Notable Difference Enabler (Prescribe Culture)
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Job Description
The University’s Heritage Collections are excited to be seeking a new member of the Civic Engagement team, to assist co-design and delivery of a new Prescribe Culture project, Notable Difference. Supported by Museums Galleries Scotland and Baring Foundation’s Creative Minds funding, the Notable Difference project will focus on development of a non-clinical support programme for men’s mental health.
Job Description
The University’s Heritage Collections are excited to be seeking a new member of the Civic Engagement team, to assist co-design and delivery of a new Prescribe Culture project, Notable Difference. Supported by Museums Galleries Scotland and Baring Foundation’s Creative Minds funding, the Notable Difference project will focus on development of a non-clinical support programme for men’s mental health.
The Notable Difference Enabler post is part-time (0.2) for 16 months and we wish to appoint someone with a passion for creative health work, who has experience of facilitating music-making programmes co-designed with individuals who are living with mental health disorders or facing mental health challenges.
What We Can Offer You
* A competitive salary at Grade UE05: £29,179 – £33,482 per annum, pro-rata as part-time.
* A chance to contribute to the award-winning Prescribe Culture offer, one of our key civic engagement service strands, where our mission is to utilise our library and heritage assets for health improvement.
* An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
* To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
* Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives and flexible working options. staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, support for staff wellbeing .
* A day of paid leave annually for your chosen volunteering activity.
* Access to excellent online learning and a Staff Scholarship fund.
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What The Job Involves
* Play a key role in supporting us, over the next eighteen months, to co-develop and deliver our new Prescribe Culture project, Notable Difference, supported by a Museums Galleries Scotland and the Baring Foundation Creative Minds fund.
* Working with the Notable Difference members, utilising the stories of St Cecilia’s Hall and the musical instrument collection, to realise a creative health programme for the benefit of men’s mental health.
* Co-producing project outputs such as live music events, online exhibitions and recorded music.
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A bit about you:
* Knowledge of common mental health disorders and experience of working with individuals living with mental health disorders or challenges.
* Skilled musician and experience of facilitating music-making group sessions.
* A belief in the power of non-clinical approaches to address social determinants of ill-health.
Application Procedure
We welcome informal enquiries about the role – to find out more please email Ruthanne Baxter (Civic Engagement Manager) on Ruthanne.Baxter@ed.ac.uk
The University is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. If you have the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race.
Prior to any employment commencing candidates will be required to evidence Right to Work in the UK.
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
To apply, upload a CV and cover letter before Monday 16 th June (Closing date).
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Interviews will be held in-person on w/c 7 th July.
About Us
As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.
About The Team
The Library helps people to grow their knowledge and create new connections through open services, collections and environments, sparking ideas that change the world. Library & University Collections teams (approximately 200 staff) provide leadership and oversight for the University's library and museum collections and services, and lead the University's transition to Open Scholarship. Collections comprise over 2 million print volumes, 2 million e-books, 200,000 e-journals and 100 kilometres of Heritage Collections which include rare books, archives, artworks and musical instruments. Library & University Collections deliver highly-regarded services to support teaching, learning and research across the University and wider communities. Services and access to collections are provided online and onsite through the Main Library, site libraries, the Centre for Research Collections, award-winning makerspace services and St Cecilia’s Hall Concert Room & Music Museum.
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