River Culture Animateur for the Upper Tweed 

p/t 0.6 (21 hrs per week) 

£30,000 (£18,000 pro rata) 

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Connecting Threads project team. We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic individual, with a background in cultural placemaking and/or participatory arts, to develop and deliver a programme of cultural activities in the Upper Tweed area (Moffat to Innerleithen). The role is part of a creative team, working alongside two other River Culture Animateurs, a River Messenger, and a River Culture Curator. 

Connecting Threads is the cultural strand of Destination Tweed, a multi-part, landscape-scale project that includes the development of a new River Tweed Trail from source to sea. Connecting Threads engages with communities of interest (cultural, heritage, environmental and educational organisations) and communities of place along the length of the proposed 113-mile River Tweed Trail within the Scottish Borders, Dumfries and Galloway and north Northumberland. 

Connecting Threads is delivered in partnership with Tweed Forum and is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF), Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and others. The programme is delivered by a team of five and is in the third year of a five-year delivery phase. The project is managed by the Southern Uplands Partnership (SUP), a charity with 25 years’ experience of developing and delivering sustainable development projects across the south of Scotland.  

Click here to download the River Culture Animateur Job Pack 2024  Closing date 10 am Wednesday 9th October

More details of the Connecting Threads project can be found at www.tweedriverculture.org and in the accompanying project Handbook, available to download here: Connecting Threads Handbook (PDF) Download

More details of the Destination Tweed project can be found at www.destinationtweed.org.  

More details of the Southern Uplands Partnership can be found at www.sup.org.uk. 

Image description: Greg Harradine conducting Flux Alluvia on the River Tweed, February 2024. Credit Phil Wilkinson.