What you will do

The Community Impact Co-ordinator North supports the Regional Producer North in maintaining current partnerships and developing new strands of work in areas of historical underinvestment.

You will be a local advocate and intermediary for Orchestras Live, amplifying the impact of our projects, sustaining a presence to cultivate long-term strategic programmes and working to enhance community voice through our programmes.

You will work closely in consultation with our community partners collecting stories from those who experience our work and identifying community champions to work with on developing and deepening programmes and evaluation frameworks. You will maintain Orchestras Live’s track record of building trust and using music to bring people and communities together.

Day to day, the work is very varied, ranging from periods of intense project activity to periods of partnership/relationship building, evaluation and planning. There is a mix of remote desk-based and on-site work in this hybrid role.

Main responsibilites

Under the direction of the Regional Producer North, your work will address priority need in specific partnerships to:

• Harness and champion enthusiasm and provide support for community groups in co-creation and engagement activities.
• Liaise between artistic and community partners to maximise collaboration and ensure local issues are at the forefront of planning.
• Engage with regional and local networks, effectively connecting with artists and local organisations.
• Identify potential local music workshop leaders, signpost opportunities and accelerate diverse workforce development.
• Provide continuity between projects, e.g. attending community interest and local consultation / planning meetings / events, connecting community groups.
• Facilitate systems for effective evaluation and impact measurement.

Specific Responsibilities

Regional Strategy

• Work alongside the Regional Producer to develop and deliver the Regional Strategy and implement agreed tasks and targets.
• Work as part of the Production team to share learning and trends, contributing to delivery and sustainable development of Orchestras Live’s Regional Strategies.

Partnerships

• Observe a range of Orchestras Live’s projects to understand the principles of our co-production role and the work of orchestras and other partners.
• Assist with the development of partnership activity to help achieve maximum impact with communities and maximum learning for Orchestras Live.
• Co-ordinate the planning and delivery of specified partnership projects, with a focus on our partnership programmes in the East Riding of Yorkshire, Leeds and Redcar & Cleveland.
• Work with existing Orchestras Live partners e.g. music education hubs and local authorities, to develop new plans for appropriate activity in areas where there is little or no access to orchestral experiences
• Gather local and regional funding leads for investigation by Orchestras Live’s Funding Development team and/or partners, particularly in new partnership locations.

Engagement and consultation

• Consult local people (potential partners, project participants, audiences, general public) to ensure local views and aspirations contribute to the shape and content of projects.
• Convene and manage planning and review meetings with local stakeholders and artistic delivery partners.
• Oversee and deliver evaluation processes with production partners, local stakeholders and participants, exploring and utilising a range of evaluation methodologies with our partners to deepen our understanding of our impact and effectively tell our stories.
• Explore opportunities for broadening and deepening engagement in projects through community networks and contacts, within and beyond project delivery.

General responsibilities

• Liaise and collaborate on a regular basis with our Production, Data & Insight Analyst, supplying financial, engagement, audience and other monitoring data as required.
• In consultation with the Regional Producer North, contribute content for strategic regional communications that support the Orchestras Live national brand.
• Engage with Orchestras Live’s commitment to influence positive change in the orchestral sector.
• Represent and advocate for Orchestras Live to a wide range of stakeholders in the region.
• Play a part in the general development of Orchestras Live as a member of the staff team.
• Any other general administrative tasks as required.
• Undertake training as required to support programme delivery and best practice.

Find out more

• About us
• About the role
• Who we are looking for
• How to apply
• Read a copy of our inclusion statement

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