Jewellery Artist Tutor – Trainee

The Birmingham Bench is a paid trainee programme that provides work placement shadowing, mentoring, and a practical route into teaching and freelance work in Jewellery tuition. Each trainee will receive a bursary of £4,250 to facilitate their participation in the program. The bursary will be paid in three tranches (at the beginning, middle and end of the project) on receipt of an invoice. This will be a position that is 7.5 hours (1 day) a week for a total of 28 days and is based on site at Midlands Arts Centre.

This project will support three Birmingham-based Jewellers to develop into Artist-Tutors, taking the next step in their creative career.

We’re looking for people passionate about sharing creative skills, whether you are a qualified jeweller, recent graduate or experienced self-taught maker. Through mentoring, shadowing and networking you’ll learn the skills required to be a MAC Artist Tutor, while helping us diversify and strengthen our jewellery tutor cohort.

You should be passionate about the arts and informal learning experiences with a desire to teach Jewellery courses and workshops. Trainees must be reliable, personable and approachable, ready to observe existing tutors, meet learners, receive mentoring and develop teaching skills.

For full details, please visit the useful links where you can read about the placement including; the person specfication, the expectations of the role, the workshop times and more.

Please note to be eligible for the placement you must currently live, work or study in Birmingham.