Train with BLINK Dance Theatre as a Workshop Facilitator

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As part of our commitment to promoting diversity in arts leadership and breaking down barriers to the arts, BLINK Dance Theatre has allocated a portion of our grant from Paul Hamlyn Foundations’ Arts-based Learning Fund to support work in the memory of David Ogwe. This funding supports our new Workshop Facilitator Traineeship, supporting an emerging facilitator from the Global Majority through paid training, ongoing support, and a contribution to additional costs.

Role Outline

This is a part-time position in a varied and satisfying role for an emerging facilitator, who may have no or limited experience in the inclusive arts sector.

Over ten weeks in the Autumn and Spring Terms 2024/25, you will train with experienced BLINK artist-facilitators in a London specialist school, developing your confidence in inclusive, sensory facilitation practice. The specific focus will be on Learning Disability and supporting individuals labelled with complex needs and PMLD.

Person Specification

This role has been created to address the under-representation of creative facilitators from the Global Majority in the sensory arts sector. Therefore, this traineeship is specifically for those who identify as being from the Global Majority.

If the statements below describe you, then we’d love to hear from you.

• Creativity and a love of dance and/or drama

• Strong communication skills and a patient listener

• Practical learner who is proactive and takes initiative

• Desire to build a creative practice that is highly inclusive and accessible

• Will embody BLINK’s core values; Inclusivity, risk-taking, connection, age-appropriateness, choice, and fun

• Calm, patient and resilient in unpredictable environments and in the face of challenges such as sudden loud noises, strong smells, intensified tics and stims, and occasional aggressive behaviours

• Happy to use touch as a key creative tool in workshops

• Able to commit to a year of freelance facilitation work with BLINK following a successful training placement, of at least one half-day (4 hours) per week during school terms

• Identify as being from the Global Majority

Hours of Work and Rate of Pay

This is a freelance position for 9 hours weekly, every Wednesday during time term for ten weeks total. It is paid at a training rate of £15 per hour, equivalent to £135 a week, plus £15 per hour for any additional mutually agreed hours.

Further Information and How to Apply

Applications for this role close on Tuesday 24th September, 2024 at 10am.

Interviews will take place on Monday 7th October.

For further information about this role, including more information about the traineeship and the full person specification, please download the job pack below.

To apply for the role, please complete this Google Form, which will ask you:

• Your contact details

• The names and email address of two referees

• How you meet the criteria in the Person Specification (300 words, or 2 minutes of video/audio)

• A full list of your relevant previous jobs and work experience

• A list of any past education and/or training

• A 2-minute video introducing yourself to the BLINK team

• To share any disability access requirements you might have, or tell us about any barriers you may face in the process. This is so we can make any relevant adjustments

• Equal opportunities questions

If you have any further questions about this role or the application process, or you need information in a different format, please contact recruitment@blinkdancetheatre.org