Participation manager 

Connecting people with crafts is a critical part of our charitable mission. We are looking for somebody to programme, oversee and manage our courses, workshops and classes.  

Part-Time (3 days a week)
Permanent Contract

Our courses and workshops inspire people to come together and make, and to learn a new skill, brush up on a long-lost skill or develop a current interest. You’ll bring your understanding of a wide variety of craft practices and event management experience together to produce programmes that excite audiences and are commercially successful.

You’ll be part of the Senior Management Team here and lead a team of staff and freelance tutors. Responsibilities include safeguarding lead, health and safety for activities and studios and financial planning and monitoring. 

If you have any questions, or would like an informal chat about this role, email beth@newbreweryarts.org.uk

For more information please read the full Job Description here.

How To Apply

Apply by emailing your CV and a cover letter explaining how you meet the criteria to Beth@NewBreweryArts.org.uk

Please also fill out an application form here and our Equal Opportunities monitoring form here. 

Deadline 26th January 2025

Interviews will take place on the 5th February

2 x Community workshop artists

We are looking for two Community workshop artists to deliver workshops, ensuring that the activity is engaging, accessible and inclusive for a large number of diverse participants.

Freelance
Fee: £2,250
To lead 9 sessions, plus participate in 1 training session

Project Orpheus will deliver a community puppet parade, with puppets designed and created by lead artist Russell Kirk. Russell will also devise community workshops to be delivered by Community workshop artists in schools and community venues in and around Cirencester (including New Brewery Arts). Our community workshops will enable families and young people to make an element of the parade themselves and bring this with them as they participate on the day of the parade and to share in the joy of creating celebratory community artwork.

You must be available on the following dates
14th February - training day with lead artist at New Brewery Arts
27th April - parade day, Cirencester
Other workshop dates TBC

Young Peoples’ Group Lead 

We are looking for a dynamic, relevant producer/creative to set up and deliver a Young Peoples’ Group at New Brewery Arts over the next 12 months.

Freelance
Fee: £1,250

You should relish working in a community / socially based practice and have demonstrable experience of this form of working.  You will have strong experience of devising and realising creative projects with community groups, and young people in particular. You’ll work with the Senior Management team to set up a new community group especially for young people. Then devise and deliver 12 sessions of ‘young peoples’ group’ activities, co-producing, responding to and facilitating the participants ideas and creativity. 

A DBS check will be required for this role 

Workshop Volunteers

We are looking for volunteers to provide hands-on support during our kids and adult workshops. This is a great opportunity to learn from our expert tutors and provide support to our students in class.

Whether you can give a couple of hours or a few days of your time. It all makes a huge difference and in return you’ll gain new skills and get to know new people!

GENERAL VOLUNTEERS

If you’d like to get involved we are looking for volunteers for a number of different roles. Whether you can give a couple of hours or a few days your time makes a huge difference and in return hopefully you’ll gain new skills and get to know new people!

Roles

• Workshop support: Hands-on role, gain experience and learn from one of our expert tutors, supporting the tutor during a class

• Hosts: As it sounds! This role involved welcoming the public, telling them more about us, pointing them in the right direction to anything they may need and encouraging them to fill in evaluation forms.

• Hands on Helpers: A more behind the scenes role – if you’d rather roll your sleeves up and help with practical set up of events and packing away afterwards this is for you!

• Promoters: Can be done from the comfort of your armchair if you prefer. This involves sharing festival news and events on your social media channels and with your friends as well as leaflet distribution and generally being a New Brewery Arts ambassador.

What we offer in return

• Expenses covered including local travel.

• A volunteer day with lunch to meet the team and gain more knowledge about the festival and training for your volunteer role.

• References and advice and support to help you with your CV and future job applications

STUDIOS at New Brewery Arts

If you would like to be the first to hear about studio availability at New Brewery Arts add yourself to our waiting list.

More than just a studio, having a space at New Brewery Arts connects you to other makers and a supportive, craft focused, community.

NOTE: Our studios help us support craftspeople and makers. We prioritise applications from those with a craft, rather than a fine art, practice.

LIFE MODELS

We often need life models to pose for various figurative sculpture and life drawing classes.

If you think you might be interested please get in touch.

emma@newbreweryarts.org.uk

notes for applicants

We are a Real Living Wage accredited employer.

At New Brewery Arts we are looking for people who reflect the diversity of our communities to help us work in new ways and become more relevant to the diversity of people and communities we serve. This is not present in our current workforce, so we particularly encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experience.

We ask for your data in order to process applications. You can read our privacy policy for job applicants here. We also ask applicants to complete an Equal Opportunities monitoring form, but this is voluntary. We ask that this is completed separately and posted to us to ensure it is only used for monitoring the diversity of applicants and does not form part of the application data you give us.

OUR TEAM

New Brewery Arts’ small staff team have a wealth of experience and all share a passion for craft and making. This team is supported by our Trustees, and works together with our on-site makers and tutors.  

TRustees

New Brewery Arts is supported by our Honorary Patron, President and Vice President, and is guided by our Board of Trustees.