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Role Summary

Programme Manager: Wolfson Project
Learning and National Partnerships
Part-Time (21.6 Hours)
Fixed-Term (Until June 2025)
£30,557 pro rata
Application Deadline: 12pm (Midday) on 6 May 2022

The main purpose of this role is to develop and manage the Museum’s Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation funded access and education programme. This role focusses on increasing accessibility to the Museum for visitors and volunteers with autism and learning disabilities by developing an ‘out of hours’ events programme, a supported volunteer placement scheme and a relaxed trail

Key areas of responsibility:

• Sensory Friendly Events
• To devise, deliver and evaluate three themed early morning events each year for children and families with autistic members.
• To research current best practice around adult relaxed programming and gain feedback through advisory groups and surveys.
• To trial and develop late night openings at the Museum for adults with additional needs.
• To embed the early morning and late-night sessions into the Museum’s core programming.
• Volunteer Placement Scheme
• To research best practice across the sector in supporting individuals with additional access requirements to take on Front of House (FOH) volunteer roles.
• To develop and pilot four FOH volunteer placements across two years.
• To embed a FOH volunteer placement role into the Museum’s volunteer offer by working closely with the Volunteer team.
• Relaxed Trail
• To research and develop collaboratively with the Interpretation team a permanent ‘relaxed trail’ across the Museum to support visitors with additional needs
• To develop and design a relaxed trail using appropriate and accessible formats (printed materials, audio and tactile objects).

General responsibilities

• Managing positive relationships between the Museum, external partners, families and adults with learning disabilities.
• Managing the delegated budget in line with the funding agreement.
• Ongoing evaluation of all project strands.
• Regular reporting to senior management and the funder.
• Delivering each stage of the project on time and to budget.
• Coordination and management of advisory group meetings where necessary.
• Liaising with and supporting Museum staff connected to the project.
• Managing events associated with the project.
• Ensuring all health & safety and safe-guarding procedures are followed.
• Advocating for the Museum and the project both internally and across the sector

Person Specification:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
• Experience of: working with learning disabled and autistic adults; educating/training related to access or community/social services work involving disabled people.
• Experience of: working in partnership with a variety of organisations; the arts and heritage sector; delivering programmes for families; project management; programme development and delivery; H&S and safeguarding.
• Able to manage different activities across departments alongside stakeholder and budget management.
• Able to communicate and negotiate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders as well as advocate at all levels for the audiences and the project.

 

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