97 Charles Street & The Mounts Project
Short-term freelance contract – 80 hours @ £20ph
We have recently been awarded a grant from the Compton Fund. An element of this funding involves outreach to the local community (The Mounts). To meet this need we require the services of a Community Engagement Facilitator. The successful candidate will work freelance on a short-term contract. Project duration will be from April 2025 until February 2026. The position is funded for a total of 80 hours @ £20 per hour.
Mix of working from home, working with community groups in The Mounts and working at 97 Charles Street (The Lab).
Previous experience of this role would be useful but is not essential, appropriate skills and enthusiasm for the project will be valued.
This role is offered without a detailed job description. Instead, candidates are invited to present their solutions to achieving the required outcomes as part of the interview process.
The successful candidate will work with the Project Team to set targets and objectives. The role will include communicating with local groups, online and in person, leading outreach discussions.
The desired outcomes to meet our obligations to the Compton Fund have been established as:
- Devise an engagement programme
- Create questionnaires & surveys to identify the broad spread of people we can talk to
- Establish best methods to engage with community: to include
- Community Open Days
- Heritage walks
- Facilitating communities expressing their story through art, music and written word
- Design and distribute digital & printed communication
- Collect and analyse current and ongoing engagement with the project
- Report on progress using data collected and case studies
For further details on this project, see 97 Charles Street & The Mounts History Project.
Members of the project team will be happy to answer questions from potential candidates before they submit their applications.
Enquiries to: 97charlesst@gmail.com
