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Placemaking Creative Producer - Slough, Artswork

  •  South East
  •  Â£30k-40k (pro rata)
  •  Part time
  •  Closes August 7, 2025
  •  Louise Govier
  •  info@artswork.org.uk
  • #Charity

Description

Job Summary

Want to make a difference to young people's lives in Slough? Our Placemaking Creative Producer forms strong connections with communities and organisations in Slough and delivers multiple creative projects each year, responding to the needs of the community.

Job Description

Location: Slough with small amount of supporting associated activity in Spelthorne and Crawley. This role is home based and requires weekly face-to-face work within defined target communities. It will also require occasional travel for team meetings and events in the south east.

Hours: 3 days per week (21 hours)

Flexible working: Flexible working applications are welcome. This role requires working during school holidays and some weekends

Reports to: CEO

Salary: Level 6. £33,475 per annum (£20,085 pro rata)

Pension: Stakeholder pension scheme available

The role involves initiating and enabling creative and cultural projects that respond to needs identified by the community, using a youth-led approach. Strong communication will be essential as you form partnerships and build relationships with schools and local organisations across Slough, a recognised Arts Council England Priority Place. Experience working with young people and collaborating with key community decision makers will help you plan, co-design, and deliver projects that meet important targets.

You'll be proactive in seeking out additional funding, experimenting with fresh creative ideas, and ensuring our youth-led projects are both impactful and inclusive. Making connections with existing and developing opportunities, you'll help expand creative options that truly respond to local needs. The position involves collaborating with various teams, especially Artswork's other Placemaking Creative Producers in the New Forest / Rushmoor, Isle of Wight, Arun, and Dover, while also working independently. Through your efforts, you'll help deepen and extend Artswork's youth-led initiatives in Slough.

Job Requirements

  • Knowledge of Slough and local contacts, including communities
  • Knowledge of the social and political contexts affecting young people

  • Knowledge & interest in the arts

  • Access, diversity, equalities & inclusion practice within the last 2 years

  • Experience of developing and delivering complex projects from start to finish, preferably within an arts context

  • Experience of working with young people and youth-led approaches

  • Experience of working with and influencing stakeholders

  • Experience of working as part of multiple teams and autonomously

  • Experience of fundraising

  • Ability to plan and deliver projects that actively address diversity and inclusivity

  • Excellent organisational and administrative skills, the ability to prioritise workload and keen attention to detail

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, responding effectively in person and in writing, and when presenting ideas and proposals

  • Ability to manage priorities

Job Responsibilities

Project Development

Develop relationships and partnerships across identified Priority Places with key stakeholders including local authorities, schools, health authority and youth services

Develop and deliver creative consultation events, taking a creative approach to engage and capture the views of young people

Develop mechanisms for sharing the learning from consultations to influence project development and policy in the local area

Develop and deliver a range of youth-led creative changemaking commissions within Slough's communities including working within and outside of school settings

Deliver digital badges and champion their use across local projects

Oversee the work of freelance facilitators and artists to ensure the aims and standards of the projects are met, and aid and enable delivery

Work with Artswork's Learning and Creative Careers teams to coordinate training for young people to become more powerful youth-voice champions, and to develop their creative caree

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How to Apply

Please apply via the Artswork website and fill out our application form.

https://artswork.org.uk/opportunities/placemaking-creative-producer-slough

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