Community Participation Manager

Contract: 12 months fixed term, 37 hours per week

Salary: £29,284- £33,111 per annum

At York Museums Trust we believe that community participation and engagement activities allow us to open up with communities, share our collections and create space for diverse voices and histories.  

We are looking for a collaborative individual with excellent organisational skills to maintain and build relationships and deliver activities in partnership with our local communities. 

The Community Participation Manager will work closely with new and existing community partners to expand our reach and increase our delivery of inclusive and engaging experiences through a range of approaches with our local communities in York and North Yorkshire. 

We require someone with experience of managing community engagement activities or programmes in a museum, heritage, charity or similar organisation and evaluating the impact of that activity to help us to continuously improve our offer. You will have a strong commitment to equality and diversity, with experience of developing audiences through implementing accessible and inclusive practice.

The role holder will be part of a public engagement team which encompasses schools formal learning, creative and immersive informal learning, as well as community participation and part of a wider Audience & Programme team. So, we are looking for someone who can build strong and positive internal relationships across the Trust. 

This role is a twelve-month placement. 

How to Apply

Please download the following documents:

• Job Description
• Equal Opportunities form
• Applicants Privacy Notice

Please send:

• Your CV,
• The completed Equal Opportunities form and
• A covering letter explaining how you meet the criteria in the Knowledge, Experience, Skills and Behaviours section of the Job description

to recruitment@ymt.org.uk

All documents should be in a pdf format.

Dates to bear in mind…

Closing date for applications is 23:59 Sunday 28 September 2025.

Interviews are expected to take place in York on 9 October 2025.