Sight Loss Heritage Project Lead
Closing date: Wednesday 13 August 2025
Location: Sedgley
Hours: 22.5h per week
Salary: £22000 per annum
Contract: Fixed term for 12 months
Sight Loss Heritage Project Lead
Based Sedgley
£22000 per annum
22.5 hours per week
12 months fixed term contract
We are delighted to share this exciting new role leading a project to share and celebrate the history of people with sight loss. This project is supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and made possible by National Lottery players. This role will oversee the delivery, coordination, and promotion of the project, ensuring that it captures and preserves the rich social history of sight loss while raising awareness of its impact. You will work closely with a team of Oral History interviewers, most of whom will have sight loss, arranging training for them in oral history skills, coordinating interviews with blind and partially sighted people, while helping to develop accessible resources. You will also work with local archive services to help make their collections more accessible.
We encourage applications from people with lived experience of the impact of sight loss or significant experience working in the sector.
In return Beacon offers excellent benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, Simply Health Cash Plan and generous pension scheme
If you are interested in applying for the above vacancy please visit our website www.beaconvision.org for an application form and the Job Description.
Closing date: 13th August 2025
Please note: If you do not hear within three weeks of applying please assume you have been unsuccessful.
For further information about this vacancy and details of how to apply, please visit the Beacon Centre for the Blind website: https://beaconvision.org/about-beacon/jobs/
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