Project Manager Wanted : Looping the Loop

Project Manager Wanted : Looping the Loop


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Published: 02 February 2012

 Looping the Loop is the Northwest’s opening event for London 2012, celebrating the start of Games time in the UK on May 19th in the vicinity of Old Trafford, and The Quays. May 19th also marks the day when the Olympic torch relay begins its 60 day journey around the UK.


The purpose of this event is to ensure local communities feel part of London 2012 and provide a time and a place for everyone in the North West to celebrate a key national moment in the Olympic Year.

The Programme Looping the Loop has a focus on community engagement with an overall theme of loops, circles and spinning, inviting people to loop the loop.
The programme will take people on an Olympic inspired journey around the impressive backdrop of MediaCityUK, Lowry and Imperial War Museum North at The Quays, and to Old Trafford Stadium, the North West Olympic venue.
The event will present some extraordinary performances, interactive experiences and community events on route, culminating in a spectacular moment on The Quays produced by Walk the Plank and involve an aquatic art installation, co commissioned with the London 2012 Look Programme.

The programme will be local, regional, and international in range and scope and set a national benchmark for artistic excellence, innovation and participation within major sporting events: Local Looping the Loop will work with a wide range of local people, and will commission six new projects with communities who live in and around the Old Trafford stadium. The areas of focus will be Old Trafford, Gorse Hill, Langworthy & Ordsall.

Regional

It will present a selection of new work developed for the Cultural Olympiad, and Inspire Mark projects such as the Greater Manchester All About Us project.
International A highlight of the event will be a performance by Zia Aziz, the whirling sufi dancer from Turkey who performs a truly hypnotic dance experience and adds a world class and international and international dimension to the programme.

Themes

Pierre de Coubertin's vision of the Modern Games is as a marriage between art and sport and this concept is at the heart of Looping the Loop and it will be expressed through:

The overall theme of loops, circles and spinning, inviting people to engage in the Looping the Loop – a journey that will combine creative and physical activities and the values that the image of a circle expresses; connection and unity.
The concept of ‘We Play’, play is an activity that connects art to sport and drives innovation and learning across many fields. The term ‘WE PLAY’ implies community, participation and involvement and is an inclusive activity accessible to all. We play to connect, collaborate and celebrate. Our ambition is for London 2012 to make great players of us all.

Contextualising the North West’s cultural participation in the world’s largest sporting event through a commissioning focus on three key questions: What is Fair play? What do we mean by taking part? Where is our place on the map?
Looping the Loop will reflect the vision and values of London 2012 which are welcoming the world, inspiring and involving young people and creating a lasting legacy and key themes of the Cultural Olympiad, which are animating public spaces, bringing culture and sport together and new collaborations and innovation. Looping the Loop will aim to draw a local/regional/national & visual arts audience to experience an afternoon of extraordinary happenings. It will offer an excellent and expanding arts offer that brings enhanced international activity, recognition, new investment, new visitors, and new talent to The Quays and the North West.

Looping the Loop is a partnership project led by Trafford Council in partnership with Salford City Council, The Quays Cultural Partnership (Programming & Participation Groups), Marketing Manchester and creative producers Walk the Plank. The project will be managed by the above partners and other key organisations through a dedicated steering group.

Looping the Loop is funded by a G4A Arts Council Grant, Trafford & Salford Council and Marketing Manchester. Looping the Loop is part of the Cultural Olympiad.

Application Process:

You will be required to submit a proposal for this work
Proposal documents should include:
● How you would approach the brief/work
● Your previous experience of this area of work.
● How your experience meets the experience/skills required. Please see the
Information below for further details.
● What you think would be outcomes & benefits of the work.
● What evaluation measures you would put in place to monitor the activity.
● Any materials, reports, visual imagery, web site that showcase your previous work.

Please submit your proposal by email to karen@letsgoglobal.tv by Monday 13th February 2012 by 17.00 hrs.

Successful applicants will be called for interview on Friday 17th February 2012.
The appointed project manager will be notified within 24hrs of the interview and will then be expected to begin planning work as soon as possible.

The role will be managed by Lets Go Global Trafford Council and through a project steering group made up of representatives from across the partnerships.
You will be based with the Lets Go Global team at their new offices at The Greenhouse, Pod 44, Broadway, MediaCityUK Salford Manchester M50 2EQ

Further Information:

If you have any queries please contact karen@letsgoglobal.tv or telephone 0161 912 1304

Project Manager Experience & skills required

Main Role:
• To manage the community engagement programme with six different groups from across Trafford & Salford.
• To work with & recruit artists to create work with the community engagement
programme that fits with the keys themes of Looping the loop
• To liaise with project team and partners to ensure the programme of activity is on track.
• To assist with the event management and the programming of content for Looping the Loop.
• To ensure all monitoring and evaluation of the programme is implemented, and
reported back to the project team.
• To produce regular updates & reports to project group and partners
• To manage the financial aspects of the programme with project team and partners.

Experience/ Skills required:

• A minimum of three years experience working as project or events manager.
• Demonstrable track record in arts development and/or community based art work.
• Experience of identifying target groups and meeting their expectations.
• Experience of managing staff and facilitating team work.
• Experience of contracting, managing and supervising freelance artists and
volunteer staff.
• Experience of evaluating and monitoring community based arts work and activity.
• Experience of partnership working and development in community setting.
• Experience of financial management of large scale projects.
• An understanding of the role which the arts can play in regeneration and in
promoting social inclusion.
• Advice, advocacy and support to community voluntary sector and artists.
• Effective written and oral communications skills with a wide range of people.
• To be able to negotiate with senior personnel and partners (regional and national
level)
• Teamwork skills.
• Ability to work under pressure, to prioritise and independently get the job done.
• Flexibility.
• Ability to create links and networks effectively between the voluntary sector, artists and other departments.
• Able to plan and deliver work on time and to budget.
• Interpersonal skills organise work with the minimum of supervision, prioritise work and problem solve.
• Information technology skills Political awareness and sensitivity and awareness of issues of local democracy.
• Awareness of commitment to Equal Opportunities, both in terms of employment and service delivery
• Knowledge of technology and its applications within arts development.
Budget Project Manager Fee: £180 per day for 3 days per week for 6 months period starting ASAP. Total fee of no more than £12,960.

Other requirements

Unique tax reference number.
Enhanced CRB will be required.
Own public liability insurance up to 5 million.
Full clean driving licence is desirable.


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