We are looking for a Community Producer responsible for managing Theatr Clwyd’s Creative & Communities work, with specific focus on youth theatre, community groups and health and wellbeing.

Contract Type - Fixed Term to 31/03/2027

Hours - 37 per week

The Role

YOUNG PEOPLE

• Support the successful delivery of Theatr Clwyd’s programme of weekly workshops in performance, theatre making, dance and visual arts.

• Produce all the sharing and celebration opportunities for all weekly workshop groups throughout the year.

• Work with Creative Associates to ensure we offer opportunities for young people to see productions, to develop skills, to achieve qualifications and take part in high-quality performances.

• Work with the Marketing Team on outreach and promotional activity to engage young people and ensure engagement and income targets are met.

• Focus on exploring more ways to make our groups for young people accessible to all and the implementation of pen portraits.

ADULT

• Support Creative Associates to ensure high-quality delivery of our adult and older people's groups, ensuring opportunities for participants to see and participate in theatre, dance, music and visual arts.

• Work with the Heads of Creative Engagement to find and steward new partners to develop our Health and Wellbeing program.

COMMUNITY PROJECTS & PRODUCTIONS

• To lead the production of some Creative Engagement bespoke projects/productions within the community.

• In conjunction with the line producer, support all community elements of our produced work on our stages

• To support and sustain relationships within the local and wider community

STRATEGY, PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

• Ensure projects are adequately budgeted, planned and evaluated, with appropriate safeguarding and risk management in place.

• Work with Heads of Creative Engagement to support partnerships with community organisations.

• Ensure all Creative Engagement work is documented via Upshot, and has strong data collection in place for reporting to funders

• Support budgets and resources allocated by the Heads of Creative Engagement and contribute to achieving income targets.

• Contribute to the achievement of the outcomes and targets in the Equality Action Plan, ensuring creative engagement work reaches participants from a wide range of diverse backgrounds.

• Take responsibility for safeguarding procedures and practice and promote good practice in safeguarding across the organisation.

• Ensure links with Theatr Clwyd’s music department and oversee collaborative work within local communities with them.

GENERAL

• Work across departments to ensure that projects are adequately communicated, managed and resourced.

• Work with the Development Team, providing information and evaluation reports to support project funding

• Maintain a working knowledge of regional and national practice in arts engagement, with a particular focus on community and collaborative practice.

• Work in the best interests of the theatre and in accordance with company policies, including health and safety, safeguarding, data protection and IT; and ensure all creative engagement activities are planned in line with company policy.

• Be an active ambassador for Theatr Clwyd, providing the highest level of customer care and promoting the theatre’s work and fundraising.

• Undertake other duties as requested by the Heads of Creative Engagement

The Person

• Significant experience of planning and managing creative arts projects.
• Proven experience of managing budgets.
• Significant experience of preparing evaluation reports for funded projects.
• Experience of safeguarding practice and procedures.
• Work collaboratively and creatively with young people and communities, demonstrating excellent communication skills.
• Self-reliant with the ability to work on own initiative, prioritise and organise workload, and meet deadlines.
• Passionate about opportunities for people to take part in the arts.
• A demonstrable commitment to inclusion and diversity.
• Able to demonstrate excellent standards of practice when working in community settings.
• Strong computer literacy and confidence in using Microsoft Office.
• Creative judgement with an ability to support practitioners, give feedback and identify good ideas.
• DBS Check