Community Assistant

Rosehill; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A local community organization is seeking a flexible and friendly assistant to support creative family sessions. Responsibilities include setting up, engaging with participants, and ensuring a safe and welcoming environment. Ideal candidates will have good people skills and a positive attitude. Join a supportive team in a rewarding and fun atmosphere, contributing to community wellbeing.

Benefits

Personal and professional development opportunities

Access to mentorship

Relaxed and supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Friendly and positive disposition.
• Current DBS holder or willing to obtain certification.
• Access to own transport.

Responsibilities

• Assist in setting up and cleaning the space.
• Monitor arrivals and ensure safety.
• Engage positively with participants.

Skills

People skills

Flexibility

Interest in creative and community projects

Can-do attitude

Sense of humour

Job description

Hours: Wednesdays during school term time. Times ~ 14.00 - 18.00.

Rate of pay: £1200 for the period (total of 96 hours at £12.50 per hour)

Contract type: Freelance – Start date: 10th September 2025 (for training and orientation) to 25th March 2026, with potential for contract renewal.

Description of Role

Rosehill has been running a creative family after-school session in Woodhouse since September 2024. It has become a community where the people who attend play, create and connect with each other. Families can expect a warm welcome, a wide variety of stimulating creative activities, food and warm drinks. To watch our video, click here.

We need an assistant to:

- Help the artists to set up the room
- Lay out food for attendees (food hygiene instruction will be given)
- Monitor and welcome arrivals, sign them in, check whether they consent to be in photographs and offer them a hot drink
-Help keep the space safe
-Engage with participants and join in activities
-Take the lead on cleaning up and leaving the venue as we found it at the end of the session
-Doing the food shopping before the session

As this is a dynamic environment, a degree of flexibility is to be expected. This can be a physically demanding role, please ask if you have questions around the level of mobility required.

Benefits of working with us:

- Personal and professional development opportunities and access to mentorship
- You will be trained in loose parts play, our play schema methodology, safeguarding and food handling.
- Opportunity to be part of a UCLan research project on family wellbeing, led by Dr Suzanne Wilson.
- Be part of a supportive and friendly team
- Relaxed but professional working environment with supportive colleagues
- Be creative in a rewarding and fun environment
- Be part of a cultural organisation working to improve our area

Person Specification
- Friendly and positive, people skills
- Interest in creative and community projects
-Understanding of/interest in issues faced by families in Whitehaven
- Can-do attitude and willingness to get stuck into jobs that need doing
- Sense of humour
- Current DBS holder, or willing to have a check carried out
- Access to own transport
- Comfortable working with people of a variety of ages and backgrounds

To Apply

Send a CV or video application introducing yourself and outlining your experience and interest in the role to [e-mail]. If you have no CV, please send a short, written statement which outlines your experience (professional or voluntary) that you feel is relevant.