Our Space Assistant - Plymouth, United Kingdom - Theatre Royal Plymouth

Theatre Royal Plymouth

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Plymouth, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Our Space Programme Assistant & Wellbeing Support

Reports to:
Our Space Programme Manager

Salary:
£21,774 pro rata, 2 days per week

Contract:
Fixed term for 3 years

Benefits: 28 days holiday per year (pro-rata, inclusive of Bank Holidays), Company Pension Scheme and great ticket offers

Theatre Royal Plymouth is a registered charity, inspiring a lifetime of creativity for audiences, artists and participants throughout Plymouth and the wider region.

As the principal home of performing arts in the Southwest, we engage and inspire many communities, creating memorable experiences for people from all backgrounds.

TRP do this by creating and presenting a breadth of shows on a range of scales, with their extensive creative engagement programmes, by embracing the vitality of new talent and supporting emerging and established artists, and by collaborating with a range of partners to provide dynamic cultural leadership for the city of Plymouth.

Our Space is a creative programme that works with people with lived experience of homelessness, mental health issues, substance misuse, reoffending or those who feel socially isolated for other reasons.

Inclusion and Diversity

We are committed to cultivating a culture of inclusion at TRP with a workforce, participants and audiences that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.

The collective power of each team member's life experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression, and talent creates the very best environment for us to achieve our ambitions and lead the sector.

In recruiting for our team, we recognise the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs

The Role

The key purpose of this role is to provide administrative support for the day-to-day running of the programme.

Working closely with the Our Space Programme Manager and freelance practitioners, the Our Space Programme Assistant & Wellbeing Support will play a key role in the setting up and co-ordination of programme activities, including liaising with relevant communities, referral and partner organisations, monitoring activities to ensure success in achieving funding outcomes, as well as overseeing the pastoral care of participants and holding a knowledge of relevant signposting.

The Our Space Programme Assistant & Wellbeing Support will attend relevant meetings, conferences and events representing the Theatre and Our Space.

They will ensure compliance with all company policies, particularly Equal Opportunities and Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults.

Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is essential for this post.

The Our Space Programme Assistant & Wellbeing Support will work collaboratively with all members of the team to ensure that the programme is coherent, opportunities are shared and understood.

The Our Space Programme Assistant & Wellbeing Support will have lived experience of homelessness, mental health issues, substance misuse, reoffending or social isolation.

Here is an overview of what you would be doing:

To administrate the running of regular programme activity including weekly and one off workshops, residencies, theatre visits and performances, including necessary room bookings, equipment, refreshments, transport and childcare
Meet participants upon session arrival/departure to ensure smooth pickups/drop offs
To communicate with project participants and referral organisations regarding sessions, transport, extra activities and any particular arrangements as required
To utilise a PC within a busy office environment to undertake administrative duties via Outlook, Word, Excel and databases such as Tessitura
To administrate and attend all relevant meetings, such as evaluation and planning sessions and minute take where appropriate
To support the Our Space Programme Manager in the monitoring and evaluation of term content, collating all relevant statistics and information as required
To maintain consent forms and contact sheets, gathering and collating information required from participants
Setup and minute the programme steering committee meetings
Provide personcentred support for participants from across the programme, working closely with the Our Space Programme Manager to enable them to transition into other opportunities in the Theatre and in the wider community
To support practitioners in the pastoral care of participants, promoting a mutually supportive attitude within the groups and identifying any particular individual needs
Wherever possible to increase participants involvement with the Theatre Royal Plymouth more broadly