Strengthening our common life by nurturing heritage skills
Traineeships in Cultural Heritage (with bursary) Full-time, fixed-term placements of 9-18 months to start in April / May 2011. Bursary of £13,500 gross per annum. Cultural Co-operation (CC) is a long established independent arts and heritage charity based in London. It has developed an exciting new heritage skills training project “Strengthening Our Common Life by nurturing heritage skills” (SOCL). SOCL comprises 12 skills training placements hosted by a consortium of 10 top heritage organisations, 8 in London, plus Bristol and Portsmouth. Host partners include Southbank Centre, Historic Royal Palaces, King’s College London and Bristol Museums, Galleries and Archives. The project aims to make Britain’s abundant heritage resources more accessible and meaningful to the UK’s increasingly cosmopolitan population by offering high quality training in heritage skills to young people from sections of the community that are currently under-represented in the heritage sector. Applications are therefore particularly welcome from 18-25 year olds in Britain’s black, Asian and minority ethnic and faith communities. Placements offer trainees the opportunity to gain a rich variety of skills and experiences while working with their hosts’ exhibitions, interpretation, collections and public operations, and to achieve a QCF Level 3 Diploma in Cultural Heritage. Entry requirements: Applicants must have a genuine enthusiasm for and interest in culture and heritage and a wish to pursue a career in this sector.
Minimum qualifications: 5 x GCSEs at A-C grade including English and Mathematics or NVQ/VRQ Level 2 or comparable qualifications, experience and competence. We encourage applications from candidates up to and including BA or BSc degree level. These traineeships do not constitute an offer or guarantee of employment once a placement is over. However, by developing a range of accredited heritage skills, those who complete their placement successfully will have greatly enhanced their future employment prospects in the heritage sector. Bursaries are subject to HMRC ruling. An Application Pack including further information is available to download from Cultural Co-operation’s website at: www.culturalco-operation.org/pages/socl If you have problems downloading the Application Pack please email us on: socl@culturalco-operation.org Please state in your enquiry where you saw this advert. Application deadline: 12:00 noon, Monday 7th March 2011 Interviews: Weeks commencing 28th March, 18th April and 2nd May 2011 Applicants will be contacted by 25th March if they have been selected for interview. SOCL is supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund as part of its Skills for the Future programme.