Job Opportunity at Chance Heritage Trust for a Heritage & Culture Coordinator

Thanks to the support of National Lottery players, Chance Heritage Trust are looking to appoint a Heritage & Culture Coordinator to drive their community engagement activities over the next 3 years. The Trust want to make sure the community are front and centre as they take forward the regeneration of the Chance Glassworks.

Following a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund they are seeking to employ an experienced Heritage and Culture Coordinator. As the Community and Culture Coordinator, the role will be to develop and drive their heritage, culture, and enterprise offer using the rich industrial history and legacy of the Chance Glassworks and other heritage projects as a source of material. Coordinating all strands of the Trust’s community engagement activities, managing their social media and external communications, will all be part of the role.

If this challenge appeals to you, a detailed job description and contact information can be found on their website here: www.chanceht.org

Please include a covering letter detailing your past experience and telling the Trust why you think you can fulfil the role and include a current CV.

Kennet & Avon Canal Trust are Looking for a New Treasurer

The Kennet and Avon Canal Trust is looking for a new Treasurer, as the current Treasurer is standing down in the New Year. As Treasurer, you will also be a Trustee. You will work closely with other Trustees, and in particular the Chairman, as well as the part-time Finance Officer to help ensure that the Trust has the resources to continue to promote the Kennet and Avon Canal to the benefit of all its users, the communities through which it passes, and its heritage, in line with its charitable objects.

You do not need to be a qualified accountant, but you will be used to working with numbers and spreadsheets. Some experience of charity finance and charity law would be desirable. KACT is a charitable company, limited by guarantee, so is subject to the provisions of both charity and company law.

If you would like to know more about the role or would like the full recruitment pack, please contact either the Chairman, Chris Sims (chair@katrust.org.uk) or the current Treasurer, Chris Bolt (fd@katrust.org.uk). The closing date for applications is 21 October 2022.

Port Sunlight Village Seeking New Trustee

The Port Sunlight Village Trust are seeking a new voluntary trustee board member with expertise in global heritage conservation. This is following the announcing of their World Heritage ambitions for Port Sunlight.

Port Sunlight is the world’s finest planned working-class community, and was founded by ‘Soap King’ William Hesketh Lever in 1888. The village was built to house Lever’s ‘Sunlight Soap’ factory workers.

The closing date for applications for this voluntary position is 12th September. For more details follow this link: https://www.portsunlightvillage.com/psvt-seeks-new-board-members/