Community Ambassador
Featherby Junior School, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 6BT7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st September
Closing date
6 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
23 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- Medway Scale E2 point 1 - 3
Community Ambassador job summary
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.
Why join Featherby?At Featherby, we’re proud of our inclusive and nurturing environment where every child is valued for who they are. Located in Gillingham, our school is at the heart of a diverse and growing community. We’re committed to developing the whole child and creating strong, positive partnerships with our families.
Featherby School is part of the Maritime Academy Trust, an innovative and inclusive family of schools that puts children and their communities first. We believe in making education an adventure and nurturing strong community ties.
Maritime Academy Trust embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
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.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust and its academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post is subject to a successful DBS clearance and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before an appointment is confirmed.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Featherby Junior School
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 360 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Featherby Junior School website
Featherby Junior School is part of the Maritime Academy Trust, an innovative partnership of schools in Greenwich and Kent. Our schools transform through collaboration and an entrepreneurial curriculum which equips children with life skills.
The Featherby Partnership is made up of 2 schools: Featherby Infant and Nursery and Featherby Junior who are working closely together like one school. We are going forward through an exciting period of change with a new leadership team and a collaborative approach to ensure consistency of high expectations for the whole of the Featherby community. At Featherby you will find a true passion for learning, happy and safe children, a purposeful environment and an inspiring curriculum. We believe these are the key ingredients that make a Featherby child stand out from the rest.
Our vision statement is 'Working together to inspire minds through inclusive and creative practice; aspirations are high for all'. Underpinning this we have our core values of unity, resilience, responsibility, respect, honesty and trust. We are very much a value lead school which underpins our whole approach. Featherby is an inclusive school that supports learners well and encourages them to be independent and take risks in their learning.
We have high expectations of behaviour at Featherby and promote positive praise amongst learners.
Working in collaboration with each other ensures that we build strong relationships with families, children and the wider community to continuously provide children with great learning opportunities!
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