SENsory Atelier Programme Manager, Attenborough Arts Centre

Vacancy terms: Part-time (0.8FTE, 30 hours per week) until 28 January 2028

Salary details: £32,296 to £36,924 per annum, pro-rata

Hours per week: 30

SENsory Atelier is an award-winning dynamic cultural education programme for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in Leicester/shire. Delivered through the Arts Based Learning fund from Paul Hamlyn Foundation since 2016, SENsory Atelier has become one of the leading approaches for cultural education in the country. Following a new major grant from Paul Hamlyn Foundation, we are now looking for an exceptional candidate to help us implement the future of this project in the role of SENsory Atelier Programme Manager.

The post will be based at Attenborough Arts Centre with some work located at the partner schools, with local, national and international partnership development and advocacy work.

The ideal candidate will manage all operational aspects of the SENsory Atelier programme at Attenborough Arts Centre and will work with the Learning & Outreach Manager, Director and Steering group on the long-term strategic planning of this programme. You will have Substantial relevant work experience in arts-based learning programmes with experience of working with children and young people, particularly those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and experience of evaluation processes for arts-based learning projects, including innovative approaches to evaluation and experience of analysing evidence-based practice.

You will have exceptional skills in project management. Strong advocacy and partnership development skills and excellent spoken and written communication skills with ability to write reports, e.g. to funders, boards, partners