Lead Creative Facilitator (The Agency Southampton)
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We are looking for someone with a passion and proven track record of working with young people. They will apply their facilitation experience and artistic practice to play a key role in the delivery of The Agency’s weekly sessions, the evaluative process and wider aims of this ground-breaking initiative.
The Agency is a creative entrepreneurship programme that puts power in the hands of young people to take on issues that matter to them. It uses a creative process to support 15to25 yearolds to develop social change projects which are based on their interests as well as the needs of their communities.
This is a hugely exciting time to join The Agency. Having run successfully since 2013 in London and Manchester, and more recently in Belfast and Cardiff. It’s now well established and entering its 5th year running in Southampton.
If you are a confident communicator and facilitator with experience of using your artistic practice in leading arts-based community workshops and a desire tomake a real difference to the lives ofyoung people, we’d love to hear from you.
Energise Me is seeking to appoint a freelance Lead Facilitator to play a key role in the planning, delivery and evaluation of The Agency (Southampton). You will be fully trained in delivering The Agency methodology and will work alongside the Assistant Facilitator to devise and deliver practical workshops to inspire and empower local young people.
– Be available for a 3-day training camp in Manchester 20-22 August 2025.
– Be an advocate for The Agency and support promotion and publicity of the project.
– Represent the vision of The Agency and make relationships with local community members, organisations and businesses to enable young people to realise their ideas.
– Support the interviewing of young people wanting to take part in the project.
– Plan, deliver and evaluate weekly Agency sessions, in line with The Agency methodology.
– Create a welcoming, inclusive and inspiring environment in which to deliver workshops with young people where participants feel safe, supported and able to do their best.
– Manage the Assistant Facilitator during sessions and support The Agency Project Manager in their line management of this post.
– Ensure safeguarding, health and safety, dignity and respect, and equal opportunities are in line with Energise Me’s policies and procedures.
– Attend regular meetings with The Agency Project Manager, Assistant Facilitator and wider Agency team.
– Attend fortnightly online meetings (Wednesday afternoons) with other facilitators from The Agency UK network.
– Feed into the evaluation of The Agency to help assess the impact of the project.
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