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Britain Yearly Meeting employs staff to carry out the centrally managed work of Quakers in Britain. We aim to be an ethical employer, with a 1:4 ratio between our highest and our lowest paid staff. Britain Yearly Meeting is a Living Wage employer.
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Maintenance Planner (fixed-term)
- Hours
- 35 hours (5 days) per week
- Salary
- £32,323 per annum + £5,000 London Weighting
- Contract
- Full time, fixed-term until 31 March 2027
- Location
- Friends House, Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ
- Closing date:
- 8am, Monday 1 September 2026
- Interview
- Wednesday 3 September (first stage, online) and Wednesday 10 September (second stage, in-person at Friends House)
Job Description Application FormWe are currently seeking someone with maintenance planning experience to join our Estates & Facilities Team at Quakers in Britain. This is a diverse role in a fast-paced environment, with regular projects taking place across our portfolio.
The Maintenance Planner role is crucial for overseeing planned maintenance across Friends House and other QiB properties, which are busy buildings open to the public. This role works closely with the Maintenance Manager and Estates & Facilities Manager to ensure the buildings are well-maintained, compliant with health and safety regulations, and energy efficient. This position requires someone with a strong background in facilities management and the ability to effectively communicate with various stakeholders, including staff, tenants, visitors, and committees. A key responsibility will be ensuring adherence to policies and regulations while promoting sustainability through effective energy management.
Friends House, the principal site, operates a busy conferencing and events business, resulting in significant demands for both planned and reactive maintenance. The Maintenance Planner will be instrumental in ensuring maintenance activities are effectively scheduled and delivered with minimal disruption to building users and business operations.
This role will include:
- Point of contact: serve as the primary contact for internal maintenance-related queries, ensuring internal clients' requests are prioritised and excellent communication is in place.
- Maintenance scheduling: produce the pre-planned maintenance schedule for all our properties, ensuring all necessary paperwork, operating procedures, and audit readiness are in place.
- Compliance and updates: ensure all scheduled maintenance and reactive tasks are completed on time, with documentation stored and updated to meet compliance standards.
- New maintenance regimes: develop and implement new maintenance processes as required.
- Contractor coordination: manage contractor service schedules, liaise with both contractors and internal teams for maintenance tasks, and keep end users informed on issues and updates.
- Monitor works: coordinate with the maintenance team, ensuring the necessary materials are purchased and the required work is performed.
- Asset register: ensure that the asset register aligns with the planned maintenance schedule, keeping records accurate and up to date.
- Reporting: develop and provide reports on reactive and planned works, compliance, and audit actions, ensuring the risk register is regularly
If you would like a confidential discussion about the role please contact KirstyB@quaker.org.uk.
Quakers are committed to equality and welcome applicants from all identities and backgrounds. Selection is based solely on skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. We aim to prevent age, belief, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, neurodivergence, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or social class from being a barrier to employment. We aim for an equitable and user-friendly application process. Reasonable adjustments can be made if needed. As a Quaker organisation we expect all applicants and employees to uphold our values.
We are committed to safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults. All candidates will undergo pre-employment checks in line with our Safer Recruitment guidelines.
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Operations Assistants (fixed-term)
- Hours
- 8 hours per week (with the possibility of extra hours)
- Salary
- £16.70 per hour
- Contract
- Part-time, fixed-term
- Location
- Friends House, London NW1 2BJ
- Closing date:
- 8am, 4 September 2026
- Interview
- Thursday 10 September 2026, Friends House
Job Description Application FormJoin Our Award-Winning Conference & Hospitality Team
We are recruiting fixed term Operations Assistants, to be part of our established team to work in the evenings and some weekends. Full training given.
What You'll Do
No two days are the same! You'll be part of our Service Delivery Team, making sure every event, meeting, and conference runs smoothly by:
Setting up and organising event rooms & AV equipment
Preparing, serving, and clearing refreshments
Welcoming and supporting guests
Keeping rooms spotless and guest-ready
Delivering outstanding customer service with a smile
Who We're Looking For
Enthusiasm, reliability, and willingness to learn — hospitality experience is a bonus, but not essential.
All roles need good communication skills, able to carry out light lifting and carrying duties, must be reliable and punctual. You'll need to be flexible to work in the evenings, and some weekend shifts (rotas provided in advance).
Details
Guaranteed 8 hours/week minimum, worked during evenings and weekends, flexibility will be important. Some additional overtime hours also available. Fixed term contracts offered starting on Tuesday 1 October and ending on 15 December. 2026
Why You'll Love Working Here
Central London location opposite Euston Station
Lots of overtime available
Chance to work for a genuine values based organisation
Generous holiday allowance
Personal development and wellbeing programmes
Friendly, inclusive, values-led environment
Real teamwork, real variety, and real job satisfaction
Key Dates
- We are open to applications until 8am on 4 September 2026, but please apply immediately, we will close the process early when we have sufficient interest.
- Group interviews will be held on the afternoon of Thursday 10 September 2026
- Start date with training and Induction: evening of Thursday 1 October 2026
🌐 Learn more about Friends House: www.friendshouse.co.ukQuakers are committed to equality and welcome applicants from all identities and backgrounds. Selection is based solely on skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. We aim to prevent age, belief, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, neurodivergence, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or social class from being a barrier to employment. We aim for an equitable, user-friendly application process, and reasonable adjustments can be made if needed. As a Quaker organisation we expect all applicants and employees to uphold our values.
We are committed to safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults. All candidates will undergo pre-employment checks in line with our Safer Recruitment guidelines.
