Young Scot is looking for four creative individuals from a range of artistic disciplines to deliver an innovative new podcasting project, supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, which will enable young people from across Scotland to make and broadcast their own online radio programmes. Successful applicants will be required to take part in some project development before Christmas, with the main project rollout taking place in the January 2007.

The primary focus of this project is to work with those young people who are not engaged with their community, and give them a quality experience that allows them to explore both their creativity and the issues that are important to them. The project will combine arts, citizenship, IT and the development of transferable skills.

The project will be delivered locally by a team of professional artists of the highest calibre, with an outstanding track record in community work. The successful artists must be able to demonstrate an interest in working with disadvantaged, excluded and hard to reach young people.

Successful applicants must be able to work as part of a creative team, deliver workshops on their own, quickly build positive working relationships with disadvantaged, excluded and hard to reach young people, and have the required skills and experience to support these young people to explore their creativity. Considerable amounts of travelling will required in the delivery of this project.

Each of the four artists will be employed for a minimum of 28 Workshop Days and 17 Development Days each paid at a rate of £175 per day. There will also be an additional fee of £2000 per artist to provide distance support via email to young people who have taken part in the project.

Applications are welcome from artists based across Scotland. All travel and accommodation expenses will be covered. This project is Scotland wide and will run over approximately 22 months, ending in August 2008.

Closing date for applications is Friday 10th November 2006. Interviews will be held in Edinburgh on Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st November 2006.

For more information please contact karens@youngscot.org  or for an application pack please contact sarahjane@youngscot.org  or call Sarah-Jane at the Young Scot office on 0131 313 2488.