Activities & Community Engagement Officer

St Osyth Priory & Parish Trust


Job Summary

Assisting in the development, management and delivery of St Osyth Priory and Parish Trust’s outreach to local communities.

Job Description

Working closely with the Education Manager, this role will support the St Osyth Priory and Parish Trust education and engagement ambitions. The successful candidate will provide day to day support to the Education Manager and assist in planning, supporting and delivering activities from the action plan – most importantly developing relationships and partnerships within local communities as part of The National Lottery Heritage Fund project. This role forms part of the wider Development team. The post holder will report to the Education Manager during the Development Phase.
We anticipate the Activities & Community Engagement Officer working closely with the Activity Planner and Evaluation, Economic and Social Value Consultant in the Development Phase.

Working Hours: 28 hours per week. Approx 10 month contract

Job Requirements

  • Knowledge about heritage experiences
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills including the ability to give confident and persuasive public presentations.
  • Ability to design and deliver meetings and workshops to achieve specific outcomes.
  • Ability to adapt scientific and technical information to the needs of audiences.
  • Confident and effective in building relationships with different stakeholders and
  • maintaining a strong network of contacts.
  • Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to effectively time manage complex projects.
  • The ability to work unsupervised, providing timely evaluation and reports on activities carried out.
  • Ability to organise oneself, and possibly volunteers, in order to meet stringent delivery deadlines.

Job Overview

  • Job Title: Activities & Community Engagement Officer
  • Salary: £25k-£30k
  • Hours:
    Part time
  • Artform: Museums
  • Role: Research
  • Contract: Contract
  • Closing date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025

  • Location:

    South East

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