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Agatha Christie Festival is seeking a freelance, part-time, Project Officer to support the Festival's programme for schools & young people in Torbay in 2026/7, on a 12 month fixed term basis
Agatha Christie Festival is a registered charity. We programme & deliver an annual festival designed to celebrate the life, legacy & provenance of world-best selling author, Torquay-born, Agatha Christie. Building upon the Christie provenance, and integral to our work, is a bespoke creative learning programme open to all Torbay schoolchildren, designed to advance literacy and a love of reading. Our schools programme this year is supported through public funding from National Lottery Arts Council England. To help us achieve our goals for Torbay schools in 2026/7, we are seeking a part-time freelance Schools Programme Project Officer for a 12 month fixed term. Details of the Job Description can be found here: https://www.iacf-uk.org/news/vacancy-freelance-project-officer
We are looking for a versatile & motivated Project Officer to work with our festival team to project-manage the Festival's programme of creative education for primary & secondary-school age young poeple in Torbay (Torquay, Paignton & Brixham) across 2026/7. The framework & timetable for the programme is already established. The project is funded through a grant from National Lottery Arts Council England and the post is fixed term & part-time for 12 months. We are offering an inclusive fee of £5,240 for ca 30 days across the year. Essential: at least 3y experience of delivering similar community projects; proven experience of working with Torbay schools; excellent interpersonal skills. Preferred: able to start immediately; Torbay-based; DBS check; clean driving license.
The Project Officer will work with the festival team and its creative education partners The Writers Block, MED Theatre & Doorstep Arts to ensure: 1. Timely communications planning, reaching schools in Torbay, particularly state schools in the more deprived wards of Torbay, in good time through appropriate channels, sharing the opportunity with them. 2. Liaison with the Festival's educational partners, ensuring partnership agreements are in place. 3. Each workshop session is booked to capacity. 4. Careful administration of bookings, liaison with teachers & TA's as appropriate, noting and fulfilling any special needs at the sessions. 5. Careful administration of compliance, such as risk management, health & safety. 6. Liaison with Torbay cultural venues where the workshop sessions will take place, administration of booking forms. 7. Attendance at workshop sessions, representing the Festival, to ensure smooth operation. 8. Administration of invoices. 9. Assisting with evaluation/feedback
Please send your CV with a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role to Matt Newbury, Creative Director, Agatha Christie Festival at [email protected] by 16 March 2026