14 February 2019

Dear Candidate,

Senior Manager: Young People and Participation (Full Time, 35 hours, 5 days)Pay Band: £26,250 - £31,000 pro rata

Thank you for your interest in making an application for the above post.

How to applyApply online at our website. To apply for the post please attach a CV and a letter of application. Your letter should explain why you’re a suitable candidate for the post and how your skills and experience align with those detailed in the Person Specification.

Critical datesDeadline for applications: by 5pm, Monday 18 MarchCandidates notified of interview: by Friday 22 MarchInterviews: Friday 29 March

Please note it is our policy to recruit at the lower level of the pay band. At New Writing North pay scales are used for recruitment purposes and once appointed staff move through them via annual cost of living increments.

Applicants who wish to discuss the post and associated pay scale are encouraged to do so prior to making an application. Please contact Anna Disley Executive Director (Programme and Impact) at anna@newwritingnorth.com or on 0191 204 8850.

Best wishes

Claire MalcolmChief ExecutiveNEW WRITING NORTH

About the postThe Senior Manager (Participation and Young People) plays a key role in running New Writing North’s Young Writers programme. The overarching goal of the programme is that as a result of our work, young people have increased capacity to make informed choices about their lives and can fulfill their potential. In order to achieve this we run a range of programmes, using a human-centred approach. The activity includes open access programmes, which run year-round in the North East, including young writers’ groups, summer schools, and time-limited projects. Our targeted programmes work in communities at a scale and intensity that is proportionate to their disadvantage. As part of the targeted programme, we are currently running Young Writers’ City in Academy 360 in Sunderland and Excelsior Academy in Newcastle, where we are embedded throughout the year. We also run a strand of work that aims to provide progression routes for individuals aged 15 – 25. This includes investing in talent and providing professional development opportunities for young people including in partnership with publishers. We are about to start a major new project which will bring the full suite of New Writing North activity to Gateshead over a two-year period.

The Theory of Change for our work with young people and our Design Principles document can be found here.

New Writing North’s mission is:

To empower people from across society in the North to become writers and to support their work so that it finds local, regional, national and international audiences, and to support readers to become more adventurous by providing access to literature of the highest quality to enrich their lives.

We work with new writers, seek out talent and promote more adventurous reading across the North of England. We specialise in the development of writing talent and act as a dynamic broker between writers, audiences, readers and producers across the creative industries.

We engage people in expanding and deepening their reading through live literary experiences, strategic partnerships and via digital content that connects and informs.

Our commitment to raising the aspirations and developing the creativity of young people and communities is realised through year-round provision of creative writing activities and progression routes through our work. We are committed to engaging new audiences and to ensuring that our work is reflective of the communities in which we operate.

Our vision is:

That people from across society are able to fulfil their creative ambitions and potential and that work emanating from and reflecting the North is enjoyed regionally, nationally and internationally.

We want to support writers in the North to develop their creative work and support them to engage with publishers, broadcasters and producers so that they can make a contribution to UK writing culture.

Our company values are:

We are artistically and creatively ambitious, we make things happen and are not afraid to step into the unknown

Partnerships are at the heart of our work and allow us to work at scale We take calculated risks in order to break new ground We’re adaptable, innovative and entrepreneurial and respond to new

ideas and opportunities with an open mind We evaluate the impact of our work to make us stronger and resilient

Alongside the Job Description for the post our websites will give you a good up to date overview of the range of our work and our creative priorities as a company:

http://newwritingnorth.comhttp://northernwritersawards.comhttp://gordonburnprize.comhttp://durhambookfestival.com

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Salary: The salary range for this post is £26,250 - £31,000 pro rata

Hours of work: This post is for 5 days or 35 hours per week and we can be flexible in terms of how these hours are worked across the week.Our core office hours are 10am-4pm, with most staff working 9.30am-5.30pm. There is a one-hour unpaid lunch break.

