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Creative Opportunity:

Partners in Creative Learning – Freelance Creative Producer 

An exciting opportunity to apply for a newly created freelance role with Partners in Creative Learning. 

Two-year freelance contract ending September 2026.  Fee £13,500 per annum, paid in instalments. 54 delivery days per annum.

Partners in Creative Learning (PiCL) design and deliver creative learning projects in schools and communities, in classrooms and public spaces, community venues or pop-up shops and online.  With 13 years of experience, we design innovative projects and work that use creativity, culture and art to make a positive change and communicate messages.  Our mission is to facilitate learning with all that we work with, using creative tools and techniques and exciting and fresh collaborations. 

PiCL currently operates as a team of four people that consists of a Finance and Operations Manager, Finance Administrator, Programme Director and Programme Co-Ordinator. The team are pro-actively supported by the Board. 

Stoke Cultural Education Partnership   

PiCL and Stoke-on-Trent Cultural Education Partnership have worked together since its inception, supporting the strategic partnership and co-delivering programmes, such as Loving Learning Through Creativity. Stoke CEP is a voluntary collective of creative organisations, artists and educators who have worked together to further  

and improve the creative education offer within the city. Through sector and youth consultation we have developed and delivered programmes with multiple partners and stakeholders that have focused on youth leadership, creative careers, teacher CPD, and developing a creative passport for young people in the city.  

In April 2023 PiCL and Stoke Cultural Education Partnership merged and joined the Arts Council England National Portfolio, from 2023-2026, with the organisation restructuring to meet the needs of the organisation, which includes delivering the NPO programme and Appetite activity.   

CASCADE 

Funded by significant initial investment from Arts Council England and complemented by further financial input from the government’s Shared Prosperity Fund, the CASCADE initiative spans three years as the first phase of an emerging ten-year strategic plan. CASCADE launched in Autumn 2023. 

The project’s aim is to nurture a skilled, connected, and sustainable arts sector that reaches and represents underrepresented communities, enhancing digital skills and increasing sector sustainability. 

Four arts organisations are co-creating four ‘Cultural Action Zones’ (CAZs) across three high streets and one zone specifically designed for and with children and young people.  The key purpose of each CAZ is to revitalise and transform the arts ecology in specific high-street areas and for targeted community groups. Each zone will have a unique theme and set of offerings, with insights and learnings shared and extended in subsequent phases – ‘cascaded’. 

Through a proactive and innovative approach, the successful candidate will lead on the delivery of PiCL’s Future Heritage (CASCADE) project.

This role will require you to undertake a DBS check. 

How To Apply: 

For the full details of the role and how to apply please download the available information pack (available as pdf or .doc files).

Our Recruitment Process: 

Please note we will not be accepting CVs for this role. Any other information sent as part of your application will not be considered as part of your application.  PiCL has taken this approach to ensure greater equity in its recruitment process and aims to support non-traditional routes into careers in the cultural sector.  

PiCL is committed to inclusive practice and would actively encourage applications from people underrepresented in our organisation; including those who identify as non-white, ethnically diverse, those who identify as (d)Deaf, disabled and/or neurodiverse, those who are care experienced and those who identify as LGBTQ+ .   

We guarantee an interview to those within those groups who meet the skills and experience criteria.  If you identify within any of these groups, please let us know in your email that you would like a ‘guaranteed interview’. You do not need to disclose any information.  

Deadline for Applications: 5:00pm – Monday 14th October 2024 

Completed applications need to be sent to: laurence@picl.uk.com 

Interview dates: Thursday 24th October 2024 Interviews will be face to face in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent unless that is a barrier to you attending the interview. 

If you require additional support to apply, please email laurence@picl.uk.com or call 01782 454773, leave a message and someone will respond within three working days.