WHALE Arts – Westburn CAN Coordinator
14 hours per week

We are seeking an experienced candidate to oversee delivery of programmed activity and complete the end of project evaluation and reporting for Westburn CAN.

Westburn CAN is an innovative community-led partnership project that will reduce carbon through a range of distinct but integrated interventions including an Environmental Arts and Culture Programme, Horticulture Hub, and community food provision. The project is funded by the Climate Challenge Fund.

The post is a fixed term 12 week contact from 8th January to 31st March 2018.

Main Activities and Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate the delivery of all Westburn CAN activities
• Monitor and evaluate participation using central WHALE Arts’ systems and participative methods, in line with funding requirements
• Monitor and evaluate performance of the Westburn CAN towards carbon reduction and community outcomes
• Ensure all project funding requirements are met and reports completed
• Support a local participation in all aspects of the Westburn CAN project.
• Facilitate a steering group to assist with planning, delivery and evaluation of Westburn CAN
• Deliver community events, including monthly CAN meetings/activities
• Create partnership opportunities with local community organisations, public bodies, education and training providers
• Utilise and develop current volunteering policies, procedures and databases
• Conduct and report on community consultations

Other Duties

• To carry out occasional reception cover duties
• To support the development of the WHALE Arts Agency programme, systems, policies and procedures
• To comply with relevant WHALE Arts Agency policies
• To undertake any relevant training in relation to the post

Job descriptions cannot be exhaustive and the post-holder may, from time-to-time, be required to undertake other duties, which are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.

Recruitment Details

Essential skills:
•Educated to degree level in arts, education, or community generic ativan description work – or able to demonstrate equivalent experience.

Minimum 3 years experience in:
• Delivering and evaluating creative and/or community projects.
• Working with partners and participants to deliver project outcomes.
• Project management including writing project reports and evaluations.
• Managing budgets and financial reporting to a range of stakeholders .
• Community engagement and community-led development.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to work without supervision and as part of a team.
• A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office is essential.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Desirable Skills:
• Experience of running and reporting on Climate Challenge Fund projects
• Knowledge of Wester Hailes community, local organisations and services.

Application Process

Apply in writing or by email, enclosing/attaching:
• An up to date CV detailing relevant education and employment experience.
• A covering letter demonstrating how your skills meet the Essential and Desirable Skills criteria of the job description.
• Details of two referees, including at least one previous employer.

Applications should arrive at WHALE Arts Agency no later than 13:00 on Monday 11th December.

Please note that given the short term-nature of the contract we will require applicants to be available for an immediate start.

Equal Opportunities Monitoring

WHALE Arts Agency is committed to recruiting high quality candidates whose skills and experience are most suited to the job regardless of sex, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion (or beliefs), marital status, sexual orientation (or perceived sexual orientation), disability, age or political affiliation.

Please complete the Equal Opportunities form below. This information is for monitoring purposes only, will be treated as confidential and will not be used in the selection process.

Contact Details

Allan Farmer
WHALE Arts Agency
30 Westburn Grove
Edinburgh
EH14 2SA

0131 458 3267

allan@whalearts.co.uk

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We are delighted to share WHALE Arts’ Westburn CAN project has been shortlisted as a finalist under the Food category in the Climate Challenge Fund Awards!

The Westburn CAN project has been recognized for engaging local people in collective community participation to reduce carbon emissions. Working in partnership with New Caledonian Woodlands and Build To Grow, volunteers from all sectors of the community were cheap ambient reverb pedal engaged in practical activities to design and build an open access garden for community use. Project activities included food growing and cookery workshops.

The Awards evening will be held on 1 November 2017 at Dynamic Earth and the overall winner from each category will be announced on the night.

Congratulations to all artists, participants and volunteers involved in the project!

WHALE Arts – Create Development Worker
35 hours per week

Funded by the Aspiring Communities Fund, which is supported by the European Social Fund and Scottish Government, ‘Tasting Change’ is an exciting project that seeks to respond to local priorities and aspirations in order to support community development and empowerment in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh. To achieve this, the project will develop and deliver sustainable community-led solutions that tackle deprivation levels and inequalities created by food insecurity.

Tasting Change is being delivered through the Living Well Wester Hailes partnership which includes local organisations, GPs and CEC colleagues. The partners in Tasting Change have signed a consortium agreement that lays out how they will work together across a number of integrated project strands including the Create programme which will be delivered by WHALE Arts.

Working with local people, the Tasting Change project team, and other community partners, the Create Development Worker will be responsible for the development and delivery of activities that connect people creatively with dignified food provision, skills development opportunities and their community.

The Create Development Worker will be a key member of both the WHALE Arts staff team and the multi agency Tasting Change project team. Excellent communication and a collaborative approach will be central to the success of this innovative role which blends creative programming and community development with project management.

