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Location: Iona House, Kirkcaldy
Working Hours: Full time, 36 hours per week
Contract Type: 2 x Fixed Term 18 month contracts
Grade: FC07
Salary Range: £29,245 – £36,547
Reference: ON000425

We are OnFife and as Fife’s largest cultural organisation we specialise in making jaws drop, hearts warm, eyes light up and imaginations run wild. We work with a huge range of partners, artists and creatives and our spaces are some of Fife’s favourite places. An ambitious leadership-oriented charity, we’re built on strong values, and those values make us who we are – Fearless, Inviting, Fair and Exciting.

We offer a local government pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and flexible working opportunities. If you need to travel for work, we can provide pool cars if you’re near head office or pay travel expenses so you are not out of pocket! Along with this, you can also access discounted gym/swim memberships and other employee benefits.

The Role
We have two exciting roles to support delivery of community engagement work across Fife.

Role 1 will support the Head of Creative Development on developing and delivering a long-term commitment to community engagement based on the Of/By/For All Relevance approach, across three pilot areas in Fife; Kirkcaldy, Levenmouth and Lochgelly.

You will ensure communities are engaged and supported to have their say about services and issues that affect them, ensuring that their views and perspectives inform OnFife’s local service delivery. Identifying and acting on opportunities for meaningful engagement and co-creation that bring audiences into our venues and connect with our services.

You will support a core team of OnFife staff taking part in community engagement training, leading on the development of a framework for community-based relevance using learnings from the training and own experience to spread effective community involvement practices across OnFife.

As the remit of this role is spread between Kirkcaldy, Lochgelly and Levenmouth, you need to be able to travel to these locations regularly.

Role 2 will support the Exhibitions & Community Engagement Manager on developing and delivering community-led events and activities based on the Of/By/For All Relevance approach, across Levenmouth.

You will ensure communities are engaged and supported to have their say about services and issues that affect them, ensuring that their views and perspectives inform OnFife’s local service delivery. Identifying and acting on opportunities for meaningful engagement and co-creation that bring audiences into our venues and connect with our services.

You will be part of a core team of staff undertaking a 12-month community engagement training programme, leading on the development of a framework for community-based relevance using learnings from the training and own experience to spread effective community involvement practices across OnFife.

As the remit of this role is spread across Levenmouth, you need to be able to travel regularly.

Both roles are full-time, with occasional evening and weekend work as required. This is a rare opportunity to join a busy creative team and help shape and deliver an exciting service that is of, by and for the people of Fife.

You can view the full job description via our current vacancies page on our website.

About You
You understand the value of relevance-based work and are experienced in either community engagement, youth work, social work or audience development. You are used to multitasking in a creative project management environment, as well as creating exciting and engaging programmes that meet the needs of communities.

You’re organised and motivating and enjoy working as part of a team as well as independently. You’re confident in communicating with a wide range of people and use a variety of tools to do so.

How to Apply
If you would like to find out more information about Role 1 before applying, please contact Dan Brown, Head of Creative Development for an informal chat. For Role 2 (Levenmouth) please contact Chris McLean, Head of Cultural Heritage & Wellbeing. Contact details for both can be found on our current vacancies page on our website.

When you are ready to apply, please complete an application form and equal opportunities monitoring form and return these to the HR team. An application pack can be downloaded from our current vacancies page on our website.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Monday 17 July 2023.

It is anticipated interviews will take place on 3 & 4 August 2023 at Lochgelly Centre.

These posts are externally funded by Creative Scotland (Role 1) and Fife Council Community Recovery Fund (Levenmouth Area).

We are an equal opportunities employer.

We are proud to support the Armed Forces community and are committed to the Armed Forces Covenant.

Application Deadline: Monday 17/07/2023