Pershore (On-Site)
Contract, Full time
National minimum wage for age
37.0 hours per week
Communities Assistant (student placement)
Fixed contract from August 2025 for 12 months
37 hours per week
National minimum wage for age
We are looking for an undergraduate student to get involved in a range of communities projects to assist in delivering our ‘We are Wychavon’ strategy. These focus around health, transport, youth, arts and engagement projects and activities. This is an exciting role in an innovative service area working with a wide range of partners and community organisations.
This is a student placement opportunity which can be undertaken within an academic setting (university or collage placement or sandwich degree) or as a gap year or work experience opportunity to support your job applications and career development.
About you
The successful candidate will
- be seeking a placement as part of their sandwich degree course, undergraduate or post graduate career pathway.
- Have a minimum of two ‘A’ levels or equivalent.
- A confident communicator, passionate in supporting communities
- be flexible to attend events at weekends and Bank Holidays. There will be evening work at times also.
- Have experience of supporting community groups and an awareness of community projects around health, young people, arts, cost of living support and working with the voluntary sector.
- Need to hold an in-date full driving licence and have use of a car for business purposes.
What we can offer
Our staff are at the heart of what we do, and as a result we are always looking to recruit, develop and retain the very best talent we can find. So, as well as a rewarding career, we offer a range of attractive benefits, such as:
- Excellent pension scheme with employer contributions
- Generous annual leave entitlement with options to purchase additional annual leave
- Committed training programme and development opportunities
- Onsite nursery with 20% staff discount
- Discounted Gym and swim membership• Health and Wellbeing support and a Free Employee Assistance scheme including access to counselling services
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Employee Discounts with a range of companies including EE and the Kaarp discount scheme
We are an employer that values face to face communication, collaboration and connection, therefore all our roles have an office-based requirement with some agile working as part of the role.
To discuss the post or for further information, please call Robin Mace, Youth & Equality Officer on 0777 3031205
Closing date: Sunday 13 April 2025
Interview date: Wednesday 23 April 2025
We are a social mobility employer and we welcome a range of applications including full-time, part-time and short-term opportunities.
Please note if we experience a high intake of applications, we may close the role and interview for the position sooner than advertised.