Freelance Project Manager
Salary: £150 per day
Hours: 26 days (2 days a week for 3 months)
Job Status: Freelance / Part-time
The position will be based at the Generator office in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Developed through a partnership between Attitude is Everything and Generator, and funded by
Awards for All (Big Lottery Fund).
Part-funded by Part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) 2007-13
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 22nd April 5.00pm
Interviews: Thursday 30th April 2015
Attitude is Everything
Attitude is Everything (AiE) improves Deaf and disabled people’s access to live music by working in
partnership with audiences, artists and the music industry to implement a Charter of Best Practice
across the UK.
Of their many successes to date, highlights include working with Festival Republic and Ground
Control on all of their UK festivals, supporting Academy Music Group and National Arena Association
venues to sign up to the Charter, and working with London Borough of Tower Hamlets to use the
Charter of Best Practice as an event standard for all festivals taking place in Victoria Park.
Although AiE have a national remit, internal research and feedback from partners has shown greater
engagement with the North East is required.
Freelance position
The freelance Project Manager will be managed by AiE but based at Generator’s office in Newcastle.
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Consult with 100 Deaf and disabled people (region-wide);
Deliver 6 focus groups in conjunction with partners and users to tackle barriers to accessibility;
Recruit and induct 50 NE mystery shoppers;
Identify Deaf and disabled people that can act as mentors to new and existing mystery
shoppers;
Find new regional partners/collaborators (disability organisations, music education hubs,
venues and festivals);
Produce a final report that will be presented to all partners, informing the strategy of each.
The pilot will help users develop transferable and life skills, and provide vocational opportunities (all
boosting employability); map future employment prospects and networks in support; and inform AiE’s
regional strategy to build on Deaf and disabled people’s talents and potential to instigate change and
stimulate the regional economy.
The evidence will inform development of a wider multi-year project that will build sustainable
relationships across the region; offer improved career and vocational opportunities in the creative
industries; improve accessibility; and provide a peer-support network for mystery shoppers.
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Further information
Download the Job Description for freelance Project Manager from here:
 AiE and Generator announce a new pilot to improve access to live music in the North East
To apply
Please send your CV and a covering letter detailing how you meet the Job Description.
Please send your application to jo@generator.org.uk no later than Wednesday 22nd April 2015 at
5.00pm.
www.attitudeiseverything.org.uk
www.generator.org.uk
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