[OSList] Job vacancy: Open Space Producer with Improbable (London, UK)

Improbable Office office at improbable.co.uk
Fri Mar 6 09:49:45 PST 2020


Hi OSList,

Thought this might be of interest to some you - Improbable
(improvisation-led theatre company based in London, UK) is recruiting a
part-time *Open Space Producer* to join us from Spring 2020. Details below
- more info, including application instructions can be found on our
website: https://www.improbable.co.uk/jobs/. *Deadline for applications is
11pm GMT, Sun 29 March*. Any questions, drop me Jeremy an email at
office at improbable.co.uk.

– Overview–

Improbable is recruiting an Open Space Producer to join us from Spring
2020. This is a central role within the company. Key responsibilities
include:

- Shaping, planning and managing our Open Space events;
- Nurturing relationships with partners;
- Developing Improbable’s corporate Open Space for Hire offer;
- Looking after the nationwide community of arts folk who engage with our
Devoted & Disgruntled programme.

– About Improbable –

Led by Phelim McDermott and Lee Simpson, Improbable is a theatre company
that defies categorisation. We create work on every scale from remarkable
productions in the great opera houses to tiny improvisation gigs in the
tiniest venues; we are at the forefront of arts activism through Open
Space, and create ground-breaking participation work; we help to hold the
history of improvisation, and to shape and secure its future through the
International Institute of Improvisation, the iii!.

At the heart of our work is the practice and philosophy of improvisation,
and all our work draws on improvisatory processes such as Open Space and
Worldwork. This is true even for the large-scale opera and music theatre
pieces that form the bulk of Improbable’s upcoming programme. We are a
company that follows our intuition.

Improbable was founded in 1996 as a limited liability partnership; became a
charity in 2014; and is a National Portfolio Organisation of Arts Council
England 2018-22.

– Purpose of the Open Space Producer Role –

The Open Space Producer is responsible for the shaping and delivery of
Improbable’s Open Space events. There are two main strands to this work:
Devoted & Disgruntled and Open Space for Hire.

1. Devoted & Disgruntled (D&D) is an ongoing conversation about theatre and
the performing arts. Created in 2005, and facilitated using Open Space,
Devoted & Disgruntled brings together artists, audiences, funders, front of
house staff, puppeteers and production managers to work together on key
questions in theatre and the performing arts. The D&D programme comprises
one annual 2.5 day event and several smaller half-day events each year, and
operates across the country. Its website – devotedanddisgruntled.com –
holds an archive of past conversations, and a platform for ongoing
discussion. D&D is the largest gathering of independent artists and arts
practitioners in the UK.

2. Open Space for Hire is what we call Improbable’s facilitation of Open
Space events for external organisations. Over the last few years, this has
grown to become an increasingly significant part of the charity’s work and
of our annual income, and has seen us facilitate events for arts,
charitable, governmental and commercial organisations. Recent Open Space
clients include Turner Contemporary, Southbank Centre, the Wellcome Trust,
the Academy of Medical Sciences, John Lewis, Open University, the Guilty
Feminist / Joyful Resistance and the European Parliament.

The Open Space Producer is responsible for both these areas of work. They
will work with the Artistic Directors to shape the D&D programme and with
the Executive Director to hone Improbable’s Open Space offer to external
organisations; and will work with the full team and external facilitators
on the delivery of D&D and Open Space events.

– Key Details –

Salary: £30,000/year pro rata, equivalent to £18,000/year for three days
per week
Hours: 24 hours/week. We anticipate that these hours will be worked over
three full days, but are open to other set-ups. This role will require
working evenings and weekends at Open Space events, for which Improbable
operates a Time Off in Lieu system.
• Place of work: The Open Space Producer will be based at Improbable’s
London office.

– How to Apply –

For more information about the role (including person specification and
full job description) and instructions on how to apply, please see our
website: https://www.improbable.co.uk/jobs/

-- 
Improbable Office

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Wales No. 08561272 - Charity No. 1155695. Registered address: Improbable,
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