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Participation Assistant, Union Chapel

  •  London
  •  Â£25k-30k (pro rata)
  •  Part time
  •  Closes October 6, 2025
  •  Cristina
  •  recruitment@unionchapel.org.uk
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Description

Job Summary

Help us bring stories to life through arts and culture, and connect with our communities. Be part of our Sunday School Stories Project that celebrates heritage and empowers vulnerable communities, local families, young people, and more.

Job Description

Our Sunday School Stories project is a celebration of Union Chapel's heritage: from its foundations to the present day. Our 200+ year archive is a source of inspiration to co-curate our programme in collaboration with fantastic artists, external partners and creatives with the aim to engage new audiences, underrepresented in heritage, with our unique legacy of music, social justice and gothic architecture formed by a congregational Nonconformist tradition.

The Participation Assistant is a key point of contact for the Project, supporting our Participation Manager in coordinating volunteers and participants across our heritage-led participatory cross-arts programme.

As a charity, our volunteers and participants are extremely valuable to us and we aim to make their experiences fun, interesting and meaningful. The Participation Assistant will promote a "collaborative culture" ensuring our volunteers and participants are looked after and feel welcome, as well as being an important part of an active, vibrant and inclusive community that reflects the rich diversity of Islington and Union Chapel's legacy.

Salary: £27,008 annual full-time salary, £10,803 pro rata,
Contract: Fixed term contract - 9 months. This is an office-based role, working remotely is unlikely to fit business needs.
Hours: 15 hours per week - flexibility needed to cover events. Some evening and weekend work may be required. Typically, two days weekly, to be agreed with line manager.
Start date: As soon as possible

*Please read full job description linked on this page before applying*

Job Requirements

PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential

  • Must have the right to work in the UK
  • Awareness of Health & Safety practice within a community event setting
  • Excellent standard of both written and spoken English with the ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people in a confident, professional & friendly manner
  • Ability to multitask
  • Good attention to detail
  • Excellent time management skills
  • Excellent IT and administrative skills
  • Flexible and creative approach to problem solving
  • Passionate about heritage: arts, music, culture, social justice & community
  • Highly empathetic & a team player
  • Reliable & Flexible
  • Thrives empowering people in a creative environment

Desirable

  • Experience in the voluntary sector, ideally in a similar role.
  • Experience in community arts projects.
  • Knowledge of Islington's rich heritage & grass roots organisations.
  • Understanding of the role music & the arts has in changing lives.
  • Lived experience of any of our target community groups.

Job Responsibilities

  • Recruiting, scheduling, monitoring & planning volunteering/participation opportunities.
  • Project Evaluation support: surveys & data collection, CRM data input, & generating qualitative data.
  • Photo/video assistance: obtaining consent from participants/partners, update footage in project folders in conjunction with wider team.
  • Printing & filing materials.
  • Events assistant: ticketing & guestlists, room setting & signage, greeting participants, & arranging refreshments.
  • Monitoring, collating & communicating essential event customer information; food allergies, access requirements, image consent & booking cancellations.
  • Work with Participation Manager to identify key target community engagement strategies.
  • Liaise with wide range of audiences from our target communities: Refugees & Asylum Seekers, people with homelessness lived experiences, LGBTQ+, vulnerable families, youth, elderly, gig audiences
  • MarComms support: participatory call-out campaigns, print distribution, social media

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How to Apply

Please apply by emailing with your CV and a cover letter of no more than two pages, outlining how your skills and experiences meet the requirements of the role, why you want to work for Union Chapel Project, your two preferred workdays from Monday to Thursday and your availability to join us. Your email should use the Job Title Participation Assistant as the title of your email.
Complete the Union Chapel Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form

Closing date: Monday 6 October, 10am
Interviews: Week commencing Monday 13 October
If you are not available for the week commencing 13 October, please advise in your covering letter, and indicate your availability.

Late applications will not be considered, nor will applications made via agencies.
For short listed candidates, there will be an initial short online interview, followed by a written exercise and in person interview.

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