Salary: £44,620 to £49,730
Grade: D+
Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent
The Barbican is a multidisciplinary international arts centre in the City of London.
Across its theatres, concert halls, cinemas, galleries, business venues, public and community spaces, the Barbican showcases the most exciting artists and performers from around the world, pushing traditional artistic boundaries and helping us understand our lives in new and unexpected ways. Each year, the Centre presents hundreds of different performances, events and exhibitions that entertain and inspire millions of people, create connections, provoke debate, and reflect the world we live in.
Firmly rooted in its neighbourhood, the Barbican collaborates on projects with local communities, and supports young people and emerging talent to develop their artistic practice and access jobs in the creative industry.
The Barbican Centre is London's Creative Catalyst for arts, curiosity and enterprise.
About the role
We are seeking to appoint an experienced, proactive Producer for Learning to join the Creative Collaboration team and lead Barbican’s broad programme of creative learning opportunities with schools, further, higher, SEND and PRU educational providers.
The Creative Collaboration department brings together the Barbican Centre’s participatory work with communities, learning, public programmes, and archive, crossing traditional arts boundaries, contributing towards a programme focused on developing diverse, local, and younger audiences. The department’s work is inspired by and built upon principles of collaboration, learning, and access.
Working closely with the Senior Producer (Learning & Participation) the Producer (Learning) will be lead on creative learning programmes that utilise the Barbican’s rich and unique artistic offer as a springboard for participation. By engaging artists and other practitioners from the creative industries, the Producer (Learning) will inspire and ignite a passion for involvement in the arts across artforms with students and educators alike. The producer will take a strategic and entrepreneurial approach, to ensure the Learning offer is impactful and always delivered at the highest standards.
Ideal candidate will:
• Demonstrate an ability to work as part of team and collaborate to achieve a shared goal.
• Be an accomplished producer and project manager with strong planning, administration and organisational skills.
• Have extensive experience of engaging artists and creative practitioners to create and deliver accessible learning programmes.
• Have experience of working creatively with educational institutions such as schools, further, higher, SEND and PRU educational providers.
• Excellent communication skills, able to work with a wide range of people from across Barbican teams as well as project partners, audiences and participants.
• A commitment to safeguarding, access, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, and the Barbican’s values.
The successful applicant will be self-motivated and have good knowledge of arts education and creative learning sector. Excellent interpersonal skills are vital.
To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please see the ‘Job Information Pack’.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits including a great pension scheme, season ticket, cycle to work scheme, free access to museums and galleries, discounts on retail, healthcare and on-site cafes and restaurants. You will have access to Employee Assistance Programme, trained Mental Health First aiders and City of London staff networks.
