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Closing date for applications: Tuesday 29th April&nbsp;Salary:&nbsp;£46,735 - £55,755 Are you a passionate leader in arts education, ready to shape inclusive, inspiring creative experiences for communities, schools, and young people?Warwick Arts Centre has an exciting opportunity for a 12-month fixed term contract as a Head of Creative Learning (maternity cover). They are on a mission to create a dynamic, relevant, artistically ambitious and sustainable arts centre, and this role will help them achieve their plans.They believe that the arts are an extraordinary source of wisdom, support, connection, understanding, joy and inspiration for each and every one of us. It’s their job to bring art into more people’s lives and the position of Head of Creative Learning (maternity cover) will lead the team in achieving this.&nbsp;They are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels they belong, a place of fairness and equity and to be an organisation that reflects the diversity of its city. If this sounds like somewhere you would like to work, we would like to hear from you.The Head of Creative Learning (maternity cover) sits within our Creative Learning Team and you will lead and implement a high-quality learning and engagement strategy and will collaborate closely with stakeholders, schools, artists, communities, and key funders including University of Warwick and reporting to Arts Council England (ACE). You will work alongside our live programming, visual arts and cinema teams and closely with our visitor experience, marketing and operations teams.This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate with a passion for arts education and engagement, with a good understanding of working with artists and creatives across artforms and who enjoys working with people at all levels.&nbsp;The Creative Learning team plays a central role in developing their profile and maintaining Warwick Arts Centre’s presence in the local community, connecting people of all ages and all backgrounds to their programme. The aim of the programme is to discover, inspire, nurture and support the next generation of artists and arts audiences with a focus on people who have been historically excluded and underserved by society. The key audience strands are families and early years, schools, youth, students and communities.Please note this role will involve some evening and weekend work.For the full job description, please click Apply to the website and then ‘download further information’ in the top right hand corner. ResponsibilitiesStrategy and audience development<ul><li>Lead Warwick Arts Centre’s Creative Learning strategy to encompass artistic programme and public events, community engagement, children, and young people – including schools, talent development – young creatives, students, emerging artists and research, evaluation, and impact.</li><li>Design, deliver and produce creative programmes for non-professionals that engage our target groups and draw inspiration from and are shaped by the key themes of the artistic programme.</li><li>Introduce new, diverse audiences through creative programmes and enrichment activities for communities and other groups, working collaboratively with the Marketing team to strengthen overall audience development.</li><li>Deliver learning and engagement opportunities for schools, Warwick students and other educational institutions.</li><li>Develop opportunities to celebrate, develop and involve the immediate and wider communities and diverse groups and inspiring good practice around key social agendas relevant to the region.&nbsp;</li></ul>Partnership and profile<ul><li>Work with colleagues in the development office to identify and secure project funding.</li><li>Sustain and develop active working relationships with University of Warwick colleagues.</li><li>Sustain and develop active connections with regional, national, and international bodies to maintain awareness of and contribute to developments within arts education and learning sectors.</li><li>Act as ambassador and identify regular opportunities to raise the department’s profile.&nbsp;</li></ul>Project and team management<ul><li>Manage and lead the Creative Learning department of permanent and freelance staff and ensure an effective and committed team.</li><li>Set and manage budgets and ensure delivery and monitoring is compliant with relevant stakeholder conditions, including all policies and procedures.</li><li>Ensure robust research and evaluation, impact case studies and accurate data capture for all activity.</li><li>Ensure that appropriate systems are in place for managing logistics, reporting and oversee contractual arrangements with artists, practitioners, companies, and partners.</li><li>Lead on the organisation’s Safeguarding policy and actively implement this and others e.g., Health and Safety and Equality in relation to learning activity.</li><li>The post includes a substantial amount of weekend, evening, and statutory holiday working. Fundamental to the role is the ability and willingness to work during evenings, weekends and school and statutory holiday periods, also to travel across the UK if necessary, to support collaborations with regional partners.</li></ul> &nbsp;Knowledge, skills and experience<ul><li>Educated to degree level or equivalent experience</li><li>Previous experience of working in arts educational environment and up to date knowledge of current practice, learning methodologies and participating arts sector developments</li><li>Project management with proven experience of managing complex projects and programs with multiple stakeholders</li><li>Budget management and financial planning and forecasting with ability to present to senior team</li><li>Excellent IT skills including the ability to adapt to new software</li><li>Previous experience of working in the performing arts / visual arts and venue administration with good knowledge of creative arts education sector</li><li>Demonstrable leadership and people management skills</li><li>Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to maintain good contacts and relationships working at all levels</li><li>Experience of leading, developing and delivering successful creative learning strategies</li><li>Ability to work collaboratively across a large organisation and contribute to strategic plan / objectives</li><li>Willingness to work unsocial hours</li></ul> Please note you will be required to complete an enhanced DBS application if successful for the role.We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.