Annual leave: The annual leave entitlement for this post is 25 days pro-rata, plus public holidays.

Pension: New Writing North operates a company pension scheme, which is available to all employees after successful completion of the probationary period. New Writing North makes a contribution equivalent of 3% of gross earnings.

New Writing North - Job Description

Job Information

Job Title Senior Programme Manager (Participation and Young People)

Location New Writing North offices - Ellison Place, Newcastle upon Tyne

Position in Organisation

Reports to Executive Director (Programme and Impact)

Responsible for 2 Programme OfficersBudget accountability Budget and reporting responsibility for

ongoing programmes of work and specific time-limited projects.

Overall purpose of the job

The Senior Programme Manager (Participation and Young People) is a member of the Senior Management Team at New Writing North and leads the planning, fundraising, programming, delivery and evaluation of our work with young people and communities.

The post reports to the Executive Director (Programme and Impact) who has overall strategic responsibility for the work. The post holder will work across the organisation with the Senior Management Team and other staff members to achieve activity. The post holder will also engage with and develop relationships with external partners and peers.

Responsibilities and Duties

Responsibility % time1. Planning and Artistic Leadership2. Fundraising and Financial Management3. Partnership Development4. Marketing5. Delivery6. Evaluation7. Child Protection8. Line Management of Reporting Staff and freelancers

20%20%10%10%5%10%5%20%

Duties required from each responsibility

Responsibility #1 – Planning and Artistic Leadership To ensure that our work with young people is of the highest standards,

that our human-centred approach and quality principles are upheld and that our Theory of Change is continuously referred to, informing the development of the work

To create and lead an annual programme for New Writing North Young Writers and all associated time-limited projects, live events and publications

To identify and develop opportunities for young people to engage with our programme by offering a range of open-access and targeted opportunities

To listen to young people and to ensure their ideas, interests and concerns are central to the opportunities we offer

To ensure New Writing North Young Writers’ Groups, Young Writers’ City, Gateshead Young Writers, Summer Schools, talent development programmes and other projects as appropriate are well programmed, well organised and of high quality.

To schedule or oversee the scheduling of all our work with young people

To oversee and advise on the young people’s and community programmes for Durham Book Festival

To oversee the implementation of Arts Awards and to identify opportunities to develop this work across our programme

To represent young people across New Writing North’s work to ensure that all of our programmes and initiatives connect to support the development of young people where possible and are achievable

To attend regular Senior Management Team meetings and report back to direct reports

To uphold and progress the ‘Creative Case for Diversity’ throughout our programmed work with young people

To contribute to New Writing North’s general artistic planning when requested

To lead on other community engagement projects as appropriate.

Responsibility #2 – Fundraising and Financial Management In conjunction with the Executive Director (Programme and Impact) to

set the fundraising and resource development targets for each year To plan and undertake fundraising and partnership development

activity to meet the needs of projects and programmes of work To generate ideas for individual giving, donor development and other

communications lead initiatives with young people and their families To report on fundraising activity quarterly to the Chief Executive To create and manage project and programme budgets To adhere to New Writing North company budgeting standards To ensure that budgets contribute income back to core operations To work with the Senior Finance and Operations Manager to monitor

project budgets and spend in a timely manner to aid reporting To sign off invoices related to work that you directly lead

Responsibility #3 – Partnership Development To create and manage new partnerships with arts, public, voluntary,

private and educational sector organisations that will support, extend and add value to our work with young people

To represent New Writing North at appropriate networking events and activities which will extend the profile and potential partnerships for our work and for the young people that we support

To negotiate contracts, schedules and agreements with a range of school partners

Responsibility #4 – Marketing In consultation with the Senior Marketing and Communications

Manager (SMCM) and the Participation Officers to devise strategies for marketing work to younger audiences and for recruiting young people to projects

In consultation with the Senior Marketing and Communications Manager (SMCM) to lead the delivery of all marketing work to young people

To oversee the development of the Young Writers section of New Writing North Young Writers’ website, ensuring it is current, engaging and reflective of our values

To oversee all social media in relation to our young people’s programmes

With the SMCM to plan and monitor the Marketing Intern’s support of the young people’s programmes

To ensure that all marketing of work for young people adheres to New Writing North’s branding guidelines

Responsibility #5 – Delivery To attend Young Writers Groups sessions and projects from time to

time including out-of-hours To ensure young people who engage with our work are supported by

responding to individual enquiries and signposting individuals to further opportunities for development

To support the delivery of New Writing North events (including Durham Book Festival, Northern Writers Awards’, Writing Conferences) when required

Responsibility #6 – Evaluation To work with the Executive Director (Programme and Impact) to plan

and design the evaluation of all of our work with young people and to devise strategies and processes involving permanent staff and freelancers to ensure that data is captured, analysed and reported in line with broader company requirements

To create specific evaluation reports on projects when required and to report to stakeholders on our work in this area

Responsibility #7 – Child Protection In conjunction with the Programme Director (Programme and Impact)

to ensure that an adequate and up to date Child Protection Policy is in place to guide the delivery of work

To ensure that all freelance staff, interns and others working on projects on our behalf have received a copy of the Child Protection Policy and that they have been briefed on how to utilise it

Responsibility #8 - Line Management of Reporting Staff To line manage the Programme Officers, interns, and freelance artists

to ensure the safe and smooth delivery of projects and programmes of work

To identify and communicate with reporting staff members all the tasks and responsibilities they are employed to deliver

To lead the recruitment of freelance staff to undertake work with young people, adhering to company policies on recruitment and selection

To ensure that any freelance artists that we employ have appropriate contracts and agreements and that these are accompanied by the relevant company policies (Child Protection and Equality and Diversity)

To adhere to our company procurement policy and provide the Senior Finance and Administration Manager with an appropriate audit trail when work is undertaken in this area

To monitor the achievements of these tasks and review them on a regular basis making an appropriate record

To undertake monthly one to one meetings with direct reporting staff Carry out an annual appraisal with reporting staff members and to deal

with any disciplinary, capability or grievance matters that arise

Person Specification

Knowledge, experience and skills required to do job

Area Essential (required) Desirable (optional)

Qualifications A degree level qualification or real world experience to match that level of knowledge in our area of work

A degree in an arts, educational or social science subject

Qualifications for working with young people

Qualifications in fundraising and philanthropy

Experience At least 3 years’ experience in a management-level role, requiring similar skills

A proven specialism in work with young people and a deep understanding of participatory work in this area

Experience of working directly with young people

Experience of management a range of projects with competing priorities

Experience of working with artists and of planning, managing and delivering creative projects

Strong track record of planning and delivering fundraising and resource development

Experience of building and maintaining partnerships

Experience of creatively leading work with young people and of generating and delivering work with young people in schools and the community

Experience of using social media, digital technology or traditional media to communicate ideas with young people

Experience of working in or closely with schools

Skills or knowledge

Ability to work as part of a creative team of people and to contribute to a wide range of work and ideas

Effective communication skills

Ability to self-motivate and to motivate and manage others

Good understanding of Arts Council England’s objectives for work with young people

Ability to work independently and manage competing workloads

Very strong planning and organisational skills

Excellent time management skills

Highly developed social media skills and experience

High quality copy writing skills and experience of writing copy for a range of contexts from newsletters and websites to press releases and brochures

Budgeting and negotiating skills

Technical ability and confidence with Microsoft Office, databases, social media apps and other communication tools

Other factors An interest in and knowledge of contemporary literature and the arts.

A full clean driving licence and access to a car for business purposes

A commitment to the role the arts can play in areas of socio-economic disadvantage

A desire to work within a small team of people and to contribute to a wide agenda of work and projects

A willingness to travel across the North when necessary

A willingness to work outside of office hours including on a Saturday (NWN operates a lieu-time policy)