Superhero needed to deliver WoW’s Super Heroes: Words Are Our Power schools project!

Writing on the Wall awarded £239,000 by The Paul Hamlyn Foundation to deliver Super Heroes Project over four years in Merseyside Schools

Apply to be WoW’s School Coordinator

We are thrilled to announce that we have been successfully awarded £239,000 by The Paul Hamlyn Foundation to expand our hugely successful Super heroes: Words are our Power project in schools in Merseyside. The funding will provide a new job opportunity for a Schools Coordinator to join their dynamic staff team and oversee this exciting project.

Super Heroes: Words are our Power is a literacy project that will allow primary school children in Merseyside to find the Super Hero within, using writing and creativity for the greater good, changing how we view and understand creative education in in schools. As part of the Arts Based Learning More and Better Fund, WoW will be working in eight primary schools in Merseyside to provide arts based learning through creative writing, poetry, spoken word and illustration.

MAIN PURPOSE

To coordinate and deliver the next stage of WoW’s schools project Super Heroes: Words are our Power funded by a More and Better grant from Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

The strategic development of the Super Heroes project in conjunction with WoW Programme Manager, Co-Directors, staff and Trustees
The creation and implementation of project activities, liaising with schools to create project delivery plans and schemes of work
Coordinating the work of sessional writers and artists
Ensuring all school children are fully engaged in the project activities.
Overseeing the development of partnership working with schools, ensuring all schools’ work is developed in accordance with project plans and objectives
Overseeing the creation and publishing of new work developed by pupils during the project
Supervising documentation of evaluation material and liaising with WoW’s Programme Manager and Independent Evaluator to ensure a successful ongoing evaluation
Developing and coordinating public events, showcases and celebration events to ensure the recognition and long-term legacy of the project
Day to day management of the project finances ensuring they remain within projected budgets
To support and liaise with WoW staff on all other projects and events, including WoWFest throughout May

To apply please download and fill out this form and email for the attention of Emma Hulme to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Friday 1st March 2019, 12pm

Interviews to take place the 7th March.