Warwick Arts Centre

Head of Creative Learning (maternity cover)

Closing date for applications: Monday 28th April at 11.59pmSalary: £29,526 per annumWorking hours: 41 hours per week (inclusive of a 1 hour lunch break per day)Location: John Paul Getty Jr. Conservation Centre, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire&nbsp;Duration: 18 monthsStart date: Monday 2nd June 2025 Learn about the conservation and preservation of archive film objects, through this paid 18 month entry level trainee role at the British Film Institute’s National Archive.The <a href="https://www.bfi.org.uk/bfi-national-archive/inside-archive" target="_blank">BFI National Archive</a> is one of the largest and oldest film archives in the world, containing material from 1895 to the present day. It holds hundreds of thousands of films, videos and digital items representing the nation’s moving image screen heritage. The BFI is on a mission to make itself the world’s most open archive, reframing the public’s relationship with the collections and focusing on the diversity of its audiences.As a trainee film conservator you will join the BFI National Archive team over 18 months, training under the close supervision of experienced film conservators who will teach you how to conserve and preserve film. Your hands-on training will include learning to handle, identify, catalogue and scan 16mm &amp; 35mm archive film, making digital copies available for the public.You will learn to archive digital assets into the Archive’s Digital Preservation Infrastructure. You will also spend time with other key roles in the Conservation team who will provide depth and context to your learning. These could include film preservation, film projection, high-resolution scanning, image &amp; sound quality assessment, remastering and restoration, film cleaning, photochemical film printing &amp; processing.Occasional visits to other Conservation studios, Conferences and/ or Screen Heritage institutions are also part of the 18 month training programme. What could this lead to?Successful completion of this traineeship could lead to a wide range of careers across various sectors, including roles in film conservation at the BFI or within one of the many regional or national archives in the UK or abroad. Other potential pathways include positions in post-production, the library or museum sector, or the conservation of other material types and collections such as videotape, paper, stills photography, paintings, costume, vehicles, or buildings. Opportunities may also arise in research or education. What you will learn<ul><li>Safely handle, wind, identify and catalogue archive films (of various formats)</li><li>Start to understand the ethics of film conservation and working with a National Collection</li><li>Interact with the Collections Systems Database, barcode film cans and ensure their location is always traceable</li><li>Scan 16mm &amp; 35mm motion picture film for High-Definition presentation</li><li>Quality-check and ingest digital film elements into the Digital Preservation Infrastructure</li><li>Work with a diverse range of people and teams giving you a broad understanding of film conservation, for example; the Digital &amp; Photo-chemical Film Laboratory</li><li>Spend regular time in the Quality Control projection theatres, under supervision of an experienced projectionist, learning how the technical and physical qualities of a film present as sound and vision when projected</li><li>You will be given time to record and reflect on your learning and experience gained</li><li>You will learn how to create a conservation portfolio and share your work with others during BFI tours and open days.</li></ul> &nbsp;Knowledge, skills and experienceEssential<ul><li>An interest in the technology of film, photography, image and sound, analogue or digital</li><li>Curiosity! A desire to ask and find out why is a core skill of the role. This combined with the ability to accept that sometimes we can’t know all the answers. You might have good research skills from education or a previous role</li><li>Excellent manual dexterity with the ability to handle fragile objects with care. For example, experience in arts, crafts, needlework or model making</li><li>A desire to analyse the quality of moving image and sound, paying attention to details such as, colour, tone, contrast and spotting possible defects</li><li>You must have a keen interest, in equal measure, with old technologies and cutting-edge digital ones</li><li>You must be curious and careful, having a respect and appreciation for old and fragile objects, that may test your patience. This may teach you as much about yourself and how you like to work, as it does the objects you’ll work with.</li><li>Strong communication skills and demonstrable experience of team working, are essential</li><li>Good writing skills with a desire to write technical or qualitative information that will be understood in years to come</li><li>Proactive approach to personal development</li><li>Minimum level 2 equivalent for English and Maths.</li></ul>Desirable<ul><li>A basic understanding of video and audio file formats, compression and file conversion</li><li>An aptitude for working with new and changing technologies, for example Editing systems such as Da Vinci Resolve or Adobe Premiere</li><li>The ability to pay close attention to detail, whilst holding the big picture in mind</li><li>A desire to accurately describe an object, especially in written form – this could come from experience in education, cataloguing, inventory writing etc.</li><li>Excellent organisation skills demonstrated in previous experience, with experience of Microsoft M365</li><li>A proven passion and eagerness to learn</li><li>Demonstrable problem-solving skills.</li></ul> Unique elements or circumstances in this role include:<ul><li>Most of your time will be spent working with the film collection at the Conservation Centre, which means opportunities to work from home are limited</li><li>Training and personal development opportunities will be provided</li><li>This is a two-way pilot initiative where the BFI wants to learn from your experiences as much as you learn from it, because they want to develop their knowledge-sharing practices and develop methods to pass these skills, knowledge and experience to a new generation</li><li>The material in this National Collection spans over 125 years of motion picture film. With all that history the BFI are sometimes required to watch content that may cause offence; however, nobody will be required to watch material beyond what they find comfortable</li><li>BFI encourages reflective practice and knowledge sharing as part of its work. It supports trainees to participate in activities designed to improve collective practice. If comfortable, they might also participate in Conservation Centre tours to demonstrate the film conservation activities they practice. &nbsp;</li></ul> To apply<ul><li>Log in to your Creative Access account or register today to apply for this opportunity</li><li>Upload your CV and cover letter as one document (applications without a tailored cover letter will not be accepted)</li><li>Please specify at the top of your cover letter if you wish to be considered as a part of the Disability Confident scheme outlined below, as this information will be shared with the BFI</li><li>Once submitted, you can no longer amend your application, so proof-read carefully</li><li>Do not contact the company directly</li><li>Please email any queries about this role to Creative Access at this address:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk" target="_blank">recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk</a></li></ul> We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals who identify as Black, Asian, or from other ethnically diverse backgrounds,&nbsp;or people of any ethnicity who belong to the following under-represented groups: disabled people,&nbsp;people with the characteristic of gender reassignment,&nbsp;individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, carers and asylum seekers.The BFI is a Disability Confident employer, meaning they are committed to recruiting, retaining, and developing disabled people.&nbsp;Creative Access will endeavour to longlist and progess to interview all disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for this opportunity.&nbsp;Creative Access offers&nbsp;<a href="https://opportunities.creativeaccess.org.uk/career-support-programme" target="_blank">programmes of training, networking and support</a>&nbsp;specifically designed for people from these under-represented groups.

