Develop and run our year-round programmes with 15-25-year-olds<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wigtown Festival Company is looking to appoint a Young People\u2019s Engagement Officer to develop and run our year-round programmes with 15-25-year-olds. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape a fresh way of working with our target group of 15-to-25-year-olds at Wigtown Book Festival and around the year.
We are seeking a dynamic and imaginative individual who is experienced in enabling young people (YP) to develop cultural skills and explore their interests in a secure and supportive environment. The ideal candidate will be passionate about widening cultural access and overcoming barriers to participation.
Working within a small programming team and reporting to the Creative Director, they will be responsible for initiating, delivering and evaluating projects, and delivering against the aims of the Festival Company\u2019s Young People\u2019s Engagement Plan. An ability to self-organise and juggle multiple projects in a busy workplace is essential.
The Young People\u2019s Engagement Post is kindly supported by The Holywood Trust.
Terms:
The position is full-time \/ 35 hours a week. The salary is in the range of \u00a326,000-\u00a330,000 depending on experience, with an initial contract for two years.
WFC is a Fair Work and Real Living Wage employer and is open to flexible working from day one.
Key Responsibilities:
– Working closely in partnership with a wide range of young people to programme activities (including at Wigtown Book Festival) and develop new projects according to need.
– Creating new and lasting working relationships with other YP organisations in the region and beyond.
– Building and nurturing a new young people\u2019s advisory team.
– Developing and implementing the young people\u2019s engagement plan and evaluation framework.
– Monitoring, evaluating and reporting on the impact of our activities with YP.
– Sourcing funding for YP projects and managing funder relationships.
– Overseeing social media and marketing for our young people\u2019s activities.
– Occasional weekend and evening working (eg during Wigtown Book Festival) with time off in lieu.
View the full job description and person specification on our website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Location: Dumfries and Galloway<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For further information, please contact anne@wigtownbookfestival.com<\/a> (Anne Barclay), or call 01988402036, or visit https:\/\/www.wigtownbookfestival.com\/opportunities\/young-peoples-engagement-officer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The deadline is Friday 02 August 2024 at 23:55.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Develop and run our year-round programmes with 15-25-year-olds Wigtown Festival Company is looking to appoint a Young People\u2019s Engagement Officer to develop and run our year-round programmes with 15-25-year-olds. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape a fresh way of working with our target group of 15-to-25-year-olds at Wigtown Book Festival and around the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-musicians","7":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3910,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3909\/revisions\/3910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}