Your Pride In London

2022 marks the 50th anniversary of Pride in the UK making it an exciting time to join Pride in London as a volunteer!

Pride in London has a renewed sense of purpose to highlight the challenges still facing the LGBT+ community today despite progress. We are run by a group of volunteers who are passionate about equality and diversity and are drawn from all walks of life. Pride aims to raise awareness of LGBT+ issues and campaign for the freedoms that will allow all of our community to live their lives on a genuinely equal footing.

Around 150 people volunteer year-round to help us deliver what has become a world-class Pride. It is our intention for Pride in London to best represent all parts of our community.

We continue to actively encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, particularly women, people of colour and those from the trans and non-binary communities.

Your Parade Team

The Parade Team is responsible for the coordination and delivery of the 30,000+ walkers and ~100 floats which form the Pride in London parade.

Our close-knit team of <10 works year round and we look after parade groups from registration through to their participation on the day.

We work closely with our event production partner, our fellow volunteers across Pride in London and the public agencies who facilitate the event.

As a team we cover everything from registration systems, parade order design, parade group support, float vetting, briefing events, event planning and on-the-day delivery.

There’s a lot of variety within our work, we’re looking for someone who has the confidence and flexibility to manage key elements of our event delivery; and is keen to get stuck in and learn the mechanics behind one of London’s largest events.

The Role

We’re recruiting several people into the team and are looking for people who are able to do year round and on the day roles. We won’t expect you to be doing all of this (we’re a team), so let us know what interests you or aligns to your skills and experience the best!

Year Round

• Manage the planning of your designated event space and areas in between

• Liaison with internal stakeholders as regards to event requirements/planning/delivery.

• Review event management plans, providing feedback to support our event production partner.

• Handling support from parade groups, coordinating their progression through the journey of a parade group (from registration to briefings, socials and float checks)

• Management of parade events prior to the pride weekend including group briefings, social events and volunteer briefings

• Maintenance of our parade system including data processing and administrative work

On the Day:

You will be deployed to a range of situations to assist in risk identification and on-the-ground problem solving.

Responsibilities:

• Physically responsible for managing your designated area; troubleshooting any potential operational issues

• Coordination and management of a team of on-the-day volunteers

• Liaison with various teams essential to the delivery of the event; production company staff, paid stewards, Pride in London volunteers and other organizations such as Metropolitan Police, Westminster City Council, Team London etc.

• Respond to a wide range of event needs including safety and crowd management

• Understanding of Access provision and its importance

• Completion of post-event report.

You:

Your skills and experience

• Skilled at coordinating and managing varied internal & external stakeholders

• People Management

• Digital Skills (data/software engineers are welcome!)

• Attention to detail

• Outstanding organisational skills

• Excellent communication skills

• Ability to problem solve and multitask

• A personal interest in LGBT+ affairs, culture, media, music etc..

This is a role that requires training in advance of the event, with attendance to parade team meetings at a minimum, and wider operations team meetings as required. Meetings estimated 2 hours per week until the event, time outside will be required to assist with planning but this is flexible and can be done at odd hours.

What you’ll get joining Pride in London

• A friendly and welcoming induction course and a variety of training that’s offered throughout the year

• An opportunity to get new and relevant professional experience

• A chance to broaden your professional network

• Play an important part in delivering the Pride in London event

• Social opportunities to meet the diverse and friendly bunch who volunteer for Pride in London