Resident Music Artist
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- Birmingham
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 13 Sep 2021
- Closes
- 11 Oct 2021
- Sectors
- Media & Digital Media
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
About the role
Sense has an exciting opportunity for someone to join our Arts and Wellbeing team as a Resident MusicArtist, based at our centre in Selly Oak, Birmingham. This is a part time role working 22.5 hours per week.
The Resident Music Artist will be responsible for shaping and delivering a high quality and inclusive music programme across Sense, that puts disabled-led artistic excellence at the centre of our practice and engages the wider community. You will:
Deliver and manage a range of face to face, digital workshops, and public events across the organisation.
Train, mentor and nurture disabled and non-disabled artists, social care professionals, and art-makers.
Work with organisations and venues to create opportunities that are engaging, relevant and more accessible for people with complex disabilities.
Champion the work of Sense Arts at every opportunity.Our music programme fuses traditional music making and new technologies to open up access and sound making to everyone. We use technology to break down barriers and help people to make, feel and experience sound in new ways.
Key skills and experience:
A degree or equivalent in music practice, management, or teaching.
Considerable experience of organising and leading an inclusive programme of events and workshops.
An understanding and commitment to make sure all aspects of the programme are high quality and disability led.
Willingness to work some evenings and weekends as required.For a full Job Description and Person Specification please see the attached documents below.
About us
For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world.
We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.
Sense has a proven record of offering high quality, pioneering services.
Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement
Sense has an exciting opportunity for someone to join our Arts and Wellbeing team as a Resident MusicArtist, based at our centre in Selly Oak, Birmingham. This is a part time role working 22.5 hours per week.
The Resident Music Artist will be responsible for shaping and delivering a high quality and inclusive music programme across Sense, that puts disabled-led artistic excellence at the centre of our practice and engages the wider community. You will:
Deliver and manage a range of face to face, digital workshops, and public events across the organisation.
Train, mentor and nurture disabled and non-disabled artists, social care professionals, and art-makers.
Work with organisations and venues to create opportunities that are engaging, relevant and more accessible for people with complex disabilities.
Champion the work of Sense Arts at every opportunity.Our music programme fuses traditional music making and new technologies to open up access and sound making to everyone. We use technology to break down barriers and help people to make, feel and experience sound in new ways.
Key skills and experience:
A degree or equivalent in music practice, management, or teaching.
Considerable experience of organising and leading an inclusive programme of events and workshops.
An understanding and commitment to make sure all aspects of the programme are high quality and disability led.
Willingness to work some evenings and weekends as required.For a full Job Description and Person Specification please see the attached documents below.
About us
For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world.
We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.
Sense has a proven record of offering high quality, pioneering services.
Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement