Casual Employee Opportunity - Events and Admin Assistants, Duty Managers Call Out

Did you know that Crafts Council Gallery is available for hire?

Crafts Council has a core team of approximately 30 contracted hours employees who are supported by a small but brilliant team of casual employees who work across various projects to deliver specific assignments / briefs as needed.

Casual employees are often engaged to support the smooth delivery of hires (commercial) events and other company events and activity, both onsite and in other settings. For example supporting Collect Art Fair at Somerset House.

Casual assistants offer administrative support to teams across the organisation and some casual assistants are trained to become duty managers; providing support to event delivery and undertaking office and gallery duty management responsibilities on behalf of our operations lead.

Some casual assistants deliver some of or all of these elements. We are open to hearing from anyone interested in any aspect of this role.

Contract and Hours

This role is offered as a casual employee position with multiple opportunities available. Hours are offered by assignment only, typically with no guaranteed hours. Some hours however are offered each year to participate in training and to attend team meetings, away days and celebratory events. Role to commence ASAP from Autumn 2026 onwards.

Who We’re Looking For

The role is a fantastic opportunity for individuals with a passion and commitment to the arts, including broadening and diversifying engagement in craft and arts and heritage venues.

You will gain invaluable experience, skills, and training opportunities across a range of operational duties whilst working on behalf of a national cultural organisation.

You will bring some or all of the following:

• Excellent organisational and administrative skills
• Hands on experience of event organising and delivery
• A commitment to safe working practices and potentially previous experience of duty management
• A calm, professional, friendly and solution focussed approach when dealing with people and priorities
• An ability to work well as a team player with excellent communication skills

Location: Online or CC Office, Islington, London

Deadline for applications: 12 noon Wednesday 7th October 2026.

Please email recruitment@craftscouncil.org.uk , if you have any questions, or to request information in an alternative format. Please let us know if you would like to arrange for an informal conversation prior to making an application.

We use this information to monitor and improve how we are doing to attract the best talent that is representative of the UK population, and to help us report our progress to our supporters.

To apply for this role, you will be eligible to work in the UK. Any offers of employment will be subject to securing two satisfactory references and proof of right to work. We regret that we are not currently a sponsoring organisation.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As a small but dedicated team, we are committed to being open, welcoming and inclusive for all. We aim to support you throughout your time with us and including during this recruitment process. Please let us know how we can best support you and we will do our very best to make that happen.

On joining us we will continue to work with you to ensure your needs are met to help you thrive at work. You are very welcome to contact our HR team via recruitment@craftscouncil.org.uk for further support and we will always be happy to talk through any questions or requests you may have.

Discover more about our equality, diversity and inclusion strategy and plan here .