Creative Learning Coordinator

Voluntary Action Sheffield; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local charity in Rotherham is looking for a Coordinator to develop and facilitate various arts-based activities aimed at children and young people. The role involves empowering participants to engage in intergenerational action research, helping unlock stories tied to their cultural heritage. With a focus on creativity and community, this position aims to enhance communication skills and pride in local heritage. The contract type is fixed-term, with a closing date for applications on 16-02-2026.

Benefits

Staff discount

On-site parking

Good working conditions

Responsibilities

• Develop and facilitate arts-based activities for children and young people.
• Empower participants to conduct intergenerational action research.
• Engage communities to unlock hidden stories linked to cultural heritage.

Job description

Overview

Working closely with the Head of Learning & Impact and Creative Learning Manager, coordinators will develop, plan and facilitate a variety of fun, engaging and inspiring arts-based activities for children and young people to empower them to undertake intergenerational action research with people of all backgrounds and ages to unearth and unlock hidden stories. These will span multiple artforms (such as writing, reading, craft, visual art, drama, storytelling etc.) and will include a range of innovative outputs that creatively share intangible heritage of cultural spaces through stories.

These programmes will have creativity, culture and heritage at their heart, and will support children’s communication skills, confidence and enthusiasm to learn, whilst building a sense of ownership, pride and connectivity to heritage assets of the town as the future custodians of these spaces/artefacts/stories. Coordinators will adopt the Grimm & Co pedagogy – using a child-centred approach – to build socio-cultural literacies and support children and young people to make sense of the world around them and find their place within it. Simultaneously, the creative learning provision will build the capacity of those with influence on the child (parents/carers, educators etc.) and coordinators will work to build a whole family and community approach.

Location

Rotherham

Type of Contract

Contract

Hours

Grimm & Co is a charity that rewards staff with a strong commitment to their well-being, staff discount, on-site parking and good working conditions.

Closing Date

16-02-2026

How to Apply

Please go to our website https://grimmandco.co.uk/connecting-chronicles-coordinator/Here you find a full Recruitment Pack, this has the full job description, person specification and "How to Apply" instructions.

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