Come and join our team! A job opportunity for a Community Engagement and Events Co-ordinator has arisen

15 Oct

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Who are we?

The Town Mill in Lyme Regis is one of Lyme’s leading tourist attractions and is run as a Charitable Trust. It is a unique mix of a working watermill, an art gallery and a range of creative artisans and businesses for whom The Town Mill is home. Our mission is to be a vibrant historic and cultural centre in the heart of Lyme Regis with broad appeal for everyone.

Who are we looking for?

To support The Town Mill in the next phase of its development, an exciting, paid, part-time opportunity to join the trust in its beautiful location has arisen.

The Town Mill Trust is looking to appoint a Community Engagement and Events Co-ordinator to join its small employed team who oversee day-to-day operations.

This role has received funding so is initially available on a fixed 3 year term contract.

The Community Engagement & Events Co-ordinator will oversee the development and execution of our plans to broaden the range of visitors who can benefit from The Town Mill heritage site, with "community" being at the core.

The first steps to increasing engagement are already underway with access to The Town Mill now being on a free, self-guided basis. We are now specifically looking to expand the site's use by community, hard-to-reach and disadvantaged groups who could learn / benefit / enjoy all this this centrally located historical site has to offer.

This role is available for 12 hours a week and the Trust would be willing to consider a number of working patterns for the right candidate, however, there is a requirement for core hours to be worked on site and the role would not be suitable for someone who would prefer a work-from-home arrangement.

What are the key aspects of the role?

The key elements of this role include :

Engage and build relationships with both community groups and other organisations to identify opportunities
To work towards creating a programme of events and activities based on the needs of visiting groups
To develop learning and/or experience initiatives to encourage disadvantaged and hard to reach groups as well as schools and local "non-visitors" to benefit from visiting and enjoying this historical site.
Co-ordinate and arrange visits / events and manage groups whilst on site, including preparation of resources.
Plan and implement appropriate marketing and communications to support the development of a "community and events" programme
Effectively manage the budget associated with the role
To be able to work "flexibly." Flexibly in this context means the ability to sometimes vary your usual weekly work schedule to oversee events and visiting groups.

What are the skills needed for this role?

This is an outwards-looking role and the Trust believes that the right candidate will be someone with strong communication skills (both face-to-face and in writing) as well as the highly developed soft skills and empathy with people that is at the core of relationship-building.

Experience of community engagement, learning / visitor experience or event management would be desirable but we do expect the suitable candidate will be:

Well organized
Creative and compassionate
Highly computer literate
An outwards-looking self-starter
Have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to engage and influence

Funding for this role

Using money raised by National Lottery players, The National Lottery Heritage Fund supports projects that connect people and communities with the UK's Heritage. The appointment of a Community Engagement and Events Co-ordinator at The Town Mill is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we have been able to move forward with this appointment which is one of a number of projects in the mill's regeneration.

Next Steps

If you think the role might be for you. we'd love to hear from you.

Please submit your CV and covering letter expressing why the role appeals to you to Pippa Rex at info@townmill.org.uk by close of business on Monday 4th November.

We expect to interview in the week commencing 11th November - please specify in your letter two slots on which you would be available for interview ( Tues / Thur / Fri - am or pm)

Applicants with a strong skills match may be invited for interview before the closing date.

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract

Contract length: 36 months

Pay: £11.75-£12.50 per hour

townmill website

Come and join our team! A job opportunity for a Community Engagement and Events Co-ordinator has arisen

Who are we?

Who are we looking for?

To support The Town Mill in the next phase of its development, an exciting, paid, part-time opportunity to join the trust in its beautiful location has arisen.

The Town Mill Trust is looking to appoint a Community Engagement and Events Co-ordinator to join its small employed team who oversee day-to-day operations.

This role has received funding so is initially available on a fixed 3 year term contract.

The Community Engagement & Events Co-ordinator will oversee the development and execution of our plans to broaden the range of visitors who can benefit from The Town Mill heritage site, with "community" being at the core.

What are the key aspects of the role?

The key elements of this role include :

Engage and build relationships with both community groups and other organisations to identify opportunities

To work towards creating a programme of events and activities based on the needs of visiting groups

To develop learning and/or experience initiatives to encourage disadvantaged and hard to reach groups as well as schools and local "non-visitors" to benefit from visiting and enjoying this historical site.

Co-ordinate and arrange visits / events and manage groups whilst on site, including preparation of resources.

Plan and implement appropriate marketing and communications to support the development of a "community and events" programme

Effectively manage the budget associated with the role

To be able to work "flexibly." Flexibly in this context means the ability to sometimes vary your usual weekly work schedule to oversee events and visiting groups.

What are the skills needed for this role?

This is an outwards-looking role and the Trust believes that the right candidate will be someone with strong communication skills (both face-to-face and in writing) as well as the highly developed soft skills and empathy with people that is at the core of relationship-building.

Experience of community engagement, learning / visitor experience or event management would be desirable but we do expect the suitable candidate will be:

Well organized

Creative and compassionate

Highly computer literate

An outwards-looking self-starter

Have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to engage and influence

Funding for this role

Next Steps

If you think the role might be for you. we'd love to hear from you.

Please submit your CV and covering letter expressing why the role appeals to you to Pippa Rex at info@townmill.org.uk by close of business on Monday 4th November.

We expect to interview in the week commencing 11th November - please specify in your letter two slots on which you would be available for interview ( Tues / Thur / Fri - am or pm)

Applicants with a strong skills match may be invited for interview before the closing date.

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract

Contract length: 36 months

Pay: £11.75-£12.50 per hour

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