Call out for Creative Professionals

Are you a change maker? Are you a creative thinker? Can you ignite the imagination of young people? If the answer is yes, we want to hear from you. 

The Arts Council of Wales in partnership with Welsh Government are pleased to announce the continuation of Cynefin: culturally and ethnically diverse Wales. 

We aim to expand the network of schools across Wales that will be supported to devise and deliver creative collaborative projects relating to: 

• exploring identity in relation to growing up in contemporary Wales 

• understanding the history and development of Wales as a culturally diverse society 

• gaining awareness of the people, cultures and communities that make up contemporary Wales   

• exploring the experiences and contributions of culturally and ethnic diverse people in Wales, past and present  

• working alongside Teaching Practitioners in a learning environment to enhance the quality of teaching and learning 

What we're looking for  

We are particularly keen to recruit inspirational Creative Professionals from culturally and ethnically diverse backgrounds to work on this creative learning offer for schools (either through the medium of English or Welsh). 

This will be an exciting opportunity for Creative Professionals from the arts, culture, heritage or creative industries to develop their practise through a combination of professional development focussed on creative approaches to teaching and learning; and delivery of a collaborative, creative project that will bring authentic lived experience into the school. 

Background 

Cynefin: culturally and ethnically diverse Wales draws upon the strengths of the Lead Creative Schools Scheme that has helped schools explore new ideas and approaches to teaching and learning over the last 7 years.  

At the heart of the scheme is co-construction, co-delivery, pupil voice and pupil decision making. It is an enquiry-based approach that uses arts interventions and creative pedagogy to explore themes, issues and challenges across all areas of learning. 

What will the role entail? 

• Drawing upon your organisational skills, you will work in collaboration with a school to plan a creative learning project that explore elements of Cynefin: culturally and ethnically diverse Wales.   

• Using your practical experience of ‘creativity’, you will work alongside classroom teachers to research and deliver these projects.   

• You will reflect throughout the project and produce a final evaluation. There will also be opportunities for you to share your findings with other creative and teaching professionals across Wales 

• Contributing to change at a school, community and national level. 

Timeline 

Funding and support 

As a commitment to the development of Creative Professionals, you will be asked to attend creative learning training to help you fully prepare for the role.   

Following the training we will offer up to 20 Creative Professionals the opportunity to take part.     

Successful Creative Professionals will receive a fee of £4800 to complete this work. 

How to apply 

• Complete an online form which can be found here. 

• The person specification for this role can be found within the online form 

• You will be asked to upload a CV during the process. Please ensure that the size of this document does not exceed 25MB. If you exceed this amount, then the form will fail when submitted. 

The form closes at midday on Friday 2 September 2022. 

How to find out more 

If you are interested, we suggest that you attend one of our online briefing sessions as detailed below. This will be an opportunity to find out more about the offer and ask any questions. 

If you have any further queries, please contact one of the creative learning team as detailed below  

Arts Council of Wales is committed to making information available in large print, easy read, braille, audio and will endeavour to provide information in languages other than Welsh, English or British Sign Language on request.  

We operate an Equal Opportunities Recruitment Policy and welcome applications from all sections of the community in Welsh or English.