£12.21 per hour + £1.47 holiday pay
Advertising End Date
18 May 2025
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Role & Department Overview

Please Note: this internship is only available to current students registered on a degree scheme in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Lancaster University. If you apply for this role the information within your application will be shared with the recruiting organisation.

Lancaster Arts: where ideas, peoples and places connect. Lancaster Arts strapline underlines their commitment to exceptional art that connects people with the places we live. Their vision is of a world where social and environmental justice drives change for our future and is inspired and provoked by artistic practice.  Alongside a wide range of people, friends and their board, they have developed their approach to environmental justice. Lancaster Arts’ mission is to create the conditions for art to make change, alongside our collaborators.  

Lancaster Arts is based at Lancaster University in the north-west of England and encompasses the Nuffield Theatre, the Great Hall and the Peter Scott Gallery as well as locations on campus and in the region, in natural settings, community centres, carparks, and historic buildings. Their artistic programme includes commissions, Creative Gatherings and artist residencies alongside our presentational programme.  They have a long-established artistic reputation for the creation, development and presentation of cutting-edge contemporary arts and are proud to be part of Arts Council England’s portfolio as a combined arts organisation.

The Project Support Intern will support the administration, marketing and production aspects of a national commission, entitled Nature Calling in partnership with the National Landscape Association. This commission is entitled Are You Lost? and takes place from May to the end of August in the Forest of Bowland including towns such as Burnley and Nelson as well as sites within the Forest of Bowland such as Gisburn Country Park.  This role will involve regular off-site working.

Please submit a CV (maximum of two sides) and a Cover Letter (maximum one side) both tailored to the role. 



Preferred start date: 9th of June 2025

Expected end date: 31st of August 2025
 
Interview date: TBC

Working Hours / Pattern: 70-hours in total over c. 12 weeks. Variable working hours, to be agreed with Lancaster Arts. Based at Lancaster University with regular work off-site on locations around the Forest of Bowland.
 
Location: On the Lancaster University campus & At the premises of an external employer

Job Description

Main Responsibilities:
 
Administrative 
  •  Support the Associate Creative Producer by responding to enquiries from the public 
  • Regular check-ins with core delivery team to support where appropriate
  • Collate mailing list sign-ups and audience survey responses at all events
Production 
  • Working alongside volunteers and other staff as instructed by the Associate Creative Producer and Production Assistant.
Marketing 
  • Documenting activity and gathering content for social media as instructed by the Communications and Marketing Manager
  • Supporting the creation of signage for all sites of delivery (directions, health and safety etc) 
  • Engaging with members of the public and participants to gather feedback about the project

Person Specification

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate the following:
 
  • A clear understanding of Lancaster Arts, its offer and who it's communicating with.  
  •  Good communication and relational skills to engage with a wide range of stakeholders and partners 
  • Strong written skills 
  • Excellent administrative and organisational skills 
  • Ability to manage own work performance and time effectively
  • Good working knowledge of social media to promote events
  • Initiative, enthusiasm and a problem-solving approach to new challenges
Working in this role will help develop the following skills and experience:
 
  • Planning and organising
  • Problem solving
  • Research
  • Resilience
  • Self-motivation
  • Teamwork
  • Time Management
  • Verbal communication
  • Written communication
  • Multi-tasking
  • Organisation
  • Perseverance
  • Exercising professional judgement
  • Flexibility
  • Integrity
For any queries about this role please email [email protected] 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
You are required to submit a cover letter to support your application. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered. Click here for help with your cover letter 

Please note: Unless specified otherwise in the advert wording, this role is only open to individuals living in the UK.

Under the terms of this work, we endeavour to provide the advertised number of hours however, hours are not guaranteed and that work may cease if there is a fall in demand. 

Adverts that display a closing date should be treated as a guide. We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.
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Help and advice on making applications can be found on the Lancaster University Careers pages. Visit www.lancaster.ac.uk/careers.

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