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Archivist
- Hours
- 35 hours per week
- Salary
- £36,842 plus £6,500 London Weighting
- Contract
- Full time, permanent
- Location
- Friends House, London NW1 2BJ
- Closing date:
- 8am, 27 August 2026
- Interview
- 8 September, Friends House, London
Application Pack Application FormThe Archivist will contribute to ensuring effective archives and records management in Quakers in Britain and support the development of a coordinated approach to collections management and access.
What you'll do
The role requires the ability to carry out day-to-day collections management responsibilities, including acquisition, cataloguing, and collections care as well as contribute to wider planning and development work.
You will provide support for records management and information governance, including contributing to the development of systems and processes for the capture and management of born-digital records and archives. You will also support forward planning by carrying out collections review and scoping legacy backlogs of appraisal, cataloguing and collections care.
Working as part of a small team, you will also support access and engagement activities, particularly in conjunction with your collections management work, helping to support the wider work of Quakers in Britain.
What we're looking for
- Experience of working in an archives management role and with archival material, including accessioning, cataloguing, and collections care
- Experience of accessioning and cataloguing digital archives and supporting digital preservation
- Experience of using collections management software for archives
- Experience of planning, delivering or participating in access and engagement activities relating to archives
Quakers are committed to equality and welcome applicants from all identities and backgrounds. Selection is based solely on skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. We aim to prevent age, belief, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, neurodivergence, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or social class from being a barrier to employment. We aim for an equitable, user-friendly application process, and reasonable adjustments can be made if needed. As a Quaker organisation we expect all applicants and employees to uphold our values.
We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All candidates will undergo pre-employment checks in line with our Safer Recruitment guidelines.
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Youth, Children and Families Development Worker (Central England and Leicester)
- Hours
- 28 hours per week
- Salary
- £29,473.60 per annum (£36,842 pro rata)
- Contract
- Part time – permanent (dependent on funding, with 3 years funding initially)
- Location
- Based at home with work across the region as needed, and a regular working day (at least fortnightly) in Area Meeting Office in Birmingham (40 Bull St, B4 6AF).
- Closing date:
- 8am Monday 21 September 2026
- Interview
- Friday 2 October 2026. At the Priory Rooms, 40 Bull Street, Birmingham
Application Pack Application FormQuakers in Britain is looking for someone personable and self-motivated with experience of working with children, young people and families, to support Quaker communities in Central England and Leicester. We aim to create loving, inclusive and all-age communities where children and young people feel embraced and engaged.
To deliver this work you will need to be organised and adaptable, with good communication and planning skills, and knowledge of Quaker beliefs and practices, including Quaker decision making, culture and structures.
Quakers are committed to equality and welcome applicants from all identities and backgrounds. Selection is based solely on skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. We aim to prevent age, belief, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, neurodivergence, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or social class from being a barrier to employment. We aim for an equitable, user-friendly application process, and reasonable adjustments can be made if needed. As a Quaker organisation we expect all applicants and employees to uphold our values.
We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All candidates will undergo pre-employment checks in line with our Safer Recruitment guidelines.
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Events Executive x 2
- Hours
- 35 hours per week
- Salary
- £32,323 + £5,000 London weighting
- Contract
- 1 x Permanent, 1 x fixed-term (1 year)
- Location
- Friends House, London NW1 2BJ
- Closing date:
- 8am, Monday 14 September 2026 (once we have received a sufficient amount of applications, this post may close early)
- Interview
- w/c 21 September 2026 (Friends House)
Job Description Application FormWe're looking for proactive Events Executives to help deliver exceptional conferences, meetings and events at Friends House. You'll play a key role in ensuring a seamless client experience from planning through to delivery, coordinating with internal teams and acting as the main point of contact for clients throughout the event process.
Working closely with the Events Manager and the wider Commercial Team, you'll ensure every event runs smoothly while supporting the venue's reputation for excellent service, hospitality and values-led operations.
What you'll do:
Act as the primary contact for clients once events are confirmed, ensuring all details are planned and delivered successfully
Coordinate with internal teams (Operations, Facilities, Catering and AV) to ensure client requirements are met
Prepare and maintain clear event documentation, including function sheets and setup details
Provide on-site client support during events to ensure excellent customer service
Work towards departmental financial targets and identify opportunities to up-sell services during planning
Gather post-event feedback to support service improvement and client satisfaction
Maintain accurate event data in venue booking systems and assist with reporting
Build strong relationships with repeat clients and identify opportunities for future business
Work collaboratively with colleagues across the Commercial Team to maintain high service standards
Support the wider team during quieter periods with other operational duties if required
What we're looking for:
Experience in event coordination, conferencing or hospitality environments
Experience working directly with clients and coordinating internal teams
Strong organisational and communication skills
Ability to manage multiple events simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
High attention to detail and proactive problem-solving ability
Confidence using Microsoft Office and venue booking systems
Awareness of hospitality service standards and event operations
Sympathetic to Quaker values and ethos (you do not need to be a Quaker)
Hours: Typically 5 days per week, including occasional early mornings, evenings or weekends depending on event schedules.
PLEASE NOTE: When submitting your application, please use the 'Is there anything else you'd like to tell us?' section, to let us know if you would like to apply for the permanent or fixed term post (or both).
For more about Friends House go to https://www.friendshouse.co.uk/
Quakers are committed to equality and welcome applicants from all identities and backgrounds. Selection is based solely on skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. We aim to prevent age, belief, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, neurodivergence, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or social class from being a barrier to employment. We aim for an equitable, user-friendly application process, and reasonable adjustments can be made if needed. As a Quaker organisation we expect all applicants and employees to uphold our values.
We are committed to safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults. All candidates will undergo pre-employment checks in line with our Safer Recruitment guidelines.
