Heritage Skills Curriculum Consultant

The Whithorn Trust is currently beginning a Museum Innovation Fund and Heritage Lottery–supported project to design, pilot and evaluate a museum-led heritage skills hub, which builds on existing skills training activities in Whithorn currently undertaken by the Trust and youth employability and training partners, Building Futures Galloway. The skills in question range from archaeology to stone carving, masonry and timber-framing, the fine arts which relate to the heritage of our site, as well as sustainable practice in construction, both ancient and modern. The goal of the feasibility study is to reposition Whithorn as a centre for learning heritage skills and to generate new and different income streams for the Trust and its partners.

This time-limited consultancy includes scoping and segmenting the different audiences we currently address - eg. schools, accredited training for young people, lifelong learning - and new ones such as university partnerships for field skills, CPD. We would like the appointed consultant to engage with our expert trainers and our business consultants (separately appointed) to develop frameworks, learning outcomes and programme the curriculum for short term courses ( eg. an afternoon, a day), immersive longer courses eg. in boatbuilding, and those with structured learning outcomes such as school courses aiming at qualifications and university partnerships aiming at student experience and proof of field skills. The project will include pilot activities, new marketing (undertaken by other contractors) and a new business plan (completed by other consultants).

The job may be structured as part-time employee, or as a time-limited consultancy.