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A great organisation in which to share your skills and creativity

Would you like to come and work for the North’s leading literature development agency and play a part in supporting great projects such as the Northern Writers’ Awards, Durham Book Festival and our award-winning work with young people? We’d love to hear from you.

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Work at New Writing North

At its core, New Writing North’s work has two main goals: to encourage people to develop their own creativity through reading and writing, and to identify talent and support writers to fulfil their creative ambitions.

Please download our Work at NWN pack to learn more about:

  • what we do at New Writing North
  • our mission, vision and values
  • our programme of work
  • our organisational culture

Download the Work at NWN document here: 
Work at NWN: PDF

Organisational structure

We’re a small organisation with a dedicated, creative team, supported by a great board of trustees.

Our Organisational Chart shows the current structure of New Writing North.

Location

New Writing North is based in central Newcastle upon Tyne.

We are currently operating a hybrid working model, with staff generally spending 60% of their working week in the office and 40% working from home.

Holidays and benefits

Staff at New Writing North benefit from the following terms:

  • 25 days’ holiday allowance, plus statutory bank holidays (pro rata’d for part-time posts)
  • Company sick pay after 1 year’s continuous service
  • Critical illness insurance cover
  • Life insurance cover
  • Enhanced maternity pay
  • Bereavement leave
  • Flexible working
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Training and professional development opportunities
  • Access to free, confidential practical and emotional support via The Printing Charity
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Corporate Metro Season Ticket

Current Vacancies

Durham Writes Writer in Residence

Fee for Writer in Residence: £4500 (12 workshops; 2 full planning days; 8 mentoring sessions; taking part in selecting writers for the targeted workshop series), plus expenses. This fee is inclusive of all preparation and follow-up work. 

New Writing North is looking to recruit a freelance Producer and a Writer in Residence for Durham Writes – a new talent development programme beginning in February 2025, in partnership with Durham Libraries. Durham Writes will develop creative skills and cultural opportunities for new writers of fiction in County Durham. The programme seeks to address commonly identified barriers for writers, including a lack of role-model writers who reflect under-represented characteristics, the scarcity of entry-level access opportunities and encouragement to develop early-stage writing. 

We are seeking a published Writer of fiction to work with a Producer to identify locations for workshops, and to lead on designing and delivering bespoke programme content for six open-access taster sessions, and six targeted masterclasses running from March until July 2025. The Writer will be supported by the Producer to identify progression routes for participants of the taster sessions and will be expected to offer 1-1 mentoring sessions for selected participants. 

Job description and person spec

How to apply

You will be asked to submit:  

  • A CV which includes two referees.  
  • A covering letter that includes a short statement about how you would deliver the programme, as well as explaining how you meet each point of the person specification. 

Please note, if you are recruited for this role, you will be asked to submit proof of Public Liability Insurance.

Apply here

Contact

Contact [email protected] with any questions about the roles and we will direct your query to the relevant staff member. 

* Please note that the New Writing North office will close at 4pm on Tuesday 24 December 2024, reopening at 9am on Thursday 2 January 2025. 

Call for Expressions of interest – freelance writer facilitators of colour

New Writing North’s Young Writers and Communities programme includes in-depth schools’ work, open access creative writing groups, summer sessions and short-term projects, including community-based work. As our work has expanded, we are putting out a call for creative writing facilitators of colour to add to our list of contacts in the North East. If you are interested, please get in touch with us at [email protected]