Project Delivery Officer

Featherstone Rovers Foundation; Purston Jaglin; A distancia; GBP 9000 - 15.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

Featherstone Rovers Foundation is seeking a Heritage Project Delivery Contributor to help preserve and celebrate our heritage in Featherstone. The role supports a 1-year fixed term, 18 hours per week, with flexible evenings/weekends as needed.

You will manage catalogs, run oral history initiatives with local communities, and coordinate volunteers alongside our Head of Foundation. The project oversees exhibitions and digital content, with reporting to the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Formación

• Experience with collections management, cataloguing, and oral history.
• Strong project management and budget monitoring skills.
• Experience coordinating volunteers and public engagement.
• Interest in Rugby League, local history and mining communities.
• Experience with National Lottery Heritage Fund projects.

Responsabilidades

• Build and care for a heritage archive of memorabilia, photographs, matchday programmes and documents.
• Run an oral history programme with former players, miners, supporters, and local residents.
• Recruit, train, and coordinate volunteers.
• Manage the project plan, budget, and National Lottery Heritage Fund reporting.
• Deliver exhibitions, events, and digital content.

Conocimientos

Collections management

Oral history

Project budgeting

Volunteer coordination

Rugby League interest

Descripción del empleo

Job Title: Heritage Project Delivery Job

Location: Featherstone Rovers Foundation
Employment Type: 18 hours per week, 1-year fixed term
Reports To: Head of Foundation

Salary: Negotiable, dependent on experience

Key Responsibilities

• Build and care for a heritage archive of memorabilia, photographs, matchday programmes and documents
• Run an oral history programme with former players, miners, supporters, and local residents
• Recruit, train, and coordinate volunteers
• Manage the project plan, budget, and National Lottery Heritage Fund reporting
• Deliver exhibitions, events, and digital content

Role Overview

Help preserve and celebrate the heritage that links Rugby League, mining communities, and local identity across Featherstone and the wider Wakefield district, in partnership with the National Coal Mining Museum for England delivering our Rugby Boots and Mining Roots heritage project.

About You

• Knowledge of collections management, cataloguing and oral history
• Strong project management and budget monitoring skills
• Experience coordinating volunteers and public engagement
• An interest in Rugby League, local history and mining communities
• Experience of National Lottery Heritage Fund projects.

Flexible working hours are welcomed, including some evenings and weekends. A satisfactory DBS check is required.

Applications for this role will be open until Saturday, 10/10/2026.