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Evaluator - Gods House Tower (arts and heritage venue Southampton), a space arts

  •  South East
  •  Under £10K
  •  Part time
  •  Closes December 2, 2024
  •  Daniel Crow
  •  dan@aspacearts.org.uk
  • #Visual arts

Description

Job Summary

An experienced evaluator is required to support the evaluation of our current NLHF grant funded project that is supporting our programme and business development - please contact [email protected] for a copy of the full brief

Job Description

Introduction

In 2023/24 we launched a new business plan and secured National Lottery Heritage Fund funding to support developing our business, programme and staff across a three year period. The core objective of the new business plan (now into its second year) is to create a better balance between cultural programming and commercial activities as we aim to maintain a strong programme and increase revenue.

Since launching the business plan we have increased income from private hire bookings, wedding ceremonies and receptions alongside a live events programme; all of which is contributing to revenue generation compared to previous years. Our cultural programming is attracting a broad range of people and we aim to continue diversifying audiences with future cultural activities.

To support this work we are now looking for an evaluator to help us to measure and assess the impact and progress we are making against our National Lottery Heritage Fund approved purposes.

About 'a space' arts

At 'a space' arts (ASA) we strive to provide opportunities for visual artists to make new work and develop careers whilst also supporting audiences to engage and learn from high quality artistic experiences. We achieve this through a portfolio that currently consists of the http://aspacearts.org.uk/studios/arches-studios - Arches Studios, http://aspacearts.org.uk/events/ripe-tomatoes - RIPE, https://aspacearts.org.uk/artist-development - Artist Resources and our RIBA and Solent Quality Place award winning flagship venue https://godshousetower.org.uk - God's House Tower (GHT).

GHT opened to the public in October 2019 with an ambitious programme of exhibitions and events, and a permanent exhibition telling the story of the people who occupied this iconic building in Southampton's Old Town. As a new venue GHT attracted 14,447 people in a five month period until being forced to close in March 2020 due to pandemic; since reopening in June 2021 GHT is going from strength the strength.

Please contact [email protected] for a copy of the full brief

Job Requirements

The Evaluation brief
An evaluation consultant (or consultants) is required to work alongside key members of the team to devise and deliver an evaluation framework, review collected data (quantitive and qualitative), analysing visitor, artist and staff feedback and provide both interim and final evaluation reports.

Budget and Timeframe

  • Total fee £6000 including expenses (£7200 inc VAT if applicable)
  • Plus £500 for evaluation materials (if required)

Please include a fee proposal in your tender stating your day rate and the number of days you propose working on this project. We expect people to be paid fairly for their time and request a fee proposal aligned to your experience and time allocated to include the below as a minimum.

  • 1 x Start up meeting - January 2025
  • 3 x interim reports in circa Spring 2025, Autumn 2025 and Spring 2026
  • 1 x final evaluation report in August 2026 (grant expiry date of September 2026

Job Responsibilities

Skills and Experience

We are looking for an evaluator with:

  • Previous experience of completing similar evaluation project briefs for comparable organisations
  • Experience of evaluation reports ideally but not necessarily for National Lottery Heritage Fund projects
  • A proven track record of providing evaluation services to the cultural/heritage sector
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to work with a wide range of people
  • A willingness to spend time at GHT with the team and meeting the general public. It would be desirable if the consultant is based in the region or is willing to travel is located further afield.

N.B. we recognise the brief requires skills covering both cultural programming and business development. Therefore we welcome applications from individuals who can demonstrate experience of these areas, or a partnership/consortium application with individuals covering the required areas.

How to Apply

Application Process and Timetable
Please submit a proposal of no more than 2 sides of A4 including the following information:
- Your motivations to take on this project and your approach to fulfilling the brief
- An outline methodology and your approach to creating an evaluation framework
- Indicative timetable including key milestones up to completion
- Fee proposal, including a day rate and number of days proposed
- Examples of other comparable organisations or projects that you have worked with/on
- Please also include a CV for yourself and any colleagues who are part of your team

Applicants should submit a proposal and current CV by 9.00am on Monday 2nd December 2024 and sent to [email protected]

Interviews for all shortlisted applicants will be held on online during the week starting 9th December 2024

The preferred candidate will be appointed following the receipt of two satisfactory professional references

Closing date for tenders: Monday 2nd December 2024 at 9am

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