Creative Arts Coordinator - Maternity Cover (Fixed Term Contract)

Creative Arts Coordinator - Maternity Cover (Fixed Term Contract)

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About the role:

The Creative Arts Manager - Music & Performing Arts - will work alongside our existing team of passionate Coordinators to develop and deliver an exciting 7-day creative offer for our Junior and Senior members. With a 50:50 split between coordination and face to face delivery, you will work in one or more of the 2 areas across the creative offer, which includes Music Room and the Dance Studio.

The successful candidate will be responsible for engaging both our existing and new local partners to offer wide creative offering to our young people. You will have the opportunity to not only shape the creative arts programme for young people but in doing so, allow them to develop existing skills, identify new passions and explore how they can use these skills and passions to shape their future as they become young adults.

Not only will you design, develop, and deliver creative activities for young people you will also provide direct line management support, coaching, and development for an energetic, enthused and skilled team of sessional youth workers.

Although part of an integrated EMPOWER Team, this role will be based from HideOut Youth Zone (Gorton)

About EMPOWER:

EMPOWER is the charity that oversees the creation, management and sustainability of Youth Zones in Manchester and Salford. These include HideOut Youth Zone located in Gorton, East Manchester which opened in 2020 and Salford Youth Zone located in Pendleton, which opened in 2025.

HideOut and Salford Youth Zones provide children and young people aged 8-19 and up to 25 for those with additional needs with somewhere safe to go, something position to do and someone trusted to talk to.

EMPOWER is part of the national network of OnSide Youth Zones, which supports the creation and implementation of a network of Youth Zones across the country.

Youth Zones are purpose-built spaces fizzing with energy, and crammed with incredible facilities. They are staffed by skilled and dedicated Youth Workers who truly believe in young people - helping them see what they could achieve, and giving them the skills, confidence and ambition to go for it.

This is life-changing support that helps tens of thousands of young people from a diverse range of backgrounds to thrive.

Hours: 40 hours per week (including evenings & weekends) - 30 hours per week will also be considered