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Trainee film conservator

Closing date for applications: Monday 28th April at 11.59pmSalary: £29,526 per annumWorking hours: 41 hours per week (inclusive of a 1 hour lunch break per day)Location: John Paul Getty Jr. Conservation Centre, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire&nbsp;Duration: 18 months&nbsp;Start date: Monday 2nd June 2025 &nbsp; Learn about the use of analogue and digital technologies. Used in the preservation and archiving of Film, Video, and TV, through this paid 18-month entry level role at the British Film Institute’s National Archive.The <a href="https://www.bfi.org.uk/bfi-national-archive" target="_blank">BFI National Archive</a> is one of the largest and oldest film archives in the world, containing material from 1895 to the present day. It holds hundreds of thousands of films, videos and digital items representing the nation’s moving image screen heritage. The BFI is on a mission to make itself the world’s most open archive, reframing the public’s relationship with the collections and focusing on the diversity of its audiences.As a trainee archive technology technician, you will join the BFI National Archive team for an 18-month programme. You will undergo comprehensive hands-on training in the maintenance, servicing, and cleaning of both vintage and contemporary film, video, and audio equipment. Working closely with the experienced archive technology team as well as video and audio conservation specialists, you will develop proficiency with film scanners, inspection tables, winding tables, and analogue video and audio tape machines.&nbsp;You'll learn to operate, clean, and maintain both vintage and modern film, video and audio equipment. Your training will focus on developing skills in equipment care, calibration, and operation for tasks such as cleaning, scanning, digitising, and preserving film and video assets. You'll work with equipment used to process materials from the national collection as well as projects submitted by commercial clients, gaining hands-on experience in archive technology maintenance and operation.You will gain in-depth knowledge of various video and audio formats and digitisation methods. Including technologies such as 1-inch and 2-inch open reel, D3 video, ¼ inch and ½ inch audio formats, magnetic film and a range of other film formats. Throughout your training, you will build a thorough understanding of archive technology equipment used in film, video, and audio preservation. Additionally, you will learn essential health and safety protocols for working with electrical and electronic equipment and handling diverse film, video, and audio formats.Occasional visits to other Conservation, Conferences and/ or Screen Heritage institutions are also part of the 18-month training programme. What could this lead to?Successful completion of this traineeship could lead to a wide range of careers across various sectors, including roles such as archive technology engineer at the BFI or within one of the many regional or national archives in the UK or abroad. Other potential pathways include positions in electronics, engineering, post-production, research, or education. The BFI’s <a href="https://blog.bfi.org.uk/" target="_blank">Screen Culture 2033</a> vision may also provide further insight into future opportunities. What you will learn<ul><li>Safely clean and maintain vintage film winding and inspection equipment</li><li>Start to understand the ethics of film and video conservation and working with a National Collection</li><li>Interact with the Collections Systems Database, to track equipment and parts, films and video tapes</li><li>Support the operation of modern digital film scanners (for films of various formats)</li><li>Learn about analogue video and audio equipment and formats and their digitisation</li><li>Work with a diverse range of people and teams giving you a broad understanding of film and video conservation</li><li>Learn about operation and maintenance of industrial film processors</li><li>You will be given time to record and reflect on your learning and experience gained.</li></ul> &nbsp;Knowledge, skills and experienceEssential<ul><li>An interest in the technology of film, photography, video, audio, analogue or digital</li><li>An interest in or previous experience in 3D printing</li><li>Curiosity! A desire to ask and find out why is a core skill of the role, combined with the ability to accept that sometimes we can’t know all the answers. You might have good research skills from education or a previous role.