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Fixed Term Project Assistant – FRONTLINE Arts Festival

37.5 hours per week x 10 weeks at £8.21 (living wage), total contract £3,079 (£16,000 pro rata)

We are seeking to recruit a Fixed-term Project Assistant to support FRONTLINE Arts Festival (FAF) our exciting new venture. It is for a contract period of 10 weeks, starting 4th September through to 13^th November 2019 – or sooner if part-time into full time by 4^th September.

(Download Job Description & Person Specification)

FRONTLINE Arts Festival (FAF) is a pioneering disability arts event, aimed at the community of Stoke-on-Trent & beyond. Featuring an inclusive programme of professional, high-quality, artistic work created by, & for disabled people. FAF will celebrate the artistic excellence of disabled artists, increase visibility, & provide an opportunity for professional development. The month long festival includes 3 arts commissions, performances, installations, will host inclusive workshops, talks, & discussions – engaging the community & inspiring the next generation of new & emerging disabled artists. The festival seeks to remove any barriers to participation, whilst educating programmers & curators about accessibility & inclusivity.

You will work closely with the Project Manager (PM), Artistic Director (AD), and the rest of the team (including freelance posts), to help successfully deliver the FRONTLINE Arts Festival (FAF) running the 1^st October – 1^st November 2019. It is a mixed and varied role, with some level of autonomy and responsibility, and a requirement to work flexibly as part of the team.

FRONTLINEdance has a small yet dedicated team of employees and freelance staff. It’s led by a voluntary board of directors and supported by additional volunteers.  Based in Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire, FRONTLINEdance breaks down barriers to engagement in dance through participation and performance, believing it plays a positive role in integration and community cohesion. You will be contributing to the fulfilment of our vision and mission (https://frontlinedance.co.uk/about-us/).

This is an exciting project for FRONTLINEdance as we deliver an ambitious month long festival and we hope to find someone who will relish the opportunity to be a part of this busy yet small company.

FRONTLINEdance is an equal opportunities employer and actively encourages applications from disabled people. Any disabled applicant who meets the criteria of the person specification will be invited to interview. We are particularly looking to provide an opportunity for someone in the local area who may wish to work with the company in another capacity in the future or specialise in disability arts project management. This is a great opportunity for someone starting out in their career, or experienced looking to re-enter or specialise in this area of work.

We are open to suggestions for a flexible working arrangement and happy for the post to start earlier as long as the post is full-time from 4^th September – 1^st November to cover the intensive build up and delivery of the festival and leaves time to support wrap up in early November. The post will require evening and weekend working at times especially during the festival.

The contract is for a PAYE role but happy to receive proposals for freelance contracts within the total fixed fee.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.

Claire Marshall, Project Manager claire@frontlinedance.co.uk

HOW TO APPLY

The deadline for applications is 4pm on Monday 5^th August. 

Interviews will be held at our office in Stoke-on-Trent 12^th August – please indicate in your covering letter if this date is unsuitable.

Please complete the application form and the equal opportunities monitoring form

Please send BOTH your completed application form and the equal opportunities monitoring form by 4pm on Monday 5th August 2019 by e-mail to: hello@frontlinedance.co.uk

Sunday 23^rd June – Dance’athon – our next ‘Friend’s of’ fundraising event.

Join us for a fun afternoon of non-stop dance as a tag team, and ask your friends and family to sponsor you! Last year we raised an amazing £1,092.

Help us to raise even more this year.
Location: Chesterton Vision Centre, London Road, Chesterton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 7JD

Time: 10am – 1pm (Registration from 9.30am on the day)
Registration fee: £5 for adults and £3 for under 18’s.

Follow our routines or freestyle! (sit or stand). Suitable for all ages, kids to grandparents.

Our Breakthrou’Dance group wowed the audience as they performed at the Victoria Hall in March as part of the Stoke School Sport Partnership & oPEn’s annual dance extravaganza.

Performing in front of an audience of nearly 1,200, our dance piece, inspired by the film ‘desert dancer’  explored political themes, interpreting what it might feel like to live in a place where public dancing is forbidden.

Thank you for Stoke School Sport Partnership & oPEn for inviting us to perform.

We’re delighted to announce that the Haywood Hospital Programme will continue for a third year, with the addition of an extra ward being added to our weekly programme, thanks to the incredible support we continue to receive from the Haywood Foundation.

Our aim during the third year of this programme is to reach 880 people with Rachael continuing to provide specialist dance and movement sessions on a weekly basis to 5 wards, which include the Stroke, Elderly Care and Neurology wards as well as the Parkinson’s clinic. We will also be continuing our successful Moving Together sessions, which are free, open to hospital and non-hospital patients and run every Wednesday in the gym at Haywood Hospital from 2.30 – 3.30pm. Come along and join us!

Calling all bake-salers, party-starters, wheelers, competitive knitters, park-runners and who knows what else! Could you, or someone you know, help us by fundraising for FRONTLINEdance?  From getting sponsored to climb mountains, to organising a local cake sale or raffle. Just get creative and support us in your own special way!

Perhaps your supermarket, office or local coffee shop regularly nominate a community project to raise funds for – if so, please do consider recommending us! Whatever you can do will boost awareness of FRONTLINEdance and raise vital funds.

Let us know what you want to do and we’ll support you every step of the way including setting up your own fundraising page on Golden Giving.

Thank you! 

Read all about what we’ve achieved and plans for the future here:

https://mailchi.mp/ce36a6781e90/frontlinedancejannews-544863?e=d31d5b0eb3

“When we were kids, Rachael used to do dance shows at old people’s homes, and she roped me in to help out”.

So started the long friendship between our Artistic Director and professional TV and Theatre Director Ruth Carney.

Ruth kindly shared her extensive experience in education both with drama schools and her own Carney Academy, when she stopped by FRONTLINEdance’s Residency Week at Stoke-on-Trent Performing Arts College to talk to our work experience students about their prospects in the industry.

The students were excited to get the chance to ask a Holby City director questions, and put her technical teachings into practice as they choreographed and produced their own artistic films about causes that they cared about, inspired by FRONTLINEdance’s commitment to advocacy for disability representation in dance. They also got the chance to see Breakthrou’ aDvANCE dancers Dave and Dan demonstrate original choreography, take a contemporary dance class with Rachael and a choral singing workshop with Esther.

We want to give a BIG thank you to Ruth, her input was invaluable and the students really gained valuable industry insight.