To find out what Mortal Fools is like as an employer, and about continuous rolling opportunities at Mortal Fools, read on!
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Rolling opportunities with Mortal Fools
Theatre & Drama Sessional Practitioners
Meet our current practitioners via our team page here.
We are always interested in hearing from theatre & drama practitioners who might be interested in joining our casual pool of sessional practitioners!
If you’re a skilled and enthusiastic theatre & drama practitioner who wants to specialise in the type of work Mortal Fools does, and are passionate about high quality creative opportunities for children and young people, then we’d love to hear from you!
Get in touch with us via [email protected] and let’s chat!
Mortal Fools Trustees
We are recruiting Trustees on a rolling basis – click here to find out more.
Meet our current Trustees via our Mortal Fools Board page here.
We’re looking for people to join the Mortal Fools Board who believe deeply in the importance of the work we do; folks who want to invest their time into supporting children and young people by enabling the continued growth of the organisation. And who want to bring their skills, ideas, energy, and experience to enhance Mortal Fools via committed, connected, and bold governance.
The time commitment can vary – but at Mortal Fools, Trusteeship equates to approx. 36 hours a year.
Prior Trustee experience is not required - just the desire to utilise your knowledge and experience, both professional and personal, to support our ongoing organisational development and resilience.
If you’re interested in Trusteeship at Mortal Fools, head to our Trustee recruitment page to find out more - or email [email protected]
The time commitment can vary – but at Mortal Fools, Trusteeship equates to approx. 36 hours a year.
Prior Trustee experience is not required - just the desire to utilise your knowledge and experience, both professional and personal, to support our ongoing organisational development and resilience.
If you’re interested in Trusteeship at Mortal Fools, head to our Trustee recruitment page to find out more - or email [email protected]
Mortal Fools are a really exciting, collaborative organisation who think outside the box, and are always seeking to do things in a different way. It is very refreshing!
- YMCA Northumberland Lead Youth Worker
How we contract at Mortal Fools
We engage folks in a variety of ways:
We tend to have the following employment opportunities and engage folks in a variety of ways:
Employed Permanent Contracts
The core Mortal Fools Team are all on part-time and full-time permanent contracts, working across multiple projects in our portfolio. They also lead on or support (depending on role) organisational functioning and business development.
Employed Fixed Term Contracts and Sessional Workers
We provide fixed term contracts in different ways, depending on the needs of the project(s) and the duration that people wish to commit to:
Many of our Mortal Fools Associate Artists are freelance – we often work with freelancers when our projects have a creative need, or if we need additional resource, capacity, or expertise. These opportunities are ad hoc, short term, and small scale.
Note: When recruiting, we often fill roles via our freelance network, sessional team, fixed-term team, and Mortal Fools community. Many of our permanent staff started on smaller, short-term contracts.
Employed Permanent Contracts
The core Mortal Fools Team are all on part-time and full-time permanent contracts, working across multiple projects in our portfolio. They also lead on or support (depending on role) organisational functioning and business development.
Employed Fixed Term Contracts and Sessional Workers
We provide fixed term contracts in different ways, depending on the needs of the project(s) and the duration that people wish to commit to:
- 1 project in 1 term (e.g. 6 hours per week for 14 weeks)
- Longer project duration for 2 terms (e.g. 6 hours per week for 28 weeks)
- 1 year across several projects (e.g. 2 days per week for a year)
Many of our Mortal Fools Associate Artists are freelance – we often work with freelancers when our projects have a creative need, or if we need additional resource, capacity, or expertise. These opportunities are ad hoc, short term, and small scale.
Note: When recruiting, we often fill roles via our freelance network, sessional team, fixed-term team, and Mortal Fools community. Many of our permanent staff started on smaller, short-term contracts.
Working at Mortal Fools
The best way to understand what it's like working with Mortal Fools
is to hear from Team Mortal Fools in their own words!
is to hear from Team Mortal Fools in their own words!
Working for Mortal Fools is an exhilarating learning process. They never stop and get comfortable. They support their team to grow and develop, with them, with every project. They are always looking for ways to progress, to move forward, and actively respond to what’s happening around them.
- Mortal Fools Staff Member
Across the #FluxTour2023 devising process, I have seen creativity flourish in all sorts of ways - and in working alongside these young people as a freelance associate artist, my own creative practice has been inspired, challenged, and pushed in new explorative directions.
- Mortal Fools Freelance Associate Artist
As a sessional worker, I love being part of the Mortal Fools team and having a strong group of practitioners and creatives to work with. I get to work with a broad range of young people, creating new and exciting work, as well as having the flexibility to work on other creative projects with other companies.
- Mortal Fools Staff Member
I feel uplifted and passionate every time I come to work with Mortal Fools. Everyone is respected and held in such high regard with one another; each and every member of the company is an essential part of the Mortal Fools jigsaw.
