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If you would like to apply for the position, please read the Job Description & Person Specification (download below along with Application Form). Please then complete the application form and return it with an up-to-date CV and a covering letter that explains why you are applying for the position and how your experience and expertise fits the role.

We strongly encourage you also to complete and return the diversity monitoring information which makes up the last page of this document. All information given to us on a monitoring form will be separated from the application documents on receipt and will be held anonymously for monitoring purposes only.

Please note that we have retained Year One Consulting to help us with the recruitment of this post. For an informal discussion about the role or the application process please call Cassy Fry or Mary Ann le Lean at Year One on 01227 811 777. Year One Consulting will not store any of your details, and all enquiries and applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.

Once you have completed your application documents, please return them to:

Recruitment: Accountant
Creative Foundation, The Block, 65-69 Tontine Street, Folkestone, Kent CT20 1JR

We would prefer signed, hard copies of application documents but applications can be emailed if you are at risk of missing the deadline to:
recruitment@yearoneconsulting.com

The closing date for applications is 5pm, Friday 30th July 2010.

We plan to hold interviews in the week commencing 9th August 2010. Please note that the interview process will include a short practical test using Sage, Excel and management reporting analysis.

We will respond to all applications received before the closing date as quickly as we can.

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Job Description
Person Specification

Artist Educator – Freelance Role

South East - Kent
Folkestone Triennial
Find Your Talent Artist-in-Residence-in-School Project  

The Creative Foundation is looking to appoint two Artist Educators to work in two Shepway schools. The in-school artist-in-residence programme will enable students and teachers to develop fresh approaches to understanding contemporary art, helping to broaden students’ critical thinking and creative skills. 

The experienced Artist Educator will develop a programme with the teacher at the school to provide high quality cultural experiences and the necessary tools for students to become informed spectators, participants and creators. The Artist Educator will be asked to use the emerging themes from the 2011 Folkestone Triennial as a starting point. With the work produced you and the other Artist-Educator will plan and deliver an exhibition. 

The Artist Educator must be a practising artist with experience of working with children.
An up-to-date CRB check is essential. Knowledge of Key Stage 3 and 4 in Art and Design with an understanding of the Folkestone area is desirable. 

The project begins at the end of September 2010 and is due to be complete by
mid-November. 

Artist Educators Fee £3500 – this comprises of approx 22 days in total. 18 days in school,
2 planning days and 2 exhibition days.

How to apply
Please send a CV and Covering Letter outlining your skills and experience in relation to this role to Claire Dodd, The Block, 65-69 Tontine Street, Folkestone, Kent CT20 1JR or by email to clairedodd@creativefoundation.org.uk Closing date is midday on 26th May 2010.

If you have any questions regarding the role before you submit your application please contact claire.lloyd@folkestonetriennial.org.uk

Background Information 

The Creative Foundation is a charity working to regenerate the coastal town of Folkestone, Kent through the arts, the creative industries and education. The Creative Foundation provides artists and creative businesses with studio, retail and live-work spaces in newly refurbished buildings in Folkestone’s Old Town, now known as the Creative Quarter. The Creative Quarter is also home to the newly established University Centre Folkestone and The Cube adult education centre. The Creative Foundation organises a year-round programme of arts events and festivals. In March 2009, the Creative Quarter opened Quarterhouse, a performing arts centre located within the Creative Quarter that provides a home to many of these festivals, as well as an ongoing programme of events.  

Every three years, The Creative Foundation organises the Folkestone Triennial, a major exhibition of contemporary art presenting new works by leading international artists in public spaces and unusual locations around Folkestone. Eight of the 2008 artworks remain in the town permanently.  The next Folkestone Triennial takes place from June-September 2011.  

Shepway Find Your Talent is a 2 1/2 year Pathfinder project being run by The Creative Foundation in partnership with Kent County Council and a range of other partners. It is one of ten national Pathfinders commissioned by the government across England. The project aims to improve dramatically access to cultural and creative activities for children and young people across the district of Shepway. The project is funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Department for Children, Schools and Families, Arts Council England and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. 

www.creativefoundation.org.uk

www.folkestonetriennial.org.uk

www.findyourtalent.org