Interpretation Planner, Diocese of London

The Diocese of London seeks to appoint an experienced professional freelance Interpretation Planner to devise an original, creative and inclusive and Interpretation Plan for Phase 2 of a National Lottery Heritage Fund Application for a c£4m project to restore a Grade II* listed closed church in central London.

The appointed consultant will be required to build on the outline proposal to develop a fully costed Interpretation Plan for the project, liaising with the project team, client (Diocese) and external project partners. We are seeking a consultant who can demonstrate an innovative and creative approach to interpretation and who has experience in delivering interpretation plans for National Lottery Heritage Fund projects as well as co-creation and creative commissioning.

To transform access to heritage for our target audiences, we are proposing a 'with not for' approach to the development of interpretation during the delivery phase. As such, we anticipate interpretation outputs being a series of creative commissions capturing the heritage stories of the site that are co-created with priority audiences as part of the 4-year activity plan during the delivery phase. Additional interpretation outputs may include digital and graphic elements and resources to share the heritage of the site with wide-ranging and diverse audiences.

This scope of work is for the development phase only. This is a part-time consultant role with variable hours offered on fixed-term contract with a contract fee budget of £12,000. Applicants are invited to complete the ITT form with their resourcing proposal (day rate and number of days).

The interpretation planner will be responsible for creating a fully costed interpretation plan along with any design and production briefs for the delivery phase of the project. This phase (development) of the contract runs from January 2025, with a draft plan to be completed by May 2025 ready for an anticipated August 2025 submission.