</li><li>Excellent manual dexterity with the ability to handle equipment with care</li><li>Experience in electronics, engineering, video and audio technology, arts, crafts, or model making</li><li>A desire to know how equipment works. With an interest in analogue and vintage electronics and machinery</li><li>You must have a keen interest, in equal measure, with old technologies and cutting-edge digital ones</li><li>You must be curious and careful, having a respect and appreciation for old and obsolete equipment, that may test your patience. This may teach you as much about yourself and how you like to work, as it does the equipment you’ll work with</li><li>Good problem-solving skills and an investigative nature</li><li>Good writing skills with a desire to write technical or qualitative information that will be understood in years to come</li><li>Excellent organisation skills demonstrated in previous experience, with experience of Microsoft M365</li><li>Strong communication skills and demonstrable experience of team working, are essential</li><li>Proactive approach to personal development</li><li>Minimum level 2 equivalent for English and Maths.</li></ul> Desirable<ul><li>A basic understanding of video and audio file formats, compression and file conversion</li><li>An aptitude for working with new and changing technologies, for example Non-Linear Editing systems such as Da Vinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro and video capture</li><li>The ability to pay close attention to detail, whilst holding the big picture in mind</li><li>A desire to accurately describe equipment, especially in written form – this could come from experience in education, cataloguing, inventory writing etc.</li></ul>&nbsp;<dl><dt> Unique elements or circumstances in this role include:<ul><li>Most of your time will be spent working with the equipment at the Conservation Centre, which means opportunities to work from home are limited</li><li>This is a two-way pilot initiative where the BFI wants to learn from your experiences as much as you learn from it, because they want to develop their knowledge-sharing practices and develop methods to pass these skills, knowledge and experience to a new generation</li><li>BFI encourages reflective practice and knowledge sharing as part of its work. It supports trainees to participate in activities designed to improve collective practice.</li></ul></dt></dl> &nbsp;To apply<ul><li>Log in to your Creative Access account or register today to apply for this opportunity</li><li>Upload your CV and cover letter as one document (applications without a tailored cover letter will not be accepted)</li><li>Please specify at the top of your cover letter if you wish to be considered as a part of the Disability Confident scheme outlined below, as this information will be shared with the BFI</li><li>Once submitted, you can no longer amend your application, so proof-read carefully</li><li>Do not contact the company directly</li><li>Please email any queries about this role to Creative Access at this address:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk" target="_blank">recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk</a></li></ul> We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals who identify as Black, Asian, or from other ethnically diverse backgrounds,&nbsp;or people of any ethnicity who belong to the following under-represented groups: disabled people,&nbsp;people with the characteristic of gender reassignment,&nbsp;individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, carers and asylum seekers.The BFI is a Disability Confident employer, meaning they are committed to recruiting, retaining, and developing disabled people.&nbsp;Creative Access will endeavour to longlist and progess to interview all disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for this opportunity.&nbsp;Creative Access offers&nbsp;<a href="https://opportunities.creativeaccess.org.uk/career-support-programme" target="_blank">programmes of training, networking and support</a>&nbsp;specifically designed for people from these under-represented groups.

Trainee archive technology technician

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