ROLE DESCRIPTION:
We are looking for warm, welcoming and engaging individuals to host our new weekly community outreach program.
Our hosts would need to come from an artistic background and have knowledge and experience of working with and engaging with different community groups with varying needs.
We welcome skills in a variety of interests and disciplines such as, but not limited to:
- art / painting / crafts
- photography
- dance / movement
- music
- storytelling / performance
- puppetry
- fabrics and textiles
- books and literature
In partnership with Wandsworth Council
DEADLINE: 5pm on Tuesday 30 April 2024
HOW TO APPLY
Please apply by sending a short cover letter or video (maximum length 2 minutes) and a CV telling us about your work with the community as an artist or facilitator to recruitment@taratheatre.com. Please state Community Host in the subject line.
Please also complete an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.
We will be meeting shortlisted candidates on Friday 3 May.
If you have any questions regarding the role, please contact our Front of House and Building Manager Ellie Oke on ellie@taratheatre.com
About the Project
Tara Theatre are proud to launch Meet your Neighbours, a series of weekly sessions to connect members of our local community through shared creative activities. The practitioner(s) will be working with members and visitors from different communities in our local borough to facilitate a safe and creative space at our venue, to address social issues of loneliness and isolation.
When: Fri 10 May to Fri 12 Jul
Time: Every Friday from 9:45am- 1:45pm
Start date / First session: The first session will take place on 10 May 2024
FEE:
£200 per session
4 hours of work per session, inclusive of prep, planning and set up time.
EXPERIENCE
Essential:
- Experience of working with vulnerable adults, within the community, arts and / or charity sector
- Hosting or facilitating community led workshops, projects, conversations, discussions or sessions
- DBS checked
Desirable:
- Working knowledge of any of the following languages: Spanish, Urdu, Ukrainian, Farsi, Arabic, Hindi
- First Aid training
- Mental Health Awareness
ACCESS
If you would like to submit your application in a different format we would be happy to accommodate this. Please contact ellie@taratheatre.com
We actively encourage people from a variety of backgrounds with different experiences, skills and stories to join us and influence and develop our working practice. We are particularly keen to hear from candidates from Global Majority backgrounds and candidates who self-identify as disabled and neurodiverse. All candidates who self-identify as disabled who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria will be invited for interview. Tara Theatre is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and sexual orientation.
