CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

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Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

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Title

Wrexham World Heritage Site Art Project Director

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Description of the goods or services required

Canal & River Trust are recruiting a Project Director to provide leadership and artistic and strategic direction of an exciting arts project in Wrexham.

Job Description

The Project Director will provide leadership and the artistic and strategic direction of the project, with responsibility for successful delivery of the artist in residence and community led placemaking programme on behalf of the Trust. Strategic direction will be integral to ensuring long-term sustainability outcomes and legacy beyond the project. They will be tasked with implementing the vision of the programme which will focus upon three key types of bold and experimental strategic programming that includes the commissioning of 'process' rather than prescribed outcomes. You will identify professional socially engaged artists to invite to work with communities along the World Heritage Site (WHS) canal corridor of Wrexham Borough to engage communities to explore and communicate through multiple artforms the genius loci of their 'place'.

The project will require an asset mapping approach to community and sector development. Identify platforms and partnerships to support artist, community-led activities and legacy building.

The Project Director will need to lead on engaging communities in a meaningful way through facilitating fresh perspectives of the wide-ranging layers of place, and through it empowering participatory and learning opportunities that support artist and community-led placemaking and capacity building.

Ambition and Best Practice: Facilitating Welsh, UK and internationally based artists to create meaningful, bold and or ambitious work with a sense of place in the heart of Wrexham / Wrexham Borough WHS corridor, with a holistic approach between artistic development, Canal & River Trust resources and partnerships.

See attached document on how to apply.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=137129.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

Contract Type: Freelance.

Contract Length: 100 days until 31/12/24.

Fee: £325 per day.

The fee covers local travel expenses within a 20 mile radius. Outside of this mileage, if required, travel costs will be provided in agreement.

3 Conditions for Participation

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Minimum standards and qualification required

You will be a senior arts or cultural leader with experience in developing and managing teams, setting strategy, managing budgets and creating and implementing an artistic vision in partnership with multiple wide ranging stakeholders.

You must have an extensive track record in devising and delivering progressive artist commissioning models that are embedded in community settings and place-based contexts, and significant experience in local, national and international mapping to identify and broker opportunities for strategic and cultural partnerships that support sector, legacy, funding, cultural and community development.

You are a talented and inspirational person with demonstrable expertise in managing budgets in excess of £500,000 and project teams in the delivery a broad range of projects.

The ability to speak the Welsh language is desirable.

4 Administrative Information

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Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

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Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

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Additional Information

(WA Ref:137129)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice