Project Producer (The Agency)

This is a role where you can make a real difference to the lives of young people in Southampton. You will use your creative facilitation experience to empower young people to realise their talents and gain the skills and knowledge they need to put their project ideas into action.

The Agency is a creative entrepreneurship programme enabling young people between 15 to 25 to create social change projects based on the needs they identify in their own communities. The programme launched in the UK in 2013 through a partnership between Battersea Arts Centre (BAC), Contact and People’s Palace Projects. Energise Me launched The Agency Southampton in May 2021. Since then, we have been bringing together arts, non-arts and community organisations across the City united in the vision of making a real difference to the lives of young people.

This cohort of young people started the programme in September. They’re being supported to develop their desires and ideas into plans to deliver their own social enterprises. Using an arts-based methodology founded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, The Agency provides development opportunities for young people, helping them to launch ambitious projects that will positively impact their local area. It gives young people agency to affect real change in their own community.

Three projects will be selected by an independent panel of business, cultural and community development experts to receive £2,000 funding each and a further 18-weeks of support to deliver the projects in the community. That’s where you come in! We are looking for a Creative Producer to join our team and support them to turn their ideas into reality.

This a freelance Project Producer role, beginning in January 2026 and running until May 2026. The core hours are Saturdays 10:30am-5:30pm and Tuesdays 4:30pm-9pm including up to 4 hours of set up, clear away and planning and meeting time. Some flexibility will be required as the programme passes to delivery stage. Delivery time is paid at £20 per hour. Planning and training is paid at £15 per hour. The full pay breakdown is available in the application pack.

Please download the application pack from the Energise Me website for the full role description. Here’s a taste of the some of the responsibilities of the role:

• Be an advocate for The Agency and support promotion and publicity of the project.
• Plan, deliver and evaluate weekly Agency sessions and one-to-one support, in line with The Agency methodology.
• Create a welcoming, inclusive and inspiring environment in which to deliver workshops with young people where participants feel safe, supported and able to do their best.
• Work with one young person or a group of young people (Agents) to realise their successfully pitched project(s).
• Creatively produce their project by supporting them to identify networks to connect with and set up and attend meetings, where appropriate.
• Guide Agents in identifying future funding opportunities and methods of sustainability for the projects and their development.
• Encourage and support the agents to work more autonomously and ensure they have the skills to complete further projects independently.

To apply for The Agency Producer position, please submit your CV and a supporting statement or a short video telling us why you’re interested in this opportunity and demonstrating that you clearly meet the requirements of the role and possess the experience, knowledge and attributes we’re looking for.

Submission of applications via email to: [email protected]

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 18th November 2025

For an informal chat about the role and the programme, please contact Nik Tubbs, The Agency (Southampton) Project Manager: 07355035501 or [email protected]

We will hold interviews on Wednesday 26th November or Wednesday 3rd December.