Arts and Culture Producer Apprentice

Summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our team as a Cultural Learning and Participation Officer Apprentice. gaining hands-on experience while studying towards a nationally recognised qualification. You’ll work closely with the team to design, deliver, and evaluate creative and educational programmes for diverse communities

Wage

£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course

Cultural learning and participation officer (level 3)

Hours

Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 6.00pm

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 23 June 2025

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

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

The Cultural Learning and Participation Officer plays a vital role in promoting inclusive access to arts and culture through the development and delivery of engaging programmes and participation initiatives for children and young people across The Black Country.

This role supports audience development, community engagement, and learning across diverse demographics.

Program Development:

Design, plan, and deliver high-quality educational and participatory programmes across all age groups, aligning with organisational priorities and cultural values

Community Engagement:

Build strong relationships with local communities, schools, and partner organisations to co-create relevant artistic and cultural experiences and encourage active participation

Facilitation & Delivery:

Lead workshops, events, and outreach sessions in formal and informal settings, tailoring content to different learning styles and needs

Project Management:

Coordinate logistics, budgets, evaluation, and administration for learning and participation projects, ensuring timely and effective delivery

Monitoring & Evaluation:

Collect data and feedback to assess impact and improve future programming
Prepare reports and presentations for stakeholders and funders

Collaboration:

Work closely with curatorial, programming, and marketing teams to ensure learning and participation are embedded throughout the organisation

Inclusion & Access:

Champion diversity, equality, and accessibility, removing barriers to engagement and ensuring inclusive practices in all activities

Partnership and Networking:

To work with Service Manager (Arts, Culture & Civic Change) and Programme & Projects Director to create partnerships with arts and culture organisations that can support children, young people and young adults in our projects
To collaborate on forming connections with organisations locally, regionally and nationally that may either provide or encourage arts and culture for children, young people and young adults
To develop relationships and partnerships across identified Priority Places/Leveling Up for Culture, with key stakeholders including local authorities, schools, health authorities and youth services
To co-ordinate and oversee the work of freelance facilitators and artists to ensure the aims and standards of the projects are met to enable delivery

Administration and Communication:

Be responsible for completing all relevant paperwork in alignment with PbC’S policies and procedures
To support the monitoring and evaluation of participant journey’s and programme impact for internal and external reporting
To communicate effectively with PbC Development, Marketing and Income Generation team to align external communications and enable programme sustainability and growth according to participant need and demonstrating rating impact
To provide development and learning to members of the Youth Management Board (YMB)

Where you'll work

6
St Michael's Court
West Bromwich
Sandwell
B70 8ET

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

THE WEST MIDLANDS CREATIVE ALLIANCE LIMITED

Your 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.

Your training plan

You will be placed on a Cultural Learning and Participation Officer Level 3 Apprenticeship.

Here you will attend a programme of Seminars and also have a dedicated development coach who will work with you 1-2-1.

These are the Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours of the apprenticeship and the areas you will cover:

Understanding audiences and effective method of engagement
Working with partners
Impact and social benefits
Meeting regulations and legislation

Your role and responsibility:

Understanding the organisation
Fundraising
IT systems and Software
Project Coordination
Communication
Relationship management
Project Administration
Problem Solving
Team Working
Behaviours
Positive and proactive attitude
Promote an inclusive environment
Using initiative
Working well with others
Emotional intelligence and resilience
Ethics and Professional values
Creativity
Passion

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (grade 4)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

Other requirements

Due to the nature of this role and the duties involved candidates will need to be 18+ to be considered.

About this company

Powered by CAN work with children, young people and young adults across the Black Country and the wider Midlands region. We want to empower young people from the region to feel the same pride and purpose for their community as we do. From our years as Creative Academies Network, to our current transition as Powered By CAN, the Black Country and the wider Midlands region have remained at the forefront of our vision.

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After this apprenticeship

Potential for full time employment for the right apprentice upon successful completion of the apprenticeship

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