This role leads all aspects of Storybarn engagement, delivering and developing programmes for children from birth to age 9 across both family and school settings. The postholder is also responsible for shaping the Storybarn's vision and business plan, ensuring its continued growth, relevance, and impact. As this role is a maternity cover the planned start date for the post holder will be September. - Shares The Reader's mission, ethos and values and fosters a genuine willingness to work as part of a team to help The Storybarn evolve and develop in the most exciting and positive ways. - Responsibility for the provision of an excellent customer experience through the delivery of high-quality Storybarn sessions If you’re inspired by our mission, are looking for a new challenge, and want to work for a forward-thinking organisation at a really interesting time, we’d love to hear from you. Please send your completed application forms to [email protected]. You can find a full job description and all application forms here:Job Summary
Job Description
Job Requirements
- Have a flexible and innovative approach to adapt, change and grow in a fast moving environment
- A confident and creative approach to curate and implement a range of engagement products for a mix of audiences.
- Demonstrably able to lead with prior experience in people and/or project management.
- Excellent practical and organisational skills with the ability to work unsupervised and be self-motivated, keen to learn new things
- Work in an enthusiastic and positive manner, with the flexibility to work weekends on a rota basis, able to work collaboratively with staff at all levels of seniority
- Excellent knowledge of children's literature or experience of working with children in the charitable sector
- Confident with finances, spreadsheet, reports, or willing to learn Job Responsibilities
- Expertise in building a rapport and engaging with children in aspects relevant to this role
- Display an active commitment to upholding our safeguarding policies and procedures
- Be a key holder with responsibility for opening up a site building, closing down and alarming the Storybarn making sure everything is secured and alarmed
- Using the templates provided by Comms team log content on our social media platforms via Hootsuite
- Respond to messages received via social media
- Knowledge and understanding of role specific IT programmes and overseeing that systems are well maintained
- Maintain accurate data within CRM systems to support customer engagement, reporting, and business development
- Responsible for developing engaging programmed activity with children's literature being at the forefront of all activity
- Ability to cost eventsUseful Links
How to Apply
https://www.thereader.org.uk/job/storybarn-manager-maternity-cover/