The Chartwell Trust is looking for a new person to join our team as the Squiggla Community Programme Developer. The role is based in Auckland and offers a minimum of 10 and maximum of 20 hours per week (flexible). We offer flexible and hybrid working between the office, home and the community.
The Chartwell Trust is committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application so we can assist you through the recruitment process.
About the role
We are looking for an experienced visual art educator who will help shape, develop and deliver the Squiggla programme in community settings.
The Squiggla Community Programme Developer will:
- Work towards strategic goals of equitable access and sustained engagement.
- Work with the team to develop, plan and deliver engaging Squiggla programmes in various community settings.
- Establish and manage relationships with key stakeholders and partners.
- Undertake community consultation through focus-groups and co-design sessions to ensure the programme meets audience needs.
- Pilot delivery models and use learnings to shape the future programme.
- Utilise the Chartwell Collection as inspiration for content.
- Establish a robust evaluation framework which measures quality and impact.
- Maintain accurate data and records.
- Contribute to marketing and messaging of the programme through our website and social media.
- Facilitate other Squiggla workshops, as required.
About you
The successful candidate will have:
- A minimum of four years’ experience as an art educator/ teacher
- Visual Arts qualification and/or equivalent experience in visual art education settings.
- Proven experience delivering visual art programmes in a community setting.
- Programming and project management experience.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to manage relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and partners.
- Understanding of access needs. Experience of working with vulnerable and hard to reach audiences would be an advantage.
- Interest in New Zealand art and artists.
- Excellent organisational, administrative and time-management skills.
- A strong sense of initiative, and confidence working independently.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google suites.
- Current NZ driver’s licence and use of a vehicle.
To succeed in the role the candidate will be:
- Team spirited, proactive and reliable.
- Creative and curious.
- A confident communicator with a passion for engaging audiences.
- Able to respond to challenges with flexibility, positivity, and to be solution focused.
- Working closely with the team to deliver a range of workshops.
The successful applicant will be required to have a Police vet, which The Chartwell Trust will carry out upon appointment.
About The Chartwell Trust and Squiggla
The Chartwell Trust was set up in the early 1970s as a charitable trust to realise our vision for wider access to and deeper understanding of creative visual thinking. The Chartwell Collection was established in 1974 as a privately managed public collection, with all acquisitions immediately going into public gallery care and use. We continue to acquire significant works of contemporary art and the 2000+ strong Chartwell Collection is held on long term loan at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. We are proud to support and activate the education sector, artists, and researchers, complement our public art gallery spaces, collections, and exhibitions, and are advocates for participation in making and understanding art as a process, as action with intention and fulfilment.
Squiggla is a creative mark making programme developed by The Chartwell Trust. The Squiggla programme is a gymnasium for creative visual thinking using free flow, playful mark making to exercise the creative mind. Squiggla’s process–based methodology, which focuses on mark making, gesture, feeling, and sensing, makes creativity accessible to all. Creativity is a fundamental human capacity that enhances wellbeing, critical thinking, personal fulfillment and societal connection. We believe that the habitual practice of Squiggla has the power to unlock creative visual thinking and its myriad benefits. To find out more, visit squiggla.org.
How to apply
If you are interested in applying for this role, please send a CV and cover letter with a request for the full job description to Clare Brunner, Contemporary Programme Developer at clare.brunner@chartwell.org.nz.
If selected for an interview, these will take place in the Squiggla offices in Onehunga and will be conducted by Squiggla Programme Lead, Karen Gardiner.
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