Blackburn with Darwen's Place Partnership of local cultural organisations are looking for a curriculum specialist to develop a series of scalable activities supporting place-based learning in the local area, inspired by the rich culture of making - past, present and future. For this phase of activity, educators have expressed a particular interest in resources that meet the Design & Technology curriculum, and we are also interested in increasing resources that meet cross-curriculum areas. We are looking for a Curriculum Specialist with a culture-led approach to help shape a pilot with 3 schools and local partners across Key Stage 2. This project is part of the wider Blackburn with Darwen Place Partnership, funded by Arts Council England. The Place Partnership brings together Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery, British Textile Biennial, Culturapedia, Festival of Making CIC, Prism Contemporary, The Bureau Centre for the Arts, The Making Rooms & Uncultured Creatives. To deliver this work, we are looking for someone who: Expected deliverables: To apply, please send the following three pieces of information by email to [email protected] with Place-Based Learning Application.Job Summary
Job Description
Job Requirements
Has in-depth knowledge of the KS2 curriculum
Has experience engaging with educators and understanding the pressures they are
under
Can facilitate conversations between educators, partners (e.g. industry & cultural
organisations), as well as young people
Can create scalable activity plans that respond directly developing relationships/feedback - there is the opportunity here to engage further creative support in illustration/film development, with a separate budget dedicated to this
Has a proven track record of working with cultural industries or creative projects
Is committed to creating thoughtful, engaging and creative activity plans, embedded within the curriculum
The fee for this piece of work is £9,000, to include the facilitation of 3 x relationships between schools and partners, and the creation of scalable activity plans. There is an additional budget of up to £5,000 for creation of resources.Job Responsibilities
Develop the framework for 3x partnerships between schools and local orgs
Facilitate an estimated number of 3 x interviews/visits/sessions per partnership (exact outputs of this will depend on framework development)
Develop scalable activity plans connecting D&T with cross curricular links and career elements, responding directly to each partnership
Work closely with BM&AG and Festival of Making CIC to share updates on the project and collaboratively steer its direction.
We do not expect the Curriculum Specialist to be able to create all the final visual resources - a separate design budget is available to build the thoughtful activity plans into visual and engaging resources. Bids can include the option for the design budget to be allocated to the provider as a complete service.
We will be responsible for securing schools and partners, however will take into account any suggestions or directions the Curriculum Specialist advises. Useful Links
How to Apply
1. A 500 word expression of interest with reference to:
● What attracts you to this project
● Why you meet the criteria set out in ‘What are we looking for?’
● Outline of relevant experience you would bring to this piece of work
● Where you are based geographically
2. A CV and/or shareable examples of relevant work (this could be shared through online links, PDF formats or other media that best portrays your work)
3. A simple budget outline including details of your fee/daily rates/outline costs.
Deadline for Applications: 9am, 1st June 2026
Interviews will take place on 10th June 2026.
You will be notified if you have been selected for an interview on or by the 4th June. We may be able to accommodate online interviews - please notify us if you may require this in
your application.