Job Title
Street Arts Outreach Project Co-ordinator
Accountable to
Arts Development Officer (Children and Young People)
Personnel responsible for
Street Arts Youth Worker, Street Arts Volunteer/s & small team of
Professional Artists
Wester Hailes, South West Edinburgh
Thursday Evenings (4.30pm-9pm)
15.5 hours planning, training, supervision and reporting
Location
Hours of Work
Summary of Post
The Street Arts Project Co-ordinator will be responsible for managing a regular programme of performing
and visual arts workshops for Children and Young People on location, working within the streets and housing
estates of Westerhailes. The main aim of project is to work with hard to reach young people to provide them
with positive, diversionary community based arts activities that address some of the issues that affect their
lives. The street arts staff team will include the Project Co-ordinator, a Youth Worker, 1 or 2 volunteers and a
core team of professional artists/tutors for particular sessions.
Main Activities and Key Responsibilities
Project Planning and Session Preparation
 Work with WHALE’s Arts Development Officer (Children and Young People) to help plan and develop the
Street Arts programme and staff procedures.
 Provide training for Youth Worker, Volunteers and Artists on Street Arts procedures, health and safety and
child protection.
 Prepare for the weekly programme of activities including organising session resources (WHALE’s mobile
phone, digital camera, session notes)
 Brief all staff, volunteers and artists at the beginning of each session relating directly to the session aims
and objectives
 Co-ordinate the programme of creative activities including youth consultation
 Take part in relevant professional development training including Outreach Staff Training and Child
Protection Training and First Aid Training
 Support the Youth Worker to collate information on relevant youth provision at WHALE, the local area and
city wide in order to help sign post young people onto these programmes
 Work with the Arts Development Officer to complete Risk Assessments for the outreach project and
comply with these at all times in sessions
 Use WHALE’s mobile phone to send texts to the Arts Development Officer as a means of checking in and
signing out of every outreach session
During Sessions
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 Manage the weekly programme of creative activities
 Manage session resources including WHALE’s digital camera, mobile phone, Street Arts bag which includes
the project folder and the art materials needed for the session (along with the artist)
 Support timetabled artists/tutors to deliver sessions
 Motivate, encourage and support young people to participate fully Street Art sessions
 Record participation of young people in sessions including name, age and postcode data where relevant
 Manage the project volunteer/s in sessions and work in partnership with the project youth worker
 Facilitate youth consultation with participants after every session, collecting information from young
people regarding their participation and ideas for future sessions in imaginative and engaging ways
 Make sure you and your staff comply with Health and Safety procedures at all times on outreach sessions
to keep everyone safe including artists and participants
 Ensure you have a good understanding and comply with WHALE’s Child Protection Policy regarding
documenting and reporting disclosures by participants
 Ensure you comply with WHALE’s policy on documenting and reporting incidents that take place on
outreach sessions with regards assaults and/or inappropriate behaviour by staff/artists/participants
 Report any incidents of anti-social or offending behavior around the site to site security or police as per set
procedures.
 Promote WHALE’s Street Arts programme to young people and to parents and members of the community
whenever possible on sessions
 Identify any relevant issues or areas of development that need to be flagged up and report them to the
Arts Development Officer on an ongoing basis
After Sessions
 Work with the Street Arts team to complete written evaluation forms after each session
 Produce a weekly report including detail of activity and participants and any available tracking information
Other Duties
 Work in collaboration with the Arts Development Officer to curate and promote 2 high quality
presentation of the young people’s work each year
 Complete a report on the project at the close of each year, including the production of a high quality
documentation of the project, information on participations and available tracking data.
 Attend Support and Supervision sessions with the Arts Development Officer.
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