Kingsley Hall Church & Community Centre

Heritage Engagement Officer Location: Kingsley Hall Church and Community Centre in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Salary: £10,400 pa Contract hours: 10 hours per week, including some evening and weekend work Contract type: 2-year fixed term salary Reporting to: The Heritage Project Lead About the Project: Kingsley Hall has been awarded a grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to deliver an exciting new project: “HELPING COMMUNITIES LIVE-WELL – ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF HERITAGE” This exciting project takes a resident-led approach to developing and testing co-designed heritage ‘legacy learning resources’ intended to generate income to feed back into the project. This will include recruiting volunteers for storytelling and preserving materials, leading to the creation of tours, centenary merchandise and games. It will repurpose our spaces to create accessible celebratory experiences that showcase Kingsley Hall’s heritage in preparation for its 100year centenary in 2029. It will uncover and harvest untold social heritage of our community engagement for sharing and scaling. About the Role: To provide specialist heritage input into this exciting, strategic funded project that will make our heritage accessible for all, leading to the growth of our positioning as a centre for heritage and an authority in sharing our legacy learning to scale with other groups and communities. Closing date for applications: 1st November 2026