Insurance and tax.

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How to Apply

Please submit a proposal of no more than 5 pages outlining the below:
• Introduction to you / your company
• Approach and methodology
• Examples of 3 similar evaluation projects
• Budget breakdown
• Two references
• Proof of public liability insurance
All applicants will be reviewed assessed against the following criteria:
• Approach to the brief
• Methodology for conducting the work
• Value for money
• Past relevant experiences
To apply, please send the information above to [email protected]

For full details and job pack, please visit our website.
https://www.picl.uk.com/opportunities

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