Sligo County Council

The Maugherow Community Arts Education Pilot Project was initiated by Sligo County Council in conjunction with St. Patrick's NS, Ballinfull in March 1998. This intergenerational project is exploring, evaluating and documenting the potential of using arts-based activity in a rural primary school, as a resource for promoting social inclusion in rural communities with a particular emphasis on older members of the community.

Sligo County Council and St. Patrick's NS have set up a management steering group to direct the final phase of this project, which includes the North Western Health Board and County Sligo Leader Partnership Company.

To support this process, Sligo County Council now wish to recruit a
 
PROJECT LEADER - MAUGHEROW COMMUNITY ARTS EDUCATION PILOT PROJECT

Duties of the post will include;
· Leading and facilitating the participants and the partners towards realising the objectives of the project.
· Developing and managing the final phase of the project.
· Planing and co-ordinating the artistic programme including weekly workshops, exhibition and seminar.
· Co-ordinating the evaluation and documentation of the work of the project.
· Disseminating the policy and practice recommendations arising from the work of the project to the relevant health, educational and cultural agencies.

The appointment will initially be on a one year full-time contract basis.

Letter of application together with CV by Monday 17th July 2000 to :
Ms. Margaret Lambert, Personnel Section, Sligo County Council, Riverside, Sligo.

Further information is available on request. Tel. 071 56602.

Sligo County Council is an equal opportunities employer.

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