Assistant Producer: Public Programmes

Salary
£27,825 per annum
Location
Bristol, We The Curious Offices
Closing date
28.08.2024
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Posted by: We The Curious

Date: 30 July 2024

Location: Significant responsibility onsite, some scope for working from home.

Department: Content

Report to: Producer – Public Programmes

Responsible for: N/A

Salary: £27,825 per annum

Contract: Fixed term, six months parental leave cover.

Working hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours a week (1.0 FTE) Monday-Friday. Please note, this role includes occasional evening and weekend working.


About We The Curious

We The Curious is an educational charity and South West England's leading science centre.

We produce experiences that bring people together to play, get creative with science and explore different ideas.

We work with partners, locally and nationally, supporting people to be inquisitive, develop new skills and improve their wellbeing.

We are progressive, inquisitive, collaborative, playful and creative.


Our mission

Our aim is to connect and empower people through sharing creative experiences which celebrate unknowns in science.

Our work as a charity is driven by five key pledges:

_Cultivate Curiosity

_Include Everyone

_Open Up Science

_Sustainable Futures

_Build Resilience

You can find out more about these in our Manifesto.


About the role

Sitting within the Programming team, the Assistant Producer: Public Programmes plays a key role in the development and delivery of the wide-ranging public events programme at our busy Harbourside venue.

Working alongside the department lead and our other Assistant Producer, this role is expected to lead on content creation for our in-venue programme of events, as well as support the delivery of daily activities, workshops and participatory experiences.

Primarily focussed on engaging non-school audiences, you will be helping to create experiences that specifically appeal to families, adults, the under 5’s, priority audience groups and everyone in-between. You will be expected to help bring together ideas and research from across the arts and sciences and collaborate with professional and community partners to create experiences that are playful, accessible and ultimately cultivate curiosity.


What will you do in this role?

Role specific responsibilities

_Lead on research and development of new, high-quality content for the programme – creating new workshops, experiences and activities from scratch

_Work with different groups of people and spaces within our venue; working confidently and flexibly to adapt and create new content for different environments, audiences and on different themes.

_Support the department lead to project manage a broad range of events, creative collaborations, and partnerships (both short and long term) such as our family weekend and holiday programmes or projects with community/youth/academic partners.

_Support the departmental lead on our delivery schedule, including administration of timelines, deadlines, and staffing schedules

_Co-ordinate the logistics needed to effectively deliver the programme, including administration, cross-departmental liaison, procurement and compliance with organisational regulations and guidelines including Health & Safety, Safeguarding and Child Protection.

_Support face-to-face programme delivery both inside and outside our venue as required, including training the delivery team and supporting volunteers, alongside occasional weekends/holiday support on the venue floor.

_Feed into the development of strategy concerning the public programme at We The Curious in collaboration with your team and other departments as required.


What will you do in this role?

General responsibilities

_Support and assist the Audience, Marketing, and wider Programming team on all aspects of communicating our offer, including marketing campaigns, social media, and audience development.

_Collaborate with the Development team on any funding bids and reports relating to your area of work.

_Embody and demonstrate our values; Collaborative, Creative, Inquisitive, Playful,  Progressive.

_Be responsible for carefully following safeguarding policies and procedures and raising any concerns to your manager/Designated Safeguarding Officer.

_Have general responsibility for departmental compliance with GDPR.

_Occasional out of hours work and travel to events may be required of this role.

_Due to the responsibilities of this role, you will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check as part of your induction.


What we're looking for from you

Essential

_Experience of developing and delivering a diverse range of events, activities, and workshops for the public across a range of disciplines

_Experience of working collaboratively with external partners

_Experience of working with audiences not well represented in the science centre sector

_Confident facilitator and communicator

_Experience of/competency in all aspects of project administration and/or project co-ordination

_Highly organised with excellent time management skills, an eye for detail and the ability to prioritise

_Able to work independently under own initiative and under supervision

_Flexible and adaptable team player with good interpersonal skills

_A STEM based degree or experience of working with STEM ideas and concepts

Desirable

_Experience of working for a public venue on their events programme

_Experience in training and coordinating delivery staff and supporting volunteers

_Demonstrable experience of translating complex topics and concepts to make them accessible and engaging to a non-specialist audience

Application process

Deadline for applications:  Wednesday 28 August 2024 at midnight.

Interview date(s) and location: Tuesday 17 September 2024, in person at We The Curious, Bristol. Online interview requests will be considered for those unable to attend in person.

Start date: Wednesday 23 October 2024.

Application process: If you would like to apply, please complete the application form, it contains three questions designed to assess your experience and suitability for the role.

Please do not submit CVs or covering letters as we don’t review them.

We appreciate interviews can be stressful, so we try to make them more of a conversation and a chance for you to tell us about how your skills and experience make you the right person for the role.

If you are invited for interview, we’ll send you the questions that you’ll be asked beforehand so you have time to prepare.

If you have any particular needs or requirements, please do let us know so we are able to make the required adjustments.

If you would like to talk about the role or the application process, please email people@wethecurious.org

Support during the process

We The Curious is a Disability Confident Employer and we welcome applications from candidates who self-assess themselves as having a disability. We will guarantee an interview to applicants who advise that they have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for a job vacancy. To help you, under the Equality Act 2010 a person is defined as having a disability if a) they have a physical or mental impairment, and b) the impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

We want to work with you to ensure the recruitment process is accessible for you.

If you are disabled,  neurodivergent, or if you have a long-term health condition, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes for you.

You’ll have the opportunity to let us know about any adjustments you may need throughout the application and selection process. We’ll continue this conversation if you join us as a staff member, and we’ll work with you to make sure you have the adjustments you need to succeed in your role.

Examples of adjustments could include:

_providing alternative formats at every stage

_options to apply

_extra time for tasks

_providing some extra information about what to expect

_office orientation before an in-person interview.


Including everyone

We value the positive impact greater representation will have on our organisation, programmes and culture. It’s our goal to become an inclusive place to work and for our teams to better reflect our city and the people who visit us.

We welcome applications from people of all lived experiences and particularly those that are not well represented* in the science centre sector.

We want to work with you to ensure the recruitment process is accessible for you, please contact us if you have questions about We The Curious, our accessibility or recruitment process at people@wethecurious.org   

*By not well represented we mean people with lived experience including but not limited to:

_African and African-Caribbean heritage

_South Asian and East Asian heritage

_Other global majority ethnic groups

_Disabled

_Neurodivergent

_Visually Impaired

_Deaf community

_LGBTQIA+ and/or non-binary   

_Working class background

_Didn’t go to university or first in your immediate family to attend University

Working with us

We value the people that work with us. Our staff have access to the following:

Wellbeing & support

_Flexible working

_Hybrid working

_Mental Health First Aiders

_Confidential advice & counselling through the Employee Support Programme

Leave

_25 days holiday in addition to bank holidays (all pro-rata).

Facilities & discounts

_Free entry to the venue at any time with up to four guests, plus 12 additional entry tickets per calendar year to give away.

_15% off in the We The Curious café

_20% off in our shop

_Range of discounts with local businesses and free entry to other local attractions.

_Free parking

_Secure cycle storage

Pension

_We offer a pension scheme with 5% company contributions.

Death in service benefit

_Four times your annual salary.

New Parent Policy

We are proud to be a family friendly organisation, which is why we work to develop our people practices in line with that value. We have recently introduced a none gendered approach to Maternity and Paternity, re-branded as  our “New Parent Policy”. There are eligibility criteria and terms and conditions, but the key take away is that anyone who is due to become a new parent, regardless of their gender, can take one year off work, and we’ll pay your full salary for the first five months. 

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