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Arts Development Officer (Classes 8: Courses)
Facilities and Cultural Services, Cultural Section, Hamilton Town House, Cadzow Street, Hamilton
£18,431 - £21,370 Ref: COM/07/81
You will be responsible for the development and implementation of a comprehensive programme of arts classes and courses throughout the South Lanarkshire area.
Ideally. educated to degree level with a strong interest in the arts. y0u will have proven experience of the operation and delivery of arts activities at community level. You should be creative in your approach. possess research and project management skills and be able to deliver quality results within allocated budgets. You sh0uld have a strong administration. IT and organisational ability. have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be capable of working on your own initiative as well as becoming an integral member of our arts development team.
This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003.
You will be subject to a criminal records check provided through Disclosure Scotland. This post is also subject to the Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003.
To find out more about the role on offer - and apply - contact: Community Resources, Personnel Section, Floor 13, Council Offices, Almada Street, Hamilton, MLS 0AA,
telephone 01698 455276/455374, e-mail: mrfltypersormemsouthlarwkshirmgomuk or visit our website: www.our~futures-here.com. Applications online preferred.
Closing date: 13 July 2007
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Festival Street Sellers
The List is currently looking for people with energy and enthusiasm to join our team of sellers out and about in central Edinburgh during the festival.
The successful candidates will be expected to work a 32 hour week running from Wednesday to Sunday. inclusively. We are offering a competitive hourly rate and an opportunity to earn more based on results with all sorts of Spin off perks.
If you think you've got what it takes. please contact David at The List. Telephone 0|3| 550 306| E-mail circulation@list.co.uk Please provide your daytime contact telephone number.
The List IS an equal opportunities employer
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Since 1998. this Glasgow based independent cultural consultancy practice has helped to make the arts and creative industries in Scotland stronger by the appli- cation of innovative thinking, coupled with robust business planning and research techniques.
If you have a thirst for knowledge, excellent research skills, immense attention to detail and look forward to competing for assignments with the best minds in the sector we want to hear from you. You can find out more about SCE at ww'wscottishculturecouk. Email help@scottishculture.co.uk for an application pac .
Closing Date: 1 August Interviews: 14 August
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How did you get that job? .
Name 3 Simon Henderson, 32 a Job
‘The slightly less miserable side of the office’, ‘Good cop’, ‘Promoter’
PCL
When did ymi start your job? The beginning of summer 2002.
What done. your job involve?
I work on all the aspects of the Scottish concerts for a pretty amazing roster of bands as well as organising Indian Summer. I will basically talk to a band’s agent, come up with an idea for which venue will work best at a particular time
of year or campaign, figure out a budget, work through the contract, come up with an advertising plan and oversee the running of the show on the night.
WIIEJI. arr: flit: I')(:Y,‘.I £1an wwrui aspects {)i your jolt?
The best aspects include working with bands who have a really strong, all encompassing aesthetic and are prepared to run with it. That could be the over the top, carnivalesque stage show of Scissor Sisters or the monolithic, glacial slabs of smoke-drenched, becowled volume that is Sunn 0))). There are also the moments when, after trawling through piles of CDRs, MP3s, promo CDs or myspace sites, on the endless search for something great, you discover something truly mindblowing. For instance the first time I heard Sufian Stevens. Arcade Fire or TV On The Radio... It's even better when the general public seem to agree with you.
As the following tales may attest, the worst aspect of the job is probably my poor grasp of accounting.
Whirl: (.IItI you (IO Iii7iiil’ff you ".I‘JIHKTIII IItlF. job?
I dropped out of university in 1995, spent a couple of years touring in bands which have since become largely (and, for - the most part, rightly) forgotten. This mostly entailed hanging out on the side of the motorway waiting for the eastern
European version of the AA to come and fix our dilapidated
transit van so we could drive for another eight hours to play
to 70 people, 17 dogs and a pony in some sqalid youth club.
I came off the road to run my own business (into the ground).
At this point I was offered a job at PCL, politely declined and moved on, like a bad penny, to booking shows at the 13th j note café & club. After two years of my inverse midas touch that too went bust, so cap in hand and with my tail between I my legs, I eventually found myself occupying the post of Scotland’s second tallest promoter.
What's; flu: Imp! Way In tint .1 int) IllsH your?!
Bankrupt all the other businesses you work for? When you're the last man standing you'll find someone to take pity on you. Or start from the bottom. Come up with a strong idea of your own and do everything yourself. Go on tour and see what it's like from the band’s point of view. Don't expect to make any money.
When: rlri you nor» yl'illl".¢!II in lcsii yearn? Homeless, alone and the wrong side of 40.
The lmlmn fiiiiriiimr i ‘7';IIV.lI i'. murmur up till Iii/if. .liily. Wlm ill“? will mint Innkiiiti IHIW-‘ilil tr» ':¢¥i‘lli(') lit/n"!
Well l’ve never seen Wilco so that‘s high on the list. Every time I've seen The Flaming Lips, Spiritualized (Acoustic Mainlines), Mouse On Mars or Michael Gira they've been nothing short of incredible and I'm really excited about seeing Daniel Johnston with a full band and checking out Modeselektor. I'm going to be spreading myself thin.
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