UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2022 MILTON KEYNES COMMUNITY HERITAGE ENGAGEMENT CONSULTANT - JOB DESCRIPTION
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UEFA WOMEN’S EURO 2022
MILTON KEYNES COMMUNITY HERITAGE ENGAGEMENT
CONSULTANT – JOB DESCRIPTION
Introduction
In July 2022, England will stage the UEFA Women’s EURO. It will use the inspiration and
reach of football to deliver long-lasting social and cultural changes, particularly for women
and girls. Starting 6 July, the tournament will last 26 days, during which time there will be
31 matches, played by 16 national teams, in nine Host Cities including Milton Keynes,
watched live by 750,000 people. Group Matches will be taking place in Milton Keynes on
9th, 13th and 17th July 2022 with one of the Semi-Finals on 28th July 2022.
Responding to a request from Host Cities and working in close partnership with local
authority culture teams and their partners, including Milton Keynes Council (MKC), The FA
seeks to shape a national high-profile cultural programme for the WEURO. It will add to a
spectacular tournament and support local legacies. This is the first time The FA has led a
culture programme. Working with UK Sport, it is keen to see how the WEURO cultural
programme can provide a pilot opportunity and from it, share learnings for future major UK
sports events delivered across multiple cities.
Host Cities see an aligned cultural programme as an opportunity to deliver a step change for
their cities and communities, particularly women and girls. It will support post-pandemic
recovery: attracting inward investment; boosting visitor economy; supporting a weakened
creative sector; repopulating public spaces; rebuilding confidence to attend/participate in
events. A national arts and heritage programme will support local sporting and cultural
ambitions and skill development. Successful applications to Arts Council England and to
National Lottery Heritage Fund will support work in every Host City. This will include, thanks
to National Lottery Heritage Fund (NHLF) and Lottery Players, indoor and outdoor heritage
exhibitions, creative responses to heritage, archives and libraries programme, schools and
online resources in each Host City. We are now looking to hire a Community Heritage
Engagement Consultant (CHEC) to support the delivery of the Women’s EURO heritage
programme in Milton Keynes.
Milton Keynes Council is looking for an experienced freelance consultant with significant
experience in delivering projects which promote real opportunities for community
engagement and participation. Our vision is to ensure that the Women’s 2022 Euros
(WEURO) heritage programme reaches, engages and support grassroots community groups
and individuals across MK. This part-time role will report to the Culture Team, principally
the Heritage and International Partnerships Officer and the Creative and Cultural Manager,
1whilst also working with officers from Sports Development, the MK Dons teams at Stadium:
MK and at clubs across Milton Keynes. The role will be principally focused on the delivery of:
• A contemporary collecting programme working with the Living Archive MK, MK
Museum, clubs, communities, fans, and retired/current footballers to identify and
collect items and stories to be included in a WEURO themed exhibition and/or
deposited at our MK Museum and Living Archive MK partner venues,
• Supporting the development of outdoor heritage exhibition displays,
content/creative commission and supporting activities.
• An oral history programme that will enhance local archives, populate national and
local web resources and provide content to promote and enrich the wider heritage
strand.
• Support a national photographic competition on a local level.
• Support the Open University (OU) in the development and delivery their talks
programme, provisionally entitled ‘Courage Calls to Courage Everywhere’ – exploring
the relationship between, women, football and political emancipation.
Summary of role
This role will have a specific responsibility for:
• Work with Living Archive MK, researching and recruiting participants from local
and/or footballing communities capturing their stories for oral history programme
and identifying and securing objects to display as part of a local and national curated
exhibition and/or artist commission.
• Deliver a series of inclusive workshops and training days ensuring participation and
personal development for young people/ the community throughout the
exhibition/heritage programme.
• To work closely with The FA’s Creative Producer and appointed Football Historian to
develop, design and deliver local content for the proposed outdoor heritage
exhibition.
• Ensure that the heritage programme cross pollinates and feeds into the wider
cultural programme delivered in partnership with the WEURO host cities, as well as
the specific MK local cultural programme.
• Work with volunteers to extend and support project reach, ensuring that existing
partnerships, networks and resources are used to maximum benefit.
• Ensure that young people to actively engaged in the heritage project.
• Ensure that MK specific content in respect of oral histories; bespoke archival content
and other information is fed into the relevant FA parties, ensuring that The FA’s
Creative Producer is informed of all developments.
• Support the promotion of the heritage programme and wider cultural programme,
working closely with Milton Keynes Council, the FA and partner marketing and
communication teams.
• Working with participants to ensure they are aware of the opportunities to take part
in the tournament, as well as experience all aspects of the cultural programme.
Where necessary organising transport and access provision to support this – budget
allowing.
2• To work closely with all creative professionals and service providers to produce
excellent project outputs, ensuring that National Lottery Heritage Fund guidelines
are adhered to at all times.
• To support and feed into a robust and inclusive evaluation of the project.
• To support the MKC Culture Team with the day-to-day management operations in
terms of project administration.
Key Areas of Responsibility
Project delivery
• Devise and deliver inclusive engagement and audience development opportunities
to support the key outputs which are:
o Community Contemporary Collecting Programme,
o Input into an Outdoor exhibition programme to be held in Station Square,
Milton Keynes, a key Gateway for arrivals to the city,
o Further archive ‘factoids’ material profiled around Milton Keynes,
o Ensuring Archiving the tournament at local level,
o A Major Talks Programme led by the Open University,
o Support and capture for the archive legacy the local elements to a National
Photography competition.
