SEVEN DIALS TRUST – PART TIME JOB OPPORTUNITY IN URBAN CONSERVATION
The Seven Dials Trust, a community-led registered charity, works with local authorities, landowners, national agencies and local amenity groups to protect the historic fabric of Seven Dials in central London and to promote and bring about exemplary environmental improvements in the area.
Over nearly 40 years our work has helped first to save and then to develop and enhance Seven Dials, reinventing a lost neighbourhood around the Sundial Pillar, which the Trust re-constructed, owns and maintains. The Trust has driven complex, long-term projects to completion through changing political priorities and ownerships. We have initiated and raised funds for projects designed to celebrate and enhance the distinct identity of Seven Dials. Our work has encouraged substantial investment in the public realm from the private sector. www.sevendials.com
We are looking for someone, perhaps a post-doctoral, PhD or MA level student, with an interest in urban conservation for support across a number of projects, communications and some administration.
We offer a freelance contract, starting as soon as possible, for an initial period of one year, with an hourly rate of £20-£25 per hour for an average of 16 hours per week.
The successful applicant will be organised, self-reliant and able to work confidently and diplomatically with volunteer trustees and a wide range of stakeholders. Project management forms a large part of the work. The Trust has use of a desk in the office of a sister organisation in Covent Garden and it is anticipated that the successful applicant will work a combination of at-home and in the office. As they will be required to attend briefing and other meetings in Seven Dials on a regular basis and routine additional travel expenses cannot be paid, they will be London-based. Support during an initial handover period will be provided by our current administrator, who is retiring.
Applications – cv and covering letter – to be emailed to admin@sevendials.com by 19th October 2024
