Cultural Learning & Participation Officer Apprentice
Bromsgrove District and Redditch Borough councils
Bromsgrove (B61 8DA)
Closes in 8 days (Friday 27 March 2026)
Posted on 19 March 2026
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Summary
ReNEW is all about opening up creative opportunities for people across Bromsgrove and Redditch. We know that not everyone gets the same chance to be involved in arts and culture; this project is designed to change that. As part of our mission, we’re excited to offer a Level 3 Cultural Learning & Participation Officer Apprenticeship.
- Wage
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£15,392 to £24,454.04, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Cultural learning and participation officer (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday (flexible, including some evenings/weekends).
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 28 April 2026
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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2
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 view for the full job spec, please click the link in the main description on our vacancies page.
This apprenticeship gives you the chance to work towards this aim while gaining a recognised qualification. You’ll learn on the job, supported by the Project Manager, Skills Development Coordinator, Young Solutions, and by Creative Alliance, who deliver the training.
Cultural Learning & Participation Officers bring creative opportunities to life by planning, organising, and coordinating arts and cultural activities within communities. They help open doors for people of all backgrounds to experience and express themselves through the arts.
In this role, you’ll be part of a project that uses storytelling, arts, and culture to connect communities and celebrate local stories. Your work will help people feel seen, heard, and valued.
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Cultural Learning & Participation Officer Apprentice, you’ll support the planning, delivery, and communication of creative and community‑focused activities. Your tasks may include:
Supporting Creative Workshops
- Helping set up and run storytelling, arts, and participation sessions
- Welcoming participants and making them feel comfortable
- Assisting artists, facilitators, and project leads
Community Engagement
- Talking with participants and gathering their stories
- Helping build relationships with local groups, schools, and partners
- Supporting outreach activities
Project Support
- Helping organise events, exhibitions, or showcases
- Keeping track of project materials and resources
- Supporting the team with planning and admin tasks
Creative Communication
- Helping create social media posts, newsletters, or updates
- Sharing stories from the project (with guidance)
- Supporting documentation such as photos, notes, or participant feedback
You don’t need to be an expert, we’ll teach you everything you need to know.
What You’ll Learn
Throughout your apprenticeship, you’ll develop:
- Professional Skills
- Communication and teamwork
- Event and workshop support
- Project coordination
- Community engagement
- Creative & Cultural Skills
- Understanding how creative projects are delivered
- Working with artists, facilitators and project partners
- Supporting storytelling and participation activities
- Personal Growth
- Confidence
- Problem‑solving
- Time management
- Working independently and as part of a team
These skills can open doors to exciting careers across arts and cultural organisations, like museums, galleries, theatres, concert halls, arts centres, and local authorities, in roles such as Arts Organiser or Education Officer. They’re also highly transferable, creating opportunities in a wide range of sectors beyond the creative industries.
Where you'll work
Parkside
Market Street
Bromsgrove
B61 8DA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE WEST MIDLANDS CREATIVE ALLIANCE 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
You will be completing a Cultural and Learning Participation Officer apprenticeship Level 3.
This is delivered through a programme of seminars and a one to one sessions with your development coach.
Please find the full government-approved standard here:
https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/cultural-learning-and-participation-officer-v1-0
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
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
- Presentation skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
About this employer
ReNEW is all about opening up creative opportunities for people across Bromsgrove and Redditch. We know that not everyone gets the same chance to be involved in arts and culture; this project is designed to change that. As part of our mission, we’re excited to offer a Level 3 Cultural Learning & Participation Officer Apprenticeship
After this apprenticeship
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Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE WEST MIDLANDS CREATIVE ALLIANCE LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000022121.
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Closes in 8 days (Friday 27 March 2026)
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