Cultural, learning participation officer apprenticeship
MRS L LUMLEY THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM
MANCHESTER (M4 3BG)
Closes on Sunday 30 November 2025
Posted on 26 September 2025
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Summary
Cultural Learning and Participation Apprentice to support with the behind the scenes set up, planning and monitoring of the National Football Museum’s Learning and Participation Offers. Furthermore, we are looking for someone who will work with colleagues to embed equity and inclusion at the heart of our community work.
- Wage
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£11,778 to £19,047.60, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Cultural learning and participation officer (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm, shifts may work evenings and weekends.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 10 December 2025
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- To support the outputs of the Learning and Participation Team, playing an active role in developing and delivering activity as part of our Football Creates agenda
- To complete the required learning and outputs to achieve the Cultural Learning and Participation Apprenticeship Award
Where you'll work
URBIS BUILDING
CATHEDRAL GARDENS
MANCHESTER
M4 3BG
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
ACCESS FURTHER EDUCATION LIMITED
Training course
Cultural learning and participation officer (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Plan, organise and co-ordinate education and community engagement projects on behalf of the organisation, in order to ensure the facilitator (visiting artist or company colleague, freelancer or volunteer) can deliver effectively This could typically include deciding on appropriate content and information including producing event schedules, artist and technical riders, booking artists and practitioners.
- Identify learning objectives of education and community engagement projects and suitability for target audience.
- Work within a set budget, use appropriate resources, venues, systems and technologies to implement the CLP projects ensuring they meet stated objectives and outcomes.
- Ensure projects comply with the organisation’s Health & Safety policies and procedures including Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
- Communicate clearly and effectively, adapting methods both verbal and non-verbal as appropriate to the stakeholder or audience, which may include public speaking and/or using social media and digital communication methods.
- Communicate the CLP projects aims, which may include artistic or cultural outcomes, skills and knowledge development, or a range of social and educational outcomes to audiences, partners and colleagues.
- Produce clear, concise project reports, fundraising applications and other written communications.
- Find and participate in professional networks such as arts and culture networks, meetings and events, performances and exhibitions, training and professional development events and industry membership schemes, in order to benefit the organisation.
- Establish, develop and maintain positive relationships with a wide variety of internal and external partners, artists, colleagues, participants and audiences that result in and/or enable successful projects.
- Build effective professional arts and cultural networks and identify the benefits they bring to the projects and wider organisation.
- Contribute and manage audience/participant/venue bookings and ensure artists/external practitioners are recruited for projects as per the organisation’s policies and procedures, including contracting requirements.
- Maintain artist/external practitioner and audience records as directed, which may include personal information, in-line with employer systems and data protection requirements.
- Have excellent time management skills, demonstrating your ability to be organised, meet deadlines within project timeframes and meet budgets requirements.
- Evaluate projects and use feedback to improve current and/or future activity.
- Provide high quality content, which may be in written or image form, as required, to internal/external communications for example e-bulletins, newsletter content, posters, print and meetings, to aid the promotion of, and engagement with, the organisation’s learning and participation programme.
- Contribute to fundraising activities including desk research on potential funding sources, note taking at audience consultation meetings, compiling data and information.
- Identify problems, generate and form ideas to resolve issues, by thinking creatively in response to challenges and identifying when to seek help and support from others.
- Collaborate effectively with colleagues, creative and cultural professionals and other organisations and partners to achieve project aims and objectives.
Training schedule
- Cultural Learning and Participation Officer Level 3
- To support the delivery of the school's offer that uses football to engage pupils in the national curriculum by drawing on museum collections and stories, and in line with the Programme Strategy
- To support the administration of the schools programme, working with the Bookings Coordinator and the Participation Producer (Learning) to ensure that all enquiries are responded to promptly
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Team working
- Creative
About this employer
Since opening in Manchester in 2012, the museum has welcomed over 3 million visitors from across the globe with a simple mission: to share stories about football. The National Football Museum was developed in the 1990s and opened in Preston in 2001. Located at Preston North End’s Deepdale ground, it was home to a wide collection of football objects and archives, which has now become the Football Heritage Collection. Despite being popular with visitors and critics alike, funding challenges resulted in the museum closing to the public in 2010.
After this apprenticeship
Completing a Cultural Learning and Participation Officer apprenticeship equips you with the skills to design, deliver, and promote cultural, arts, and heritage activities that engage communities and learners of all ages. After this apprenticeship, you could progress into roles such as:
- Learning & Participation Officer/Coordinator - developing and running cultural or educational programmes in museums, galleries, theatres, or heritage sites
- Community Engagement Officer - working with diverse groups to increase access to arts and culture
- Education or Outreach Officer - creating learning resources and delivering workshops for schools and community groups
- Programme or Project Manager - overseeing larger cultural learning and engagement projects
- Progression to higher-level apprenticeships or qualifications - in areas such as cultural management, education, or community development
- This apprenticeship provides a strong foundation for a career in arts, culture, and heritage organisations, with opportunities to grow into senior roles in engagement, learning, and cultural leadership
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ACCESS FURTHER EDUCATION LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000344033.
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Closes on Sunday 30 November 2025
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