• Work with MKC and project partners to undertake the efficient delivery of WEURO
heritage programme activities to ensure that they achieve the strategic aims and
objectives on time and on budget.
• To support MKC with the coordination and management of contractors and suppliers
as required.
• Feed local content and contributions on behalf of Milton Keynes as a host city into
the national programme.
• Support the evaluation of the heritage programme. Supply information to the FA for
NLHF evaluation.
• Ensure events and programmes are delivered safely working to MKC Health and
Safety and Safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Champion excellence and ensure that the WEURO heritage programme is both
accessible and of the highest quality. Actively seek to implement the MKC Equal
Opportunity Policies with the objective to promote diversity, inclusion and equality
of opportunity in relation to the duties of the post.
Community group
• Devise and deliver a programme for the community group which leads them to
understand the value of collections, build narratives through curation, and delivers
(with professional support) a small-scale co-curated contemporary collecting project
with archive and social legacy objectives.
• Ensure participants derive maximum benefit from the project including training,
volunteering and mentoring opportunities.
• Identify community members’ training needs and devise and deliver appropriate
opportunities linked to the above outputs and outcomes.
3Advocacy
• Raise awareness of the project amongst key decision makers and the heritage sector.
• Represent the project at launches and receptions where required.
• Solve any problems efficiently and creatively, particularly where there is a public-
relations or public-safety dimension.
• Strengthen and develop strategic relationships across the cultural and sporting
sectors in Milton Keynes.
• Support the promotion of final outputs locally and nationally.
The list of responsibilities is not exhaustive, the Consultant may be required to perform
duties outside of this as operationally required and at the discretion of MKC.
The post is vital to broadening the reach of the WEURO heritage programme and will
include working in off-site in a variety of locations.
Person Specification - Knowledge, Experience and Skills
Experience
• Demonstrable outreach, participation and project leadership and organisational
managerial competencies.
• Post qualification experience at a senior level in the management of community
heritage, exhibition and collections.
• Experience leading excellent projects in community settings.
• Experience in leading workshop and training programmes.
• Demonstratable interest in and knowledge of user or visitor needs in modern
heritage exhibition settings.
• Demonstratable ability to use time effectively and work efficiently under pressure.
• Experience of working with diverse teams and with a range of partners.
Skills and knowledge
• Educated to degree level or equivalent, or demonstrable relevant experience.
• Ability to prioritise duties and activities at a senior level.
• Ability to hit the ground running, working to tight deadlines with quick turnarounds.
• Strong people skills with an inclusive style and experience of effectively managing
staff, volunteers and external stakeholder relationships.
• Vision and flair with an understanding of innovation and the ability to communicate,
engage and encourage multiple and varied stakeholders.
• Diplomatic and sensitive to the needs of individual organisations, community groups,
artists, archivists. Able to lead and involve them without “directing” them.
• An ability and wish to share knowledge in effective and sympathetic ways.
• Ability to think big and be ambitious, alongside the ability to manage detail.
• Good networker with instinctive understanding of the value of partnership working.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent project and event management skills within a heritage/museum context.
• Budgeting and financial management skills.
4• Experience of monitoring and reporting back on projects.
• Enthusiasm for sport, arts and heritage.
Desirable Criteria:
• Understanding of local government structures and practices.
• Experience working within large institutions or sporting tournaments.
• Awareness / knowledge of Milton Keynes and/or women’s football.
• Awareness / knowledge of football culture.
• Demonstratable ability to work effectively with people of very different
backgrounds.
• Confidence with office manual and IT systems.
• Understanding of brand and reputation management.
• Experience acting as a mentor.
• Interest in creative approaches to researching social history.
• Hold an in-date DBS certificate.
A fee of £15,000 is available for 40 days work, including all travel and expenses.
Selection Process
The selection process is outlined below. To ensure that submissions are evaluated on a
consistent basis it is essential that the required information for assessment is submitted and
in the required format and length.
Failure to meet either requirement may lead to the submission being rejected.
Submissions will be evaluated against the criteria listed with their relevant weightings, the
information supplied will be evaluated and points given to each element using the scoring
system as illustrated.
From the submissions a shortlist will be made, and these will be invited for interview.
Interviews will take place on Tuesday 8th February 2022.
The purpose of the interview will be to:
• Confirm that the contents of the submission are accurate.
• Assess the suitability of the candidate.
• Clarify any uncertainties and /or anomalies in the submission.
• Check the Insurances and certificates required for this role
Please send your applications to:
MKC Culture Team, FAO Shane Downer, Heritage and International Partnerships on
culture@milton-keynes.gov.uk by Noon on Thursday 3rd February 2022.
5Information required Weighting
CV which includes:
Career history, qualifications and professional memberships etc. 30%
Letter of interest stating:
Your availability and interest in this role 30%
Relevant skills and experience
Your knowledge of Milton Keynes and or women’s football
Stated cover for relevant insurances (Public Liability, Professional Indemnity and
if applicable, Employers Liability) at £5,000,0000. Proof to be demonstrated if
called for interview.
Proven track record on quality delivery:
Two examples of relevant projects or commissions that you feel demonstrate 30%
your ability to deliver this contract.
Where relevant, please include up to four visuals.
Please include details of two referees
Inclusion: 10%
Example either within case studies or letter of interest showing your experience
and understanding of working within diverse and/or disadvantaged
communities.
Please ensure that your application is no longer than 6 sides of A4 and no larger
than 10MB.
END
FINAL VERSION
18 January 2022
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