Arts Facilitator opportunity at Laing Art Gallery

We are looking for a new arts facilitator to run the popular Saturday Art Classes at the Laing Art Gallery. 

Laing Art Gallery’s Saturday Art Classes run on the first Saturday of every month during term time (excluding August and September), currently at 10.30-11.45am and 1.45-3.15pm. This group is targeted at young people aged 10-15 years, and aims to be fully inclusive, and anyone with additional needs is welcome.

We are looking for a new arts facilitator to run these classes, starting from January 2026. The current contract will run until the end of March 2026, with the view to extend, depending on continuation of funding. 

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to observe the current, long-standing artist delivering sessions in November and December, to better understand the format of the sessions, and meet the group, which often has repeat participants.

The purpose of the role is to provide monthly informal practical visual arts workshops for young people aged 10-15 years old of varying ability levels, including SEND. The Saturday Art Class aims to be inclusive and attracts young people with varying additional needs, including ASD, although not exclusively.

Main Duties:

• Plan and facilitate x2 monthly inclusive visual arts sessions for approximately x15 10–15-year-olds at the Laing Art Gallery
• Liaise with the Learning Team and participants’ parents/carers to ensure that any participants’ needs are communicated, and appropriately catered for, as far as it is possible
• Liaise with the Learning Team to maintain an accurate record of attendance and numbers of SEND engagement
• To communicate with the Learning Team the planned themes for each session so that this can be promoted on North East Museums website
• To assist in maintaining a healthy, safe and secure environment and to act in accordance with North East Museums’ policies and procedures
• To promote and implement our Equality, Equity and Diversity and Inclusion policy in all aspects of your employment and service delivery.

Who might you be?

We are looking for someone with a wide range of visual arts skills for this role.

You must have:

• Experience in leading visual arts workshops with children/young people, or have teaching skills that are transferable to this age range.
• Experience in working with people with varying SEND requirements
• Ability to be very flexible and adaptable in your approach to engaging people with a range of needs
• Awareness of differentiating teaching styles to communicate with a variety of students
• Ability to work independently (though there may be voluntary support available during sessions)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability and willingness to support evaluation, documentation, and reporting as required
• A satisfactory, portable Enhanced DBS Disclosure, or a willingness to undertake one for the role
• A valid Public Liability Insurance certificate in a sum of not less than £5 million prior to commencement of the contract, and be responsible for paying all tax and National Insurance arising on the fees. We will need to check your Employment Indicator Status (EIS)

£720 (January – March 2026), calculated at a rate of £120 (all inclusive) per workshop. 

There is the possibility that the contract can be extended beyond March 2026, if funding continues.

Materials will be provided by the Laing Art Gallery.

Please send in your current CV and one side of A4 (max.), outlining your experience and interest in the role to joy.youngman@northeastmuseums.org.uk

Deadline for applications: 12 noon on Sunday 19 October 2025