Jobs & Opportunities

Over the next three years, we will be looking to connect with artists from a range of art forms to work alongside teachers and students in our Speak Up schools. We want to meet artists of all art forms from beatboxers, dancers, poets, illustrators, theatre makers, composers, singers, circus artists, designers and the list goes on! We are looking to expand our pool of artists working on this project.

Speak Up is a secondary school programme with a difference. Young people, teachers and artists are equal partners, and work collaboratively with local arts organisations and the National Theatre to create artworks and creative work that respond to issues that are important to them.

Developed for young people whose voices are not always heard, bespoke activity is co-created with each school and its students.

Speak Up in Sunderland is delivered by Sunderland Culture and Sunderland Empire’s Creative Learning Team.

We are looking for artists who:

• Are North East based artists
• Have Experience working with young people
• Hold a current DBS and PLI
• Are flexible and responsive while responding to a creative brief with deadlines
• Thoughtful, reflective, and responsive to information/experiences shared by young people
• Have knowledge, understanding and experience of co creation processes and methodology or do you think you have the skills to develop co-creation as part of your process?
• Have availability during school hours
• Are passionate about working with young people

Any questions please email daniel.appleby@sunderlandculture.org.uk

Register your interest

Sunderland Culture is seeking a dedicated and experienced arts facilitator to lead a creative wellbeing project, specifically designed for, and with, older adults in Sunderland aged 50+. The overall theme of the project is Creative Coal, exploring the heritage of coal mining in Sunderland and North-East England with a creative lens. This project is part of a UK-wide creative health project called Working Together, which is funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund and led by GEM (Group for Education in Museums) and CHWA (Creative Health and Wellbeing Alliance).

The project will be developed in co-creation with the Museum’s Creative Age group and sets out to create a set of 4 community resource boxes and a creative Museum intervention to support engagement by community participants and Museum visitors. By encouraging group dialogue and creative engagement by participants, the project aims to reduce loneliness and isolation and promote a greater sense of participant wellbeing. The ideal candidate will have a background in arts facilitation, experience of working with older people, and a passion for promoting social inclusion and well-being.

Timeframe: The freelance position will take place over a 25-day period through October 2024-March 2025

Fee: £6,250: Based on rate of £250 per day, plus travel expenses.

Payment Schedule: Payments made in 3 installments: November 2024, January 2025, March 2025.

Location: The role is based at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, but the postholder will be required to work at other Sunderland Culture venues and community locations across Sunderland, and some remote working possible.

Find out more about the Working Together Creative Facilitator role.

Deadline for applications: Friday 20^th September 2024 at 12 noon.

Interviews: Monday 30^th September 2024

How to Apply:

Please submit your cv with a covering letter outlining and evidencing how you meet the role’s requirements. Applications should be sent to: recruitment@sunderlandculture.org.uk

For more information, or for an informal chat, please contact Jennie Lambert, Public Engagement & Learning Manager, Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens at jennie.lambert@sunderland.gov.uk.

We recognise the wealth of life experience, skills, ideas and knowledge that exists in our local communities, and the valuable contribution that volunteers can make to Sunderland Culture. Sunderland Culture is committed to providing meaningful, enjoyable and safe volunteer assignments of real value within clear and appropriate programmes of activities.  

Applications to volunteer with Sunderland Culture are currently closed while we work through our waiting list. We regularly recruit new volunteers across our venues, so please check back regularly for updates.

If you are aged 13-25, you can become part of Sunderland Culture’s Young Leadership group, Celebrate Different Collective

Sunderland Culture’s Volunteer Policy