Fresh Start for The Arts - seeking Four Support Workers

We are currently seeking applications for cultural research support workers for the Dumfries and Galloway Arts Partnership (DGAP) Fresh Start project.

These short-term, part-time contracts offer the opportunity to play a crucial role in an exciting project to create a cultural resource for Dumfries and Galloway. This resource will be used to help inform proposals for a new approach to the strategic management of arts and cultural activity across the region.

Four posts are available and it is intended that one person be appointed from and with responsibility for each of the D+G areas (Annandale and Eskdale, Nithsdale, Stewartry and Wigtownshire). Successful applicants will be responsible for gathering and recording information about the arts, artists and craft makers which are of relevance to the region’s arts, culture and heritage. This will be done through desktop research and work in the field. The data will be gathered from existing sources.

The work will involve liaising with line management, members of the arts and cultural community and representatives of the arts hubs which operate across the region. Some travel may be required.

Necessary experience  
Applicants must be able to work to a brief and use their own initiative. They require a high standard of written and spoken English and must be able to carry out detailed research which is clear and accurate. Candidates must be able to demonstrate that they can gather and check information in several formats and have the ability to use computers to work across media – creating and checking spread sheets.

They must be able to demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively by phone and in person, liaising with a variety of other organisations, carrying out interviews where necessary.

An understanding and knowledge of the arts sector in Dumfries and Galloway is essential.

A clean driving licence and own transport are also required.

Contract

Successful applicants will be contracted on a self-employed basis and will be paid at a rate of £12.50 per hour up to a maximum £1000 (inc VAT) - there is an allowance for expenses over and above this fee. The four support workers will be managed directly by Matthew Shelley and it is planned that the work required for this contract will be completed within a month of awarding the contracts.

Application Procedure

Applicants are required to submit a letter of application and a CV – these to be sent by email to DGAP Fresh Start project manager Kathleen O’Neill C/O info@matthewshelley.net by 5pm on 12^th April 2013.

For any queries about these positions please contact info@matthewshelley.net