Eastside Educational Trust

Eastside is looking for a full time Schools Engagement Coordinator (SEC) to provide administrative and coordination support to our busy Schools Team for 12 months from January 2027 - January 2028, with the possibility of extending beyond this period.

Working closely with the Schools and Marketing Team, the SEC will support the delivery and growth of our schools programmes, in particular Eastside Schools Workshops, Spoken Word Power, Artists in Residence and Creativity Live. The SEC will help to develop relationships with schools, designing and delivering marketing content for newsletters and social media, following up on enquiries and bookings, coordinating projects and keeping communications and administration running smoothly. This is a varied, hands‑on role suited to someone who is highly organised, proactive, confident communicating with schools and able to manage multiple priorities. Experience in arts education, schools engagement, cultural engagement or a related field is desirable, alongside a genuine commitment to increasing access to creative opportunities for children and young people. Eastside is committed to celebrating diversity and particularly welcomes applications from those who are currently under‑represented in the cultural sector.

Job Requirements

• Minimum 2 years' experience in an arts education setting, cultural organisation or equivalent
• Understanding of the day‑to‑day challenges in the educational and cultural landscape, and how schools, teachers and young people engage with creative providers

Skills & Abilities

• Able to pick up workstreams quickly and hit the ground running
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly proficient in Google Suite (especially Sheets), Mailchimp and Canva (or similar)
• Excellent attention to detail
• Highly organised and capable of working on several busy, complex programmes at once

Qualities & Behaviours

• Friendly, positive and helpful
• Clear, confident communicator
• Forward thinking, methodical and measured approach to work
• Calm under pressure, with a practical approach to problem solving
• Able to work sensitively and effectively with diverse interest groups
• Committed to Eastside's aims and ethos

Job Responsibilities

• Programme Coordination: Administer Eastside School Workshops bookings end to end: enquiries, promotion, scheduling, artist/school liaison, evaluation. Support workshop resource reviews. Support coordination for our Flagship Programmes (Spoken Word Power, Artists in Residence, Creativity Live): recruiting facilitators and schools, scheduling timetables, proactively problem solving. Support the coordination of the BFI Film Academy programme.
• Communications: Confident contact for stakeholders connected to Eastside's schools programme. Support the marketing manager in delivering comms. Help promote income‑generating programmes.
• Events: Support coordination of key Eastside events e.g. training, sharing, corporate and fundraising events.
• Other Duties: Issuing and processing invoices for the schools team. Visit projects and give feedback. Assist with the delivery of systems for monitoring, evaluation, and reporting.