Tell Us Another One                 

Project Co-ordinator (full time)

and Project Worker (0.6)

Cartwheel Arts is an ambitious and innovative company based in Heywood delivering participatory arts projects in Rochdale borough and across the North West for 25 years.

We need two organised, energetic and talented people, passionate about the written and spoken work, nurturing new talent and using the arts as a catalyst for change, to deliver the next phase of our brilliant Tell Us Another One project, which will involve diverse communities in Rochdale, Bury and Oldham in a three year creative adventure in writing and sharing stories.

Phase One of the project, delivered by Kim Haygarth, generated huge enthusiasm among participants, built understanding and confidence across cultural and generational boundaries and exceeded all its performance targets. Kim’s other commitments mean that she cannot continue with TUAO.  So there is an opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic practitioner to shape the expansion of the project in Phase Two.

We currently have just 3 very busy members of staff (see below) and a large pool of freelance artists and volunteers delivering a vibrant range of projects in diverse community settings.

The Project Co-ordinator post is full time (37 hours per week) at a salary of £22,545. 

The Project Worker post is part-time (0.6 = 22/37) at a salary of £21,500 pro rata.    

Both posts enjoy a 7.5% employer pension contribution.

Cartwheel Arts is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

If you are interested, please click on the links to download the following documents, common to both posts:

• ‘About Cartwheel Arts’ – background information about the company
• Tell Us Another One project brief
• Equal Opportunities Policy – for our other policies click here
• Guide to CRB Disclosure pdf – more up to the minute information can be found at www.crb.homeoffice.gov.uk
• Equal Opportunities monitoring form - to be returned with application form

The following documents are specific to the post in question:

• Job description – Project Co-ordinator
• Person specification – Project Co-ordinator
• Application form – Project Co-ordinator - please type or complete in black ink and don’t staple                                                                                                                                    
• Job description – Project Worker
• Person specification – Project Worker
• Application form – Project Worker - please type or complete in black ink and don’t staple

The successful candidates will be offered the posts subject to an enhanced CRB check.

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act:

The work for which you are applying involves some opportunity for access to children and vulnerable adults.  It is, therefore exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, 1974.  You are, therefore, required to declare any prosecutions and convictions you have, including any which are pending or would be regarded as ‘spent’ under the Act.  You should also declare any cautions and bind-overs. 

For more information, or if you have trouble downloading the documents, please phone

01706 361300 or e-mail admin@cartwheelarts.org.uk

We only accept applications by post or by hand.  Your completed application form plus monitoring information must reach us by 4pm on Thursday 29th July 2010.

Interviews:   Project Co-ordinator: Weds 4th Aug 2010;    Project Worker: Fri 6th Aug 2010 We look forward to hearing from you!

Director of Cartwheel since the summer of 2004, prior to which I was one of the Projects Co-ordinators. I still get involved in projects as much as I can, and the variety of work we are doing now is brilliant. I’ve worked in the participatory arts for, well, quite a long time now.  My background originally was in community print and design as well as commercial printing for the music business, the labour movement and theatres. I spent 10 years with Greenwich Mural Workshop in Woolwich running the screenprinting and repro department. I worked as a freelance artist for some years before joining Cartwheel, so I appreciate the pressures on freelancers and some of the issues that arise.

rick@cartwheelarts.org.uk

I've been the Administrator at Cartwheel since January 2009 and work Monday - Wednesday. I love working in community arts, and for Cartwheel, as every day is different and you get to meet the most amazing people!

My background is a degree in English and an MA in Theatre Studies.

admin@cartwheelarts.org.uk

Project Co-ordinator since February 2010. Over the years my role has ranged from freelance practitioner and project manager to Percent for Art Officer in housing in Bolton. Having originally trained to be an architect, I went in to the performing arts with circus and physical theatre before working on carnivals, education projects, community arts and regeneration and public art projects across the North East and West of England.

kevin@cartwheelarts.org.uk