We are hiring!

Part-Time Communications Coordinator (CFN)

10th September 2021

We are excited to announce that we have a new job opening for…

Communications Coordinator, Children & Families Network.

Flexibility between at-home, in office and in local communities working, offered on a part time basis working out at £26,000 – £28,500 (0.5 FTE).
Deadline for applications: 9am 30th September 2021

About us


Licketyspit is a pioneering Scottish early years theatre company which has rooted its work in transformational drama-led children’s rights-based practice for twenty years. Our work springs from the connection between actors and children as ‘play experts’. Learning to consult children through play has led to a series of highly successful projects on a trajectory of discovery, which has coalesced as – Storyplay – a powerful and flexible children’s rights-based approach & methodology based on shared intergenerational imaginary play.

Storyplay is being used in education, community and arts and cultural contexts; to support refugees and asylum seekers; and as a child consultation methodology through ‘Have Your Say Through Play’. Licketyspit’s Children & Families Network (CFN) is at the heart of our practice. The CFN is an 850-strong community of families who share Licketyspit’s children’s rights ethos and want continuing connectivity and opportunities to take part in Storyplay. Licketyspit’s work is open to all, but the company prioritises its work in areas of high socio-economic challenge.

About the role


We are looking for a Communications Co-ordinator (Children & Families Network) to support both our children & family and community engagement, and the way we share and disseminate our rights-based practice more widely. You will be joining a friendly core team of four and be responsible for supporting online and face-to-face communications with families and professionals in the children & families sector; project development; monitoring and evaluation.

We are seeking a self-motivated, capable, outgoing, tech savvy and creative person who shares our belief in the ability of the arts to transform children’s lives. This is a communications and project coordination role, reporting to the Children & Families Network Creative Producer, with a focus on Licketyspit’s New Scots Integration project, Porridge & Play Hubs. This is a 12-month partnership project with Storyplay Champion families and local partner organisations in Castlemilk and East End. The project (and role) is part funded by the EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund. Making management of migration flows more efficient across the European Union

Licketyspit is a national company. This post will work out of our base in Glasgow. Initially for a 12-month fixed term contract with a view to renewal subject to funding. Licketyspit is an equal opportunities employer.

How to apply

Please complete the Application form, referring to the Job Description, and send it to Shona Rattray (Executive Producer). Full contact details below.

Deadline for applications: 9am 30th September 2021

Interviews: Tuesday 5th October (& Thurs 7th October)
(To start early November 2021 or ASAP)


Downloadable Job Description
Downloadable Application Form

Contact details

Licketyspit Theatre Company, Community Central Hall, 292-316 Maryhill Rd, Glasgow G20 7YE

M: 0781 574 2050 E: shona@licketyspit.com

All online enquiries please contact executive producer, Shona Rattray on email above.

This role is part of Porridge & Play Hubs – Castlemilk & the East End, a New Scots Integration Project part funded by the EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund. Making management of migration flows more efficient across the European Union.