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The Great Big Climate Circus​

 

World Jungle is recruiting for a key role on The Great Big Climate Circus — a bold, joyful, youth-led climate action programme working across 12 communities in Gloucestershire.

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Funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, the project uses circus, music, arts and creativity to engage young people and communities who are often excluded from traditional climate conversations. It supports young people to lead action, tackles eco-anxiety, and helps communities feel more connected, confident and capable of shaping their futures.

This is not a conventional climate project — and we’re not looking for conventional candidates.

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Activities Lead

Contract: Fixed-term to 30 September 2029 (approx. 3 years, 3 months)
Salary: £28,355 per annum for a .8 role. (pro rata, depending on agreed hours)
Hours: 30 hours per week (flexible – to be agreed)
Location: Gloucestershire (travel required)
Reporting to: Project Manager (World Jungle)

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The Activities Lead plays a central role in delivering the project on the ground — planning, coordinating and delivering creative, youth and community activities across multiple locations.

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You will work closely with artists, practitioners and young people to make things happen — from small local workshops through to large-scale Climate Circus events.​  This includes not just creative delivery, but the practical organisation that makes events run well — coordinating equipment, materials, spaces and set-up (e.g. staging, tables, chairs, workshop areas), supporting event logistics, and working alongside contractors and suppliers to ensure everything is in place.

 

You’ll also support the promotion of workshops and events, working with partners and local networks to spread the word and ensure strong participation as well as support monitoring and evaluation across activities and events — helping capture what’s happening, what people are experiencing, and what’s working, in ways that are meaningful and useful for the project.

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This is a practical, hands-on role. It involves being out in communities, planning ahead, problem-solving in real time, and helping create high-quality, inclusive experiences that people actually want to be part of.

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This role will involve:

• Planning, delivering and supporting the delivery of creative workshops, taster sessions and events

• Coordinating activity across different locations, partners and suppliers

• Supporting event logistics, including equipment, materials, set-up and on-the-day delivery

• Working with artists, facilitators and youth practitioners

• Supporting the promotion of workshops and events to ensure strong participation

• Supporting young people to shape and lead activity

• Ensuring delivery is safe, inclusive and well organised

• Supporting monitoring and evaluation across activities and events

• Being present at events, including evenings and weekends

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You might be right for this role if you:​

• Have experience delivering creative, youth or community-based activities

• Are confident working with children, young people and diverse communities

• Can plan and organise activity, including the practical details that make things run smoothly

• Are comfortable coordinating people, spaces, equipment and logistics

• Can adapt activities to different needs, settings and situations

• Can work on own initiative and be comfortable working at home, in office or out in the field.

• Are organised, reliable and able to think on your feet

• Are happy promoting activities and helping ensure strong participation

• Are comfortable capturing feedback and supporting evaluation

• Enjoy being out in the world making things happen

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What It’s Like to Work on This Project

Delivery includes evenings, weekends and intensive event periods

Work takes place in community venues, outdoor spaces and festival environments

You’ll be part of a creative, values-led partnership

Youth voice and inclusion are central to how we work

Flexibility, reflection and teamwork are essential

We are open about the nature of the work because we want someone who will genuinely thrive in it

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Key Dates

Applications open: 6 May 2026

Deadline for applications: 27 May 2026

Interviews: 9th and 10th June 2026

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How to Apply

Please complete the application form via the link below.

If you have questions or would like an informal conversation before applying, contact:
info@worldjungle.org.uk

Please note: internal candidates may also be applying for this role.

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Accessibility and Inclusion

We are committed to making this role accessible to a wide range of people and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

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We know that great candidates don’t always fit a standard mould. If you have relevant experience from community work, lived experience, creative practice or non-traditional routes, we’d still love to hear from you.

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We’re happy to consider different working patterns and can discuss flexibility around hours where possible.

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If you have access needs or would like adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know — we’ll work with you to make the process accessible and supportive.

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We particularly welcome applications from people who are currently underrepresented in the cultural, environmental and youth sectors.