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Arts Officer (Live Participation Programmes)
Closed for applications on: 16-Feb-2024 00:02
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 16-Feb-2024 00:02
Key details
Location
- Site
- Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Town
- 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Postcode
- NE1 4LP
- Major / Minor Region
- Tyne and Wear
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 5)
Specialty
- Main area
- 317 Charity Director 620226
- Interview date
- 26/03/2024
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
The Arts Officer (Live Participation Programmes) role is an exciting opportunity to deliver a growing live arts programme in Newcastle Hospitals Charity. The live art programme is based in one of the largest teaching NHS Trusts in the Country, and this role contributes to applying creativity to enhance the hospital experience and deepen engagement with our local communities.
You will be a motivated self-starter with a passion for creative community engagement and for health and wellbeing. You will support the Arts Curator (Participation Programmes) and growing Arts Team, in delivery of the live programmes across the Trust. The programme provides live arts activities (such as music) for staff, patients, and families to enhance the hospital experience; promote health and wellbeing and to engage with the wider community.
- Interview Date Tuesday, 26 March 2024
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
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- Passionate and knowledgeable about live and performing arts and the role of creativity, you will manage delivery of the live arts programmes for Newcastle Hospitals, working in partnership with a range of diverse organisations and community groups.
- You will have experience of the delivering live arts projects and have awareness of best practice of working with artists. You will have excellent organisational skills and be able to communicate clearly with multiple stakeholders, such as Trust staff, patients, artists, and cultural partners.
- You will be enthusiastic about the Arts Programme, live arts & health, and be keen to be a strong advocate for the programme across the Trust. You will have specialist knowledge of live and performing arts practice and will stay informed of current live arts practice.
Working for our organisation
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To support the Arts Programme Manager and Arts Curator (Participation Programmes) with Charity Arts Programme
- To support the Arts Curator (Participation Programmes) with the development and delivery of a new Live Arts Participation Programme for Charity Arts Programme
- To provide a high quality, effective and efficient administration of the Live Arts Programme
- To liaise with colleagues in the Charity’s finance team, to ensure that payments are made quickly, accurately, and efficiently
- To maintain efficient records of Charity Live Arts Programme enquiries and activities and assist with the monitoring and evaluation of Charity Live Arts Programme, analysing, and interpreting data and reporting on the cumulative and individual impact of the Live Arts Programme
- To support the Arts Curator (Participation Programmes) with implementation, monitoring and audit requirements of Arts Programme governance for the Charity Committee to ensure compliance with the regulatory framework of the Charity Commission and associated bodies
- To provide publicity, training and education on Charity Live Arts Programmes and the process for Trust staff and external partners to engage where required
- To prepare reports for the Charity Committee and Charity Working Groups
- To work as a key member of the Charity team, contributing to broader engagement and administrative work that contributes to the Charity’s overall effectiveness
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- Degree level or equivalent relevant work experience/qualifications
Desirable criteria
- Specialist qualification or CPD in charity, live arts, arts & health and/or equivalent
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of key issues facing hospitals, and the communities they serve, and an understanding of how the live arts programme might help address these
- Well-developed live arts & health knowledge and experience of undertaking live arts administration tasks
- Experience of communicating effectively with different audiences and different backgrounds across all levels
- Experience of delivering engagement and involvement related arts projects
- Understanding of digital communication methods, including social media
- Interpret and analyse arts evaluation data for communication to key stakeholders and decision makers within and outside the Trust / Charity
Desirable criteria
- Administrative / stakeholder engagement experience in the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector or within the NHS within clinical and/or corporate services
- Arts administration experience
- Developing and delivering development and improvement programmes
- Admin / stakeholder engagement experience in the NHS or the charitable sector
- Understanding of the NHS and the way it works
- Knowledge of the Data Protection Act and General Data Protection Regulation
- Knowledge of Equality & Diversity regulations
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to provide high-quality, Board level, administrative support, including high quality minute-taking at corporate meetings
- Ability to organise and facilitate stakeholder live arts engagement activities, events and meetings, arts activities/campaigns and the associated logistics
- Ability to work within a busy, fast-paced environment
- Ability to work on a flexible basis, including the occasional meeting outside of normal working hours and some travel across Newcastle in support of engagement programme of live arts activities
- Ability to manage conflict and sensitive situations and to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
- Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships both within and outside the organisation
- Ability to develop personal credibility with managers and to provide a proactive and high-quality customer-focused live arts programme
- Excellent organisational skills including record keeping and time management
- IT literacy across Microsoft suite including spreadsheets (Excel), with good keyboard skills
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katie Hickman
- Job title
- Arts Programme Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07511047538
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