Creative Producer of Communities

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Creative Producer of Communities to lead the design, coordination, and delivery of the community engagement and participation programme for Y Bont International Festival.

This role is responsible for developing and maintaining meaningful relationships with Tin Shed Theatre Co.’s network of local community groups, organisations, and participants, ensuring that engagement activity is inclusive, structured, and consistently supported from initial contact through to participation and delivery.

The successful candidate will work closely with education partners, community organisations, and cultural stakeholders to design and deliver a comprehensive engagement strategy, including training pathways, outreach activity, workshops, and creative development opportunities. They will also work closely with the Community Engagement Officer at Newport City Council, ensuring strong alignment between the festival’s engagement activity and wider city-led community programmes and priorities.

They will support and coordinate the delivery of workshops and participatory sessions alongside freelance facilitators, ensuring that all activity is safe, accessible, well-managed, and aligned with the artistic vision of the wider festival.

A key part of the role will be working in close collaboration with the creative leadership team to ensure that community engagement activity is fully integrated into the artistic framework of the festival, with clear thematic and conceptual alignment across all strands of work.

The Creative Producer of Communities will work closely with the Choreographer and Movement Director to develop high-quality ensemble and participatory performance work, alongside visual arts outputs that emerge from community processes. This includes supporting pathways for community-generated work to be developed, refined, and presented as part of the main festival programme.

The postholder will have responsibility for line managing and supporting the delivery of the Lynette Webb Skills Share Team, including overseeing recruitment, training, and participation pathways for young people engaged in the project.

They will act as the designated Safeguarding Lead for young people and vulnerable participants, ensuring full compliance with Tin Shed Theatre Co.’s safeguarding and child protection policies, and maintaining a culture of safe, ethical, and supportive practice across all engagement activity.

The role will also involve embedding, monitoring, and maintaining Tin Shed Theatre Co.’s participant sign-up and engagement processes, ensuring clear systems are in place to support participants from initial registration through to active involvement and project delivery.

In addition, the Creative Producer of Communities will act as a creative producer of community-generated work, supporting the development of performances, installations, and artistic outputs created through participation processes. A key priority of the role is to champion and elevate community-created work, ensuring it is presented with equal artistic value and visibility alongside professional commissions within the festival.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of the community engagement and participation strategy for Y Bont International Festival.

• Maintain and develop relationships with international and local community groups, organisations, and participants within Tin Shed Theatre Co.’s network.

• Work with education partners, community organisations, and stakeholders to deliver structured engagement, training, and outreach programmes.

• Work closely with the Community Engagement Officer at Newport City Council to ensure alignment and collaboration across city-led engagement initiatives.

• Coordinate and support the delivery of workshops and engagement activity alongside freelance facilitators and artists.

• Ensure all community engagement activity is safe, inclusive, accessible, and aligned with safeguarding policies and procedures.

• Act as Safeguarding Lead for young people and vulnerable participants, ensuring compliance with organisational safeguarding requirements.

• Oversee participant recruitment, onboarding, and sign-up systems, ensuring clear processes from initial engagement to participation.

• Line manage and support the Lynette Webb Skills Share Team, including recruitment, training, and delivery of youth engagement activity.

• Work closely with the Creative Director, Creative Producer, and wider artistic team to ensure community activity aligns with the overall artistic vision.

• Collaborate with the Movement Director and Choreographer to develop ensemble performance work and community-generated artistic outputs.

• Support the development of community-led visual arts, performance, and participatory work for presentation within the festival programme.

• Champion and advocate for community-generated work to be presented on an equal footing with professional artistic commissions.

• Monitor, evaluate, and report on participation and engagement activity across the project.

• Ensure best practice in inclusive participation, community engagement, and socially engaged arts practice.

Essential Criteria

• Significant experience producing or leading community engagement, participation, or socially engaged arts programmes.

• Proven track record of working with community groups, schools, youth groups, or marginalised communities in an arts context.

• Experience managing complex engagement programmes involving multiple partners and stakeholders.

• Experience working with professional artists and facilitating collaborative creative processes.

• Strong understanding of safeguarding practice, particularly in relation to young people and vulnerable adults.

• Experience managing participant journeys, databases, or structured engagement processes.

• Strong facilitation, communication, and relationship-building skills.

• Experience working in outdoor arts, performance, participatory arts, or cultural engagement settings.

• Experience working in Wales and understanding of Welsh community and cultural contexts.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience working with local authorities, education providers, or public-sector partners.

• Experience supporting or producing ensemble performance, community theatre, or large-scale participatory work.

• Experience working within skills development, training, or youth arts programmes.

• Knowledge of inclusive practice and access in participatory arts.

• Welsh language skills.

• Experience working within placemaking, heritage, or regeneration contexts.

• Experience supporting co-creation processes where community work is presented within professional artistic contexts.