Freelance Personal Assistant (female) to assist Artist-Activist

Deadline: Saturday 21st March

Interviews: Monday 23rd March

29 March to 9 April (inclusive)

Beginning and ending in Bristol, but mainly in London

Roaring Girl Productions (RGP) is recruiting a Personal Assistant (PA) for artist-activist Liz Crow to assist her during a key phase of her latest performance project.

A PA is employed and directed by a disabled person to give assistance with whatever tasks the employer finds difficult to carry out unaided and working to the employer’s specific instructions.

RGP is a creative media company based in Bristol, working in film, audio, text and performance. We combine high quality creative work with practical activism. You can find out more at www.roaring-girl.com.

Liz’s latest project is Figures (wearefigures.co.uk), a mass-sculptural durational performance taking place in response to the UK government’s austerity programme. Figures is setting out to represent the human cost of austerity and to urge action against it.

On the foreshore of the Thames, Liz will sculpt 650 small human figures from excavated raw river mud, each one representing an individual at the sharp end of austerity. As the incoming tide forces retreat, the figures will be removed to safety. Each time the water recedes, the artist will return to sculpt more figures, in a ritual spanning 11 consecutive days and nights.

As a PA, you would be working closely with Liz, but also within the project team, as follows:

1. Your primary role is to provide direct personal assistance for Liz. This includes driving, lifting, some personal care, and food preparation.

2. In addition, you may be asked to undertake a variety of other production tasks, as needed, including loading, driving, administration, etc.

3. Ideally, you will also be a named first aider for the project and able to undertake first aid should the need arise. [This element of the brief is desirable rather than essential.]

Accommodation and meal allowance will be provided.

For full details, please contact info@roaring-girl.com

Volunteer Story-Finders/Archivists - Roaring Girl Productions

Roaring Girl Productions is currently looking for a number of volunteer archivists to participate in our latest art production Figures.

Figures is a community-based mass sculptural work that will make visible the human cost of austerity. Hundreds of volunteers will come together to create thousands of clay figures, each figure representing a person at the sharp end of austerity.

The figures will exhibited en masse in central London, with audiences invited to bear witness to, and discover some of the individual stories of, the vast number of people struggling under austerity.

Figures is an unparalleled opportunity to document thousands upon thousands of personal testimonies and represent them on a national stage, validating experiences that have been marginalised and marking the devastating human impact of austerity.

Our Story Finders will be key to making this important work possible. We are searching for enthusiastic and highly motivated volunteers who are moved by the content and ambition of the work to collect and archive individuals’ testimonies.

Job Description:

The work will involve gathering testimony from a range of sources – newspapers, online, research reports, organisations and individuals – and presenting them simply within a defined format.

Our volunteers will need to have:

•    An interest in politics and current affairs, in particular UK government changes to the benefits system and cuts to public services

•    A commitment to equality and inclusion

• The ambition to be part of something big

• Good communication skills, attention to detail and fluent spoken and written English

• The ability to work both as part of a team and independently

• Confidence working with social media

For this role we are stipulating that Story-Finders must commit a minimum of 1 day (8 hours) per week, for a period of 4 months. Volunteers are able to work remotely.

To find out more about our organisation and the work we do please visit www.roaring-girl.com

To apply for this opportunity please send a brief covering letter (Max 1 A4 page) describing your interest in the role and your relevant skills/experiences  to Production Manager- Jess Thomas jess@roaring-girl.com.

The closing date for this role is 5pm 29^th August 2014.