Community Ambassador - Fixed Term

Featherby Junior School, Gillingham

• Ref:MED887-2400-45S
• Posted:24/05/2025
• Pay: Medway Scale E2 point 1 - 3 (£8212.72 - £8490.78)
• Start Date:1st September 25
• App Close Date:16/06/2025 at 12:00
• Interviews:26th June 2025

Advert

Community Ambassador – Featherby Infant & Junior School
2 Year Fixed-Term Contract | Part-time | 15 hours per week | Term-time only

Are you passionate about bringing people together, building strong community links, and making a real difference in the lives of children and families? Do you love connecting with others and want to be part of a school that truly values relationships and inclusion?

Featherby Infant and Junior School is looking for a Community Ambassador to join our team!

This is a unique opportunity to become a key part of our community engagement work — helping to build meaningful partnerships between families, local organisations, and the school. You’ll also join a network of Community Ambassadors across the Maritime Academy Trust, sharing ideas and driving initiatives that help every child thrive.

What’s the role all about?
As a Community Ambassador, you’ll:

• Build relationships with local businesses, charities, and services
• Help us unlock new opportunities for families through community-led projects
• Support and organise events like coffee mornings, parent workshops, and school community days
• Represent the school in the wider Medway community and raise its profile
• Signpost families to local support services and resources
• Work closely with the inclusion and wellbeing team, and the wider Trust network, to make a meaningful impact
  

Whether it’s helping run a family engagement event, setting up a parent support group, or being a welcoming face at the school gate — this is a role where your energy, empathy, and creativity will make a big difference.

What kind of person are we looking for?
We’re looking for someone who is:

• Empathetic, approachable, and a great listener
• Confident working with a wide range of people and cultures
• Organised, proactive, and able to manage their own time well
• Resilient and adaptable to the changing needs of the school and community
• Passionate about making a difference to families and children
  

What kind of experience might you have?
Community experience comes in many forms. You might have:

• Helped run a PTA or school event
• Supported a youth group or local sports team
• Sat on a community board or local committee
• Volunteered as a parent helper on school trips or reading sessions
• Contributed time to a local charity or worked in a charity shop
• Helped organise community events or fundraisers
  

If you’ve ever played a role in supporting or connecting people in your community — that’s exactly the kind of experience we’re looking for.

You’ll be working independently — but never alone. Our warm and experienced team will support you every step of the way. You’ll also be part of a fantastic Trust-wide network of Community Ambassadors to learn from, collaborate with, and share ideas.

This is a term-time only, part-time role (15 hours per week) with flexible working hours. Your time might be split between working on-site, out in the community, or occasionally from home.

The Trust and its academies are committed to recruiting with care and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post is subject to a successful Enhanced DBS check and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before an appointment is confirmed.

Information about the school

Featherby Infant & Junior School are a partnership of two values-led community schools where everyone loves learning and being the best we can be. We are part of Maritime Academy Trust, an innovative partnership of schools based in Greenwich, Bexley, Kent and Medway. Our academies have transformed through targeted collaboration, innovative ideas and an entrepreneurial curriculum which equips children with leadership and life skills.

We achieve the highest standards by continuously broadening our skill sets - we nurture skills for learning alongside skills for life, encouraging the children to become independant learners of the future.

We believe in encouraging independence with the ability to work collaboratively embracing known pedagogy whilst developing new models for learning. Using the latest technologies.

The care and well-being of our pupils is a high priority and our children are enthusiastic and hardworking.

To find out more about us please contact our Administration Manager, Mrs Jo Barraclough, to arrange a visit. Phone 01634 231984

Job Contact Information

• Name:Maritime Academy Trust
• Address:50 John Harrison Way, Greenwich, London, SE10 0BG
• Telephone: 020 8858 0394
• Email: recruitment@maritimeacademytrust.org

Documents

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• Application Pack