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Programme Assistants

Programme Assistants

We are recruiting two Programme Assistants to support our team with the development and delivery of our cultural programme. The opportunity is targeted at residents aged 16-24 living in Upper Edmonton. Assistants will be supported to develop their skills and interests as they deliver existing and new creative projects along Fore Street with residents as part of the organisation’s cultural programme. 

The roles will be tailored around successful candidates existing interests and skills which they wish to develop. The assistants will be managed by the Programme Curator. The organisation’s directors will also support the assistants in their roles.

Fore Street For All projects assistants could support:

Thursday Late events:

  • Planning & delivery

  • Programme Ideas

  • Activity ideas

  • Resident engagement

Communications & marketing:

  • Social media

  • Event posters

  • Website

  • Blogs

Printed newsletter:

  • Editor

  • Journalism 

  • Design

  • Resident stories

Creative projects:

  • The Echoes of Angels (photography & oral stories)

  • Souped Up (food waste initiative)

  • Developing new projects

  • Funding application support

Community engagement

  • Resident feedback

  • Developing and delivering engagement activities

  • Data and analytics

Responsibilities

  • Develop existing and new projects as part of the Fore Street For All cultural programme with the support of the Programme Curator.

  • Find ways to involve residents in projects and help to platform their voices.

  • Support the Programme Curator with the monthly Thursday Lates.

  • Build relationships with high street businesses and local creatives.

  • Collect resident and participant feedback in-person and online via engagement activities and feedback forms.

  • Engage with residents and visitors of events in a friendly, warm and constructive manner.

  • Contribute to funding applications for new creative opportunities.

Contract: 3-6 months

Hours: 24 hours per week (8 per day), Wednesday-Friday

Pay: £11.95 per hour (London Living Wage)

Submission guidelines

Cover letter (500 words max) explaining why you are applying for the Programme Assistant position, your interests and skills, and how you meet the person specification listed in the job description. Please include your postcode and date of birth.

To download the job description and person specification click here.

Please submit your cover letter to hello@forestreetforall.com with the subject heading PROGRAMME ASSISTANT. 

Deadline for applications is Friday 10th February, 6pm. 

All applicants will be contacted about the outcome of their applications by Wednesday 15th February, 6pm. 

If you have any questions about the role or application, please contact Lewis at lewis@forestreetforall.com