Curator (Children, Young People and Families)

ACAVA seeks to appoint a Curator (Children, Young People and Families). This is an ideal opportunity for career development for someone with a specific interest in co-creation between artists and communities and child-or family-centred curatorial approaches., The Curator (Children, Young People and Families) plays a crucial part in the future development of our award-winning Social Practice programmes, working to dismantle barriers and champion access to high-quality cultural opportunities for children, young people and families.

The candidate should be specifically interested in co-creation between artists and communities and child or family-centred curatorial approaches.

This is an ideal opportunity for a programmer/curator to develop their career. They will have the chance to learn from established programmes and develop self-initiated new activities, working closely with the Head of Social Practice.

Contract: Fixed term (18 months), with the potential to become permanent, subject to funding

Hours: Part-time, four days per week (30 hours per week, a job share would be considered)

Salary: £30,000 pro rata (£24,000 for four days per week)

Benefits: Contributory pension, 24 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays (pro rata), birthday day off. Reports to: Head of Social Practice

Manages: Project assistants, artist facilitators and other freelancers

Key internal relationships: Head of Operations; Head of Fundraising; Head of Communications and Marketing; Curator, Makerspaces; Curator, Professional Development; Communications Manager; Administrator