- Mortal Fools Staff Member
Mortal Fools as an Employer
Mortal Fools is an award-winning, person-centric, socially-engaged employer. We are committed to treating our people well, so they thrive, and to actively enabling social good and pursuing equity through activism. We are always striving to be and do better – we are continuously learning and evolving as a company.
We want everyone who works with us to feel that they belong at Mortal Fools, and that their efforts and skills are valued. We enable our staff to authentically be themselves in a thoughtful workplace, and we value differences.
We want everyone who works with us to feel that they belong at Mortal Fools, and that their efforts and skills are valued. We enable our staff to authentically be themselves in a thoughtful workplace, and we value differences.
Staff Benefits:
- Competitive salary rates – one of the highest in the North East creative sector, reviewed regularly.
- Well-above-statutory holiday allowance, including bank and public holidays.
- Above-statutory employer pension contribution of 4%, with employee contribution of 4%.
- Discretionary personal days to support staff wellbeing when facing life challenges.
- Office equipment allowance.
- Flexible working locations - two offices in key operational areas and the option to work a proportion of hours from home.
- Flexible working hours, enabling staff to strike a balance between hours that suit the needs of their wider lives with the needs of the organisation.
- Office shut-down weeks – an opportunity to collectively pause.
- Active social calendar, including theatre go-sees and outdoor walks.
- Free tea, coffee, drinks, and snacks are available in each office base.
- Financial contributions to team outings and Christmas party – to ensure every staff member can attend.
- Access to our discretionary Wellbeing Support Fund - designed to provide bespoke, time-limited intervention support for individuals to overcome health or wellbeing issues.
- If staff find themselves in a crisis, we have Mental Health First Aiders on staff and / or line managers can refer on to other specialist support and service providers.
The Organisation:
We are committed to maintaining a workplace and environment for everyone who is involved with our activities, which promotes and supports good physical and mental health and wellbeing for all.
- All staff are given access to our Mortal Fools Employee Handbook, which outlines our policies and procedures. This outlines what to do, where to go, and who to turn to in a wide range of circumstances.
- There are opportunities to be seen, heard, and to contribute at all levels of the organisation. Contributions are invited during monthly whole-company team meetings, staff away days, in line management meetings, project meetings, strategic working groups, and informally via other means.
- We operate as an anti-discrimination organisation, committed to eradicating all forms of discrimination from all areas of our operations. To support this, we utilise critical friends, mystery shopper-style feedback, specialist training, and are open to continual feedback, learning, and growth.
- We are active in our Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion work. We have worked hard to build an inclusive culture that values differences, and various lived experiences are represented in our organisation. You can read more about our inclusion and activism work here.
- We are a living wage employer.
- We have been awarded The Good Work Pledge Advanced Level by North of Tyne, in recognition of our active investment in our people, our practices, policies, and our commitment to being a “good business”.
- We are active in our Environmental, Social, and Governance work. We are a socially conscious organisation, working hard to be better - and a member of the North East Institute Of Business Ethics.
- We achieved bronze accreditation from Investors in the Environment, in recognition of our commitment to reducing Mortal Fools' environmental impact and to continually improving our sustainability performance.
Professional Development:
Staff members and associate artists are supported in their development through:
All jobs at Mortal Fools inevitably adapt and develop over time, as we get to know folks better and enable them to step into their full personal potential. The evolution of roles is influenced by:
- One-to-one feedback and mentoring.
- Peer-to-peer support.
- Free access to our open CONNECT training sessions.
- Opportunities to attend networking events, practice sharing events, and conferences - where appropriate within staff roles.
- Specialist training in practices to support wellbeing (e.g. cultivating resilience and mental health first aid).
- A collaborative environment where folks can bring ideas, enthusiasm, and talents to fruition.
- The chance to work with a cross-sector network of national partners - expanding professional networks and experience.
- Training by external providers to meet personal development goals.
- A safe, supportive, and inclusive company culture.
- Opportunities to help shape the growth and development plans of the wider company at Team Development Days and Company Development Weeks.
All jobs at Mortal Fools inevitably adapt and develop over time, as we get to know folks better and enable them to step into their full personal potential. The evolution of roles is influenced by:
- Existing skills and experience of a staff member.
- Progression routes available and the aspirations and ambitions of an individual.
- The demands and needs of the business as we grow.
- The project workloads and evolution.
- Confidence and capability in areas of work as employment progresses.
Get to know Mortal Fools' work
The best way to get to know the types of projects that our team contribute to and support is by experiencing our work.
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- Watch Flux Digital - 12 unique young voices come together on film, to explore what it means to question your identity in a world that feels determined to put you in a box.
- Visit our YouTube channel - full of co-created young people’s content.
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