Job vacancies
Tender for the provision of Access Advice
Stratford-upon-Avon
The RSC is one of the world's best-known theatre companies, playing across the world, including in our Stratford-upon-Avon home, London and Newcastle residencies, and tours throughout the UK and internationally.
Our philosophy has always been to make everything we do accessible to all our audiences, visitors and artists. The recent re-opening of our refurbished theatres in Stratford-upon-Avon saw enormous physical infrastructure improvements to our buildings, providing a completely accessible environment for all to enjoy.
We are now seeking a professional advisor to help ensure the company remains at the forefront of accessible theatre, helping it to develop and build its existing Disability Equality Action Plan and ensuring that Access continues to be embedded in the
day-to-day routines and ways of working of its entire staff.
We therefore seek to invite tenders from professional Access Consultants
to apply for a two year contract to provide specialist advice to the organisation.
For further information, please visit the RSC website at www.rsc.org.uk
or contact the HR department at jobs@rsc.org.uk or on 01789 412625.
You can download the brief here. (Word document)
The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 6 February 2012.
We are committed to building a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all individuals.
Attitude is Everything improves Deaf and disabled people's access to live music by working in partnership with audiences, artists and the music industry to implement a Charter of Best Practice across the UK.
We currently have a vacancy for an experienced Project Manager to manage our relationships and work with Festivals and all associated projects and services.
The successful candidate will have strong proven Project Management experience, excellent Relationship Management skills and in-depth knowledge of the issues that Deaf and disabled people face in the live music sector.
Job Title: Festival Project Manager
Salary: £28,803 per annum
Based: London, NW1
Hours: Full Time position working 35 hours per week from 10am - 5.30pm.
Purpose: To manage and co-ordinate our work with festivals across the UK and all of our associated services.
Closing Date: Wednesday 15th February 2012
We actively encourage applications from Deaf and disabled people. Assistance will be offered to those who wish to apply to the Access to Work scheme in order for any access requirements to be met.
You can visit the Guardian job site for further information and downloads for application.
INCLUSIVE DESIGN ASSESSORS NEEDED FOR SELWYN GOLDSMITH AWARD
The Civic Trust Awards is seeking new Inclusive Design Assessors to participate in their judging round to help determine the inaugural recipient of the Selwyn Goldsmith Award for Inclusive Design.
305 entries have been received and the Awards represent the very best architecture, urban design, landscape, public realm and public art. The Centre for Accessible Environments is supporting this special Award in recognition of architect and founding figure of inclusive design, Selwyn Goldsmith. It will be presented to a project that demonstrates an excellent standard of accessibility and inclusion, with an emphasis on consultation, particularly with local access groups.
The assessments will take place throughout October/November and each Inclusive Design Assessor would, on average, visit 2-3 projects. Each assessment would take around 1 hour to complete and schemes are allocated to judging teams on the basis of locality to minimise travel and disruption.
The Inclusive Design Assessor will form a local judging team who will visit each of their allocated projects with an Architect Assessor and a Local Community Advisor.
ID assessors are needed throughout the UK and Ireland. Should you wish to get involved, please email info@civictrustawards.org.ukto register your interest or call the
Awards team on (01925) 273170/273171.
More details can be found on the CTA website http://www.civictrustawards.org.uk/assessors
Access Consultancy Manager with Tenos
the independent fire safety engineering consultants
Tenos are seeking to recruit an access consultancy manager with an established track record to develop their access consultancy work. The successful candidate will have a thorough knowledge of access regulations and standards and be able to demonstrate extensive experience of working in collaboration with designers, building operators and approvals bodies ona wide ramge of building projects.
Responsibilities of the position will include:
- access audits of existing buildings
- preparation of access statements
- appraisals and advice on new developments
- training of in-house staff
- business development
A competitive salary and benefits package will be provided that fully reflects the skills and experience of the successful candidate. The post will be based in either the London or Manchester office.
If you are interested in a challenging new role with the opportunity to benefit from the professional and financial rewards associated with the growth of a consultancy business, send a full CV to careers@tenos.com
Tenos Ltd, Maclaren House, Talbot Road, Manchester, M32 0FP
T: + 44 (0) 161 872 6798
E: careers@tenos.com
