Project Manager

Free Radical has been awarded funding through the Kick the Dust programme from Heritage Lottery Fund to improve young people’s engagement with heritage in the region. The project is called ‘Don’t Settle’.

We’re seeking an experienced, sharp, well organised Project Manager to oversee and coordinate the next three years of activity in Birmingham and Black Country.

Don’t Settle is an invitation for young people to ‘kick the dust’ off heritage and to be active in not letting it settle. Don’t Settle will work with 16-25 year olds from Birmingham and the Black Country to ‘change the voice of heritage’ by improving representation and ensuring young people, particularly those from minoritised communities, are reflected within the organisations which tell the stories that make up our cities.

Young people will explore the notion of reclaiming spaces, exhibitions, and ultimately historical narratives through art. Exploring the impact of industrialism and empire on heritage, they will connect that to their heritage and their communities in order to create structures, processes and project which future proof heritage for the communities of tomorrow.

Don’t Settle will empower young people to develop skills and confidence to engage meaningfully and strategically with heritage organisations to co-create, deliver and evaluate innovative youth engagement structures.

Don’t Settle legacy will be secured through frameworks to be adopted across the sector to radically improve heritage organisations. We will also catalyse the establishment of a new group, named R-Coop for now, to carry forward the learnings and development with the wider sector beyond the three year project period.

Deadline is 13th September 2018 for a start date ideally in October 2018.

Full job description at pack is available at https://www.beatfreeks.com/work-with-us

Opportunity Type

Employment

Contact Name

Bohdan Piasecki 

Contact Email

work@beatfreeks.com

Website

https://www.beatfreeks.com/work-with-us

Start Date

25th August 2018

Closing Date

13th September 2018