London E15 2QS
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Art Projects Manager Job Summary
We are an innovative and dynamic community interest company based in the London Borough of Newham. Our mission is to create opportunities for autistic people, those with learning disabilities, and their families to thrive in local communities.
We’re looking for a manager to lead our two Art Projects: Art Group and Art Hub.
About the Projects
Art School: Background Information to the Art Projects
We ran a Community Art School for adult artists with learning disabilities for two years from 2022 – 2024 thanks to funding from the National Lottery. Over the course of the project we worked with over 40 artists with learning disabilities & autism. Art School was a non-directive art group, a place where neurodiverse adults met to create art that was important to them and reflected who they are as individuals. Neurodiverse people can feel pressure to ‘mask’ who they truly are to fit into society’s accepted norms. We wanted to offer a space where neurodiverse adults could authentically express themselves. This group was led by an autistic art facilitator.
Art Group
We have started a new weekly Art Group in partnership with the charity East London Textile Arts (ELTA). This is a mixed ability group where artists with and without learning disabilities from ELTA and Hopeful Futures come together to work on heritage themed projects for exhibition. You will be responsible for the overall management for the Hopeful Futures part of this group.
Art Hub
Our new Art Hub is all about ‘our work is valuable to our community’. You will be responsible for the running of two weekly art hub sessions at Rosetta Arts in Westham where seven artists with a learning disability at each session will create their own pieces of work through the guidance and support of a qualified art tutor. You will be responsible for helping each artist to develop their work into sellable products and raising their profiles as individual artists.
General information for Applicants
We look for staff who share our value base of LIGHT: Love, Integrity, Gentleness, High expectations and Time. It is important for our Art Projects Manager to be creative, proactive, to have a genuine passion for working with people, positive in attitude, with good project management & creative skills.
We are passionate about creating a diverse workforce and particularly encourage applications from candidates of the global majority.
This is a hybrid role, flexibly worked but generally four days project/office based and one day working from home. Part-time (4 days per week) would be considered.
Please note, all job offers are subject to a satisfactory DBS check and references.
Art Hub Manager Responsibilities and Duties
Project management:
· Risk assess all activities for art group and art hub
· Recruit artist volunteers to work at art group and art hub
· Act as a main point of contact for volunteers providing support and advise where needed
· Act as the main point of contact and lead on all communications regarding art group and art hub
· Work closely with Rosetta Arts in the planning and running of art hub sessions
· Facilitate the art group and art hub sessions where needed, alongside artists with learning disabilities, volunteers and art tutor/s
· Support our community project worker in the delivery of art group sessions, working closely together for the planning of the sessions
· Ensure the required administrative duties for art group and art hub are completed including registers, sign up forms, consent forms and case notes
· Work with our fundraising team to collate feedback where required
Sales & marketing:
· Develop an online presence for each artist on our website: a profile for each artist introducing them, their work and pieces available for sale & promote via social media
· Develop the art created at sessions into sellable products (prints and/or merchandise)
· Create a sustainable pathway for sale via our website, ensure receipt of item comes with a card of sale from each artist / information about Hopeful Futures
· Develop relationships with art galleries including V&A and tate disABILITY to exhibit artist’s work
· Develop relationships with external stakeholders
· Work with Greenwich market to set up a stall once a week for art hub artists to sell their merchandise & lead on the implementation of this
General:
· Keep up to date and follow Hopeful Futures policies and procedures via Citation
· Attend team meetings where required
· Complete and attend all mandatory and specialist training activities (online and face to face)
· Engage in regular individual supervision to enable reflective practice
· Engage in yearly appraisal, to identify personal and professional goals as well as review of performance
· Regularly read and keep up to date with all work-related correspondence, responding promptly
· Safeguard the people we support, following our safeguarding policy and procedures at all times
· Respect and uphold the people we support’s rights at all times, always promoting their right to privacy, dignity and choice
We welcome applicants of all faiths or none and have a robust equality and diversity policy with a zero-tolerance approach to any form of discrimination. Irrespective of faith background, applicants should be sympathetic to the Christian ethos of the organisation.
This list is not exhaustive and from time to time you may be required to undertake additional duties.
Supervisory Structure:
Your line manager will be our Community Manager. We will be recruiting to this post over the next few months, in the interim your line manager will be our Managing Director. This role has no line management responsibilities.