Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery
Job Summary
Job Description
Blackburn with Darwen’s Place Partnership of local cultural organisations are looking for a curriculum specialist to develop a series of scalable activities supporting place-based learning in the local area, inspired by the rich culture of making – past, present and future.
For this phase of activity, educators have expressed a particular interest in resources that meet the Design & Technology curriculum, and we are also interested in increasing resources that meet cross-curriculum areas.
We are looking for a Curriculum Specialist with a culture-led approach to help shape a pilot with 3 schools and local partners across Key Stage 2.
This project is part of the wider Blackburn with Darwen Place Partnership, funded by Arts Council England. The Place Partnership brings together Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery, British Textile Biennial, Culturapedia, Festival of Making CIC, Prism Contemporary, The Bureau Centre for the Arts, The Making Rooms & Uncultured Creatives.
Job Requirements
To deliver this work, we are looking for someone who:
Has in-depth knowledge of the KS2 curriculum
Has experience engaging with educators and understanding the pressures they are
under
Can facilitate conversations between educators, partners (e.g. industry & cultural
organisations), as well as young people
Can create scalable activity plans that respond directly developing relationships/feedback – there is the opportunity here to engage further creative support in illustration/film development, with a separate budget dedicated to this
Has a proven track record of working with cultural industries or creative projects
Is committed to creating thoughtful, engaging and creative activity plans, embedded within the curriculum
The fee for this piece of work is £9,000, to include the facilitation of 3 x relationships between schools and partners, and the creation of scalable activity plans. There is an additional budget of up to £5,000 for creation of resources.
Job Overview
- Job Title: Curriculum Specialist
- Salary: Under £10K
- Hours:
Full time - Role: Creative
- Contract: Contract
- Closing date: Tue, 09 Jun 2026
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Location:
North West
Job: Curriculum Specialist
Job: Curriculum Specialist
Organisation: Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery
Postcode: BB1 7AJ
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