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Lead Writer Role (Adults) - Beyond The Spectrum in Bradford District, Writing East midlands

  •  North East
  •  Under £10K
  •  Part time
  •  Closes February 17, 2025
  •  Rebecca Morris-Buck
  •  info@beyondthespectrum.uk
  • #Literature

Description

Job Summary

This role is for a Lead Writer of a workshop group of Autistic adults aged 18+ and is located in Bradford District.

Job Description

Writing East Midlands is hiring a Lead Writer for their Beyond The Spectrum Programme lead by and for Autistic writers. To stay true to Beyond The Spectrum's aims - to create an inclusive community for Autistic writers, informed and lead by their own voices - it is essential that writers who apply for this role are Autistic themselves.

This role is for a Lead Writer of a workshop group of adults aged 18+ and is located in Bradford District.

About Beyond The Spectrum

https://beyondthespectrum.uk/ - Beyond The Spectrum invites Autistic and Neurodivergent people to connect with Autistic professional lead writers through a series of creative writing sessions and a love of words.

The project has recently gone national, having expanded outside of the East Midlands.

About the Role

The Lead Writer will devise content and oversee delivery of the workshops, which will be held online, via Zoom. They will have access to resources produced by the project so far, such as workshop plans and prompts.

Fee

£1,500 (15 x Zoom workshops at £100 per session. Sessions last 1 hour and 30 minutes) This fee is inclusive of all preparation work and materials, workshop leadership, follow-up work and evaluation.

Key Dates

Deadline for applications is 5pm on Monday 17th February 2025

Interviews will take place on Zoom on either 27th, 28th or 29th February 2025

How to Apply

For the full job pack, click here: https://writingeastmidlands.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/BTS-LEAD-ADULT-JOB-DESC-BRADFORD-FINAL.docx

Or apply via this link: https://writingeastmidlands.submittable.com/submit/317704/beyond-the-spectrum-bradford-adults-lead-writer-role-2025

Job Responsibilities

  • Host an initial taster workshop with a group of Autistic and Neurodivergent adults (this could be in person, by arrangement).
  • Plan and facilitate 14 x 1 hour Zoom workshops with a group of Autistic and Neurodivergent adults.
  • Be responsive and sensitive to the group and individual members' interests and needs, and be open in their approach.
  • Be instrumental in collecting evaluative data on the group's experiences and track their own process through the creative project. The lead writer will support a uniform evaluative framework which they will be able to engage with and shape.
  • Work with a shadow writer and project partners to deliver the workshops and collate qualitative and quantitative data as required.
  • Collate suitable work from the workshops into an output, celebrating the work created throughout the project by participants. This will be linked to other activities taking place as part of Bradford 2025.
  • Lead and attend a sharing event in celebration of the project

Useful Links

How to Apply

A current creative CV with two relevant referees.
A letter (max 2 pages) or video (max 4 minutes) detailing:
o why you are interested in the Beyond the Spectrum project,
o your writing and workshop facilitation experience,
o your understanding/ any experience of Autism and in working with neurodivergent adults
o your availability for workshop facilitation

Include a writing sample of up to 5 poems or 1500 words of prose and ensure that the above is all saved as one Word document or PDF.

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