Main Activities and Key Responsibilities

• To ensure the views, assets and aspirations of local people underpin all aspects of the Tasting Change project.
• To manage and, at times, directly deliver a programme of creative activities to support dignified food provision in Wester Hailes – including regular sessions with partner organisations.
• Recruit and line manage artists, sessional workers and volunteers to deliver and support projects.
• Setting and controlling project budgets in line with WHALE Arts’ finance systems.
• Develop and manage a range of volunteer opportunities within the ‘Create’ strand of the Tasting Change project.
• To work as part of a multi-agency project team, including participation in regular steering group meetings.
• Create partnership opportunities with local community organisations, public bodies, creative and cultural partners.
• Plan, coordinate and deliver community events – including community meals.
• Utilise and develop volunteering policies, procedures and databases.
• Monitor and evaluate participation using central WHALE Arts’ systems and participative methods, in line with funding requirements.
• Ensure a legacy of best practice and sustained community participation.
• Monitor and evaluate performance of the Create programme towards target outputs and outcomes.
• Support the Tasting Change Coordinator to ensure all project funding requirements are met, reports completed and effective communication maintained with funders.

  Other Duties

  • To be a key holder, opening and securing the building out of office hours where required.
  • All WHALE staff help to provide occasional reception cover duties.
  • To support the development of the WHALE Arts Agency programme, systems, policies and procedures.
  • To comply with relevant WHALE Arts Agency policies.
  • To undertake any relevant training in relation to the post.

  Job descriptions cannot be exhaustive and the post-holder may, from time-to-time, be required to undertake other duties, which are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.

  Recruitment Details

  Essential skills:
  • Educated to degree level in a creative arts, food science or related discipline.

  Minimum 3 years experience in:
  • Conceiving and delivering community arts projects as a creative practitioner.
  • Managing the development and delivery of creative projects and programmes.
  • Successful partnership working with a range of stakeholders.
  • Project management including managing budgets, monitoring and evaluation, recruitment and management of staff and volunteers.
  • Community engagement and community event management.
  • Supporting volunteers in creative or community settings.
  • A commitment to and understanding of the importance of community-led development.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, able to work without supervision and as part of a team.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

  Desirable Skills:
  • Experience of community food provision food
  • Understanding of nutrition
  • Experience of working in a multi-agency project team
  • Knowledge of Wester Hailes community, local organisations and services

  Application Process

  Apply in writing or by email, enclosing/attaching:
  • An up to date CV detailing relevant education and employment experience.
  • A covering letter demonstrating how your skills meet the Essential and Desirable Skills criteria of the job description.
  • Details of two referees, including at least one previous employer.

  Applications should arrive at WHALE Arts Agency no later than 12:00 (midday) on Monday 18th September 2017. Late applications will not be considered.

  Interviews will be held on the 28th and 29th September.

  The successful candidate will be appointed to the role subject to confirmation of PVG Scheme Membership.

  Equal Opportunities Monitoring

  WHALE Arts Agency is committed to recruiting high quality candidates whose skills and experience are most suited to the job regardless of sex, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion (or beliefs), marital status, sexual orientation (or perceived sexual orientation), disability, age or political affiliation.

  Please complete the Equal Opportunities form below. This information is for monitoring purposes only, will be treated as confidential and will not be used in the selection process.

  Contact Details

  Allan Farmer
  WHALE Arts Agency
  30 Westburn Grove
  Edinburgh
  EH14 2SA

  0131 458 3267

  allan@whalearts.co.uk

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Join this free community celebration of our landmark occasion and enjoy fun creative activities for all ages:

-Aerial acrobatics with All or Nothing Aerial Dance Theatre
-Epic Chalk with EKoS
-Dance with Eleanor Robertson
-Unveiling of the Stitch ‘n’ Time community map

… as well as our birthday cake competition!

 

 

WHALE Arts – Street Arts Coordinator
4 hours per week

The Street Arts Coordinator is responsible for managing the Street Arts team, programming exciting and innovative creative activities with partner artists, engaging with young people, leading youth consultation sessions throughout the programme and coordinating monitoring and evaluation of the project.

Street Arts is an award winning project supported by Children in Need that takes art out onto the streets of Wester Hailes with fun, free, creative sessions for young people. Artists collaborate with young people through street-based arts activities including photography, model making, multimedia, printing, dance, parkour, film-making, music, drama, storytelling, beat boxing, poetry, sculpture, drawing and more. The Team are out on Thursday nights making art with young people aged 5-16 all year round.

Street Arts aims to raise aspirations, widen horizons and teach new skills, as well as showing young people that they can create art in their own environment. The Street Arts team supports young people to make a safe and inspiring space to create and play together.

The post holder will need to be a creative individual who is interested in working with young people and is passionate about the arts within a community setting. They will also need to be able to demonstrate extensive experience of working with young people in an outreach context. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to develop their project management skills and who is capable of delivering an exciting creative outreach youth programme set in a challenging urban environment.

Application Process

To apply for the post of Street Arts Coordinator please email the following to Kate Griffin, Learning and Participation Manager, at kate@whalearts.co.uk:
• a copy of your CV
• a covering letter detailing your skills and experiences and what makes you a suitable candidate for the post
• the contact details of 2 referees

Hours of Work: 4:30pm – 8:30pm Thursday evenings, plus additional hours for planning, training, holiday provision.

Contract Length: Fixed term 36 month contract.

Salary: £20 per hour, fixed term contract.

Deadline: 3 August 2017 at 17:00

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