Step Change Studios
Step Change Studios is committed to making dance accessible for everyone. We provide opportunities for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions to dance. We provide classes; deliver dance in education, care, and community settings. We are passionate about the benefits to quality of life that dance can provide. We want to contribute to removing barriers to participation and enable more people to dance.
Project Administrator role
Step Change Studios is led by its Founding Director and supported by a team of teachers and volunteers. With an increasing volume of work in the next 3 months of 2025, we wish to recruit a project administrator to support project administration and delivery. This is a varied role working across different projects, undertaking a variety of duties.
The appointment will be for 3 months from late-September to December, working remotely 14 hours a week. Days of the week to be mutually agreed between Monday-Friday on non-consecutive days. The role may require support at events on specific dates which will be confirmed two weeks in advance, and which will be considered working time. This appointment will be on a freelance contracted basis. Upon expiry, the contract will be reviewed with potential to renew.
Main duties
The main duties of the Project Administrator are:
* Project administration and logistics: Managing administration and supporting logistical requirements of different projects. For example, consent forms, risk assessments, registrations, monitoring and evaluation, information requests, props & clothing, travel, event coordination.
* Communications: Supporting and undertaking written, and verbal communication with participants, volunteers, and stakeholders. For example, responding to enquiries, providing timely information through email, phone calls and WhatsApp groups, making requests, following up on outstanding responses and actions, collecting feedback.
* Marketing: Supporting marketing and promotion to engage interest and amplify impact. For example, researching and engaging media, helping with content creation for social media – including music and video, booking/briefing photographers, celebrities, and other stakeholders.
* Volunteer support: Supporting volunteer recruitment, management and communications.
* Research: Undertaking research to support project development and delivery. For example, researching events, partners, venues, sponsors, creative ideas, and better practice.
* Contributing ideas towards improving the work of Step Change Studios and its mission, such as improving participant experience and opportunities, inclusive dance activity and outcomes, stakeholder engagement, sources of support
* Observing all policies and procedures set out by Step Change Studios including Adult and Child Safeguarding, equality policies, data protection policy, and codes of conduct.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
* Excellent organisational and timekeeping skills, able to independently plan and meet deadlines. Self-motivated.
* Confident IT skills including Word, and Excel, social media platforms
* Creative thinking and problem solving, able to anticipate and resolve issues proactively
* Adaptable and flexible approach to work, able to switch between different projects and prioritise different demands with minimum supervision
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal). Tailors communication to appropriate style and format. Builds good supportive relationships with dance participants, volunteers, teachers, and stakeholders
* Resilient in pursing and achieving outcomes.
* Able to bring different people together and work collaboratively.
* Clear, accurate written skills, able to produce concise written content.
* Flexible attitude towards duties and working patterns in order to fulfil the requirements of the role. Able to attend occasional events in London.
* Empathy with and a commitment to the purpose and values of Step Change Studios .
* Commitment to equality and diversity policies and practice.
* Commitment to a high level of service, and better practice.
Desirable Criteria
* Previous experience in an administrative or project officer/assistant role.
* Experience creating accessible communication such as audio description, easy-read, captioning.
* Digital skills, able to create/edit music and film content.
* Design skills or experience using design templates such as Canvaa.
* Worked in inclusive dance or with disabled people.
Restrictions/requirements
* Must pass enhanced background checks, required for working with children and adults at risk (DBS)
* Safeguarding Certificate, or willing to complete safeguarding training
Remuneration
£240 per week for 14 hours per week inclusive until 12
th
December 2025.
This appointment will be as an independent contractor. The appointee is responsible for the handling of their own tax and National Insurance contributions.
How to Apply
Complete and submit the application form by 12pm, Monday 8th September.
Step Change Studios encourages applications from all candidates regardless of ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender reassignment.