Senior Youth Producer

THRIVE will deliver arts-based learning in the curriculum for year 5, focusing on science and history; deliver teacher CPD, bring inspiring creative career sessions with guest artists and through visits to cultural organisations; and, in partnership with CVAN, create a new national Creative Career Awards system for which Thrive will be a pilot.

Including planning and evaluation phases, the contracted period will be from May 2026 until November 2027.
You will have specific sector knowledge, experience and skills, particularly around SEND and working with primary schools. You will also have the skills to set up complex project plans, manage multiple stakeholders and deliver co-curation sessions with all key stakeholders.

As Senior Youth Producer, you will be expected to work proactively and be required to build excellent communications with multiple stakeholders, from artist educators to partners and funders.
You will be responsible for ensuring that the project is running as promised and that evaluation and monitoring requirements are met.

You will be up to date with current practices, research and opportunities and you will be fully comfortable and trained in safeguarding and ideally, Mental Health First Aid with children, including those that are neurodiverse, have EAL and SEND. You will also be experienced in leading inclusive co-creation sessions with partners.

The contract is for a total of 18 months (assuming a May 2026 start), with working days/hours to be flexibly allocated as the programme demands. (In key periods of the programme, such as the initial planning and recruitment phase and the end project, this may mean an equivalent of 5 days per week. In quiet periods, it may be the equivalent of 2 or 3 days per week.)