OxjamBrum

Following on from last October’s successful festival OxjamBrum is now recruiting for their core team for 2010.

You will be part of a team of talented volunteers who create a multi-venued music event in Birmingham.  Oxjam is a music festival made up of hundreds of events around the UK in October. These events are organised by people who know and love their local music scene.  All in aid of Oxfam.  We have the following vacancies:

Production Co-ordinator – You will:

• Take responsibility for overseeing the production of Birmingham’s Takeover event
• You will co-manage the event on the day alongside your Regional Manager
• Approach, confirm and coordinate venues and artists for the event
• Be responsible for sound equipment and security
• Ensure that health and safety measures are in place for each venue
• Have experience of organising live music events
• Have excellent knowledge of Birmingham’s music scene
• Have the ability to work independently
• Have experience of leadership
• Have a passion for fighting poverty and raising money for Oxfam

Fundraising Co-ordinator – You will:

• Design a fundraising strategy
• Investigate possible sponsorship/partnership avenues
• Plan and oversee the budget for your team and event expenses
• Oversee ticketing and money handling procedures for your flagship event.
• Offer support to other event organisers in your area
• Be creative and strategic in your fundraising activity
• Have outstanding organisational skills
• Have experience of fundraising
• Have experience of working on live music events
• Have knowledge of Birmingham’s music scene
• Have the ability to work independently
• Have experience of leadership
• Have a passion for fighting poverty and raising money for Oxfam

Marketing Co-ordinator – You will:

• Design an innovative and creative marketing strategy
• Take responsibility for writing and selling-in press releases
• Manage online marketing
• Ensure other Oxjam events in the region are marketed
• Have marketing and event promotion experience
• Have excellent communication skills, particularly written
• Have outstanding organisational skills and manage projects to deadlines
• Have experience of working on live music events
• Have a good knowledge of Birmingham’s music scene and regional media
• Have the ability to work independently
• Have a passion for fighting poverty and raising money for Oxfam

To apply for an application pack please send an email to oxjam.birmingham@gmail.com with the subject line as the job title (Production Co-ordinator/ Fundraising Co-ordinator/ Marketing Co-ordinator)

Closing date: Sunday 9th May

Interviews: Week commencing 10th May

Start date: 17th May

Exciting news… this Oxfam internship: “Regional Events Campaigner: Music” is still open!

We’re looking for an enthusiastic person to grow Oxfam’s Campaigning presence in the Midlands music scene.

The position is 2-4 days a week from 22 March – November 2010. It is voluntary but expenses are reinbursed.

This position will involve managing Local Event Campaigns Coordinators in key towns and cities who will in turn manage their own teams of Event Campaigners. You will help develop an overall campaigns outreach strategy, help local Coordinators research potential event opportunities, and with larger events and festivals also help to manage Oxfam’s presence.

You will need to work closely with staff and volunteers working on community and student activism, and the annual Oxjam festival.

So, if your passionate about campaigning for Oxfam and the Midlands Music scene, give Charli Livingstone a call but you’ll have to be quick!  Interviews are being held on Wednesday 10 March so if you are keen.

0121 634 3611

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OxjamBrum Presents . . .

Upstairs at The Victoria on Friday 16th April we will be presenting a very special extra OxjamBrum gig. This one is to raise money and awareness for Oxfam’s Sisters on the Planet Campaign whilst showcasing some of the region’s finest female fronted acts.

Sounds pretty good eh? Now all we need is a name . . . can you help? We want something that sums up the essence of the event; that our local female artists are coming together to highlight the difficulties and poverty poorer women experience.

So suggest a brilliant name in the comments section of this blog post for our event and you could win 2 tickets. OxjamBrum presents . . . you decide!

Last night we headed down to the Bristol Pear in Selly Oak, where assistant manager Andy and the local Oxfam group from the University of Birmingham put on a fabulous little shindig.

Featuring stripped down sets from The July Days, Varney & Sons and Will Forrest, the gig raised another £70 for Oxfam and we got a ton of signups to the “Here and Now” campaign too.