Education and Engagement Officer

Description

Young at Art, Northern Ireland’s leading children’s arts organisation and producer of the annual Belfast Children’s Festival, wishes to find an Education & Engagement Officer to develop and oversee the delivery of our education and engagement programme.

Our Education & Engagement Programme delivers a range of projects and initiatives to connect children and young people to the arts and ensure quality arts engagement is accessible to all, building confidence, imagination, critical thinking skills, and resilience. More information about our current projects can be found on our website here.

The Education & Engagement Officer has primary responsibility for developing and overseeing the delivery of our education and engagement programme. They work with Young at Art’s Director in shaping the direction of the programme and oversee the Education & Engagement team including the Education & Engagement Assistant.

• Working with our Director, ensure that all the projects within the education and engagement programme meet the highest standards for child-led arts education and engagement practice and deliver on Young at Art’s strategic objectives;
• Designing project delivery and evaluation frameworks and methods to meet set outcomes and monitoring the impact of our work in youth, education and community sectors;
• Assisting with identifying sources of funding for education and engagement projects and assisting with funding applications and reporting; and
• Line managing Education and Education staff, both employees and freelancers, and volunteers to ensure effective project delivery.

Young at Art, Northern Ireland’s leading arts provider for children and young people, is home to the flagship Belfast Children’s Festival in March each year. We also engage with children and adults year-round through our Education & Engagement and Professional Development programmes and much, much mor