JOBS 2024 : TWO POSITIONS AT BUTTERFLY ART PROJECT

BAP seeks to appoint a qualified Art Teacher and a Community Art Facilitator

1. Art Teacher position
The Butterfly Art Project (BAP) is a non-profit organisation established in 2010 and working in Vrygrond, Cape Town. BAP offers healing art lessons and educational programs to children and adults in the Vrygrond community. BAP has a core group of staff and volunteers working in various roles.
BAP seeks to appoint an Art Teacher teaching children from the Capricorn Primary School situated in Vrygrond/Capricorn. The successful candidate will start work asap. Suitably qualified individuals with South African nationality or permit to work in South Africa are invited to apply.
Responsibilities:

Co-ordinate and manage art department staff, volunteers and interns
Attend BAP staff meetings weekly
Design, prepare and hold art lessons (according to the CAPS curriculum and afterschool classes)
Liaise with BAP management, school management, teachers, social worker and parents
Coaching art facilitators and CPS teachers in lesson planning
Co-ordinate cleaning of Art Facilities and materials daily
Coordinate art exhibitions
Report back in pictures and in writing to BAP Management and CPS Management regularly
Source and maintain consumable stock for program delivery

Requirements

Degree in art and qualification in teaching
Minimum of one year experience in education in disadvantaged communities
Computer skills (Email, Word, Excel, etc)
Team player with impeccable personal and business ethics
Interest in Anthroposophy/Waldorf education
Excellent communication skills
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Own transport and computer must be available
Ability to work in a multicultural and multilingual environment
Good time management and multitasking abilities
Ability to communicate in English and one other language spoken in the Western Cape

BAP offers a market related salary and work hours, which will be discussed with the successful candidate. To apply, submit a CV, artistic portfolio (in pictures), motivational letter and three contactable references till 22.3.2024 to Angela Katschke (Director) info@butterflyartproject.org. For more information about BAP: www.butterflyartproject.org

2. Community Art Facilitator
BAP seeks to appoint an Community Art Facilitator to support the team in training further
Community Art Facilitators. The successful candidate will start work asap. Suitably qualified
individuals with South African nationality or permit to work in South Africa are invited to apply.
Responsibilities:

Attend BAP staff meetings weekly
Design, prepare and hold training sessions
Supervise peer learning hub
Set up and clean up of training room
Communicate with organisations and partners
Supervise Monitoring of program in cooperation with our M&E manager
Coordinate art exhibitions
Report back in pictures and in writing to BAP Management and CPS Management regularly
Source and maintain consumable stock for program delivery
Update social media

Requirements

Minimum of one year experience in art facilitation in disadvantaged communities
Computer skills (Email, Word, Excel, etc)
Team player with impeccable personal and business ethics
Interest in Anthroposophy/Waldorf education
Excellent communication skills
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Own transport and computer must be available
Ability to work in a multicultural and multilingual environment
Good time management and multitasking abilities
Ability to communicate in English and one other language spoken in the Western Cape