Access Manager

Pride in London means many things to many people, it belongs to our community and it belongs to you; come and join the conversation!

Forty-six years since the first Pride march in London, 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; together we pull off the UK’s biggest free LGBTQ+ community event every year. Pride aims to raise awareness of LGBTQ+ 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. We welcome applications from everybody, and are especially keen to attract new volunteers from the BAME, Trans, Bi, Non-binary and Queer communities who we would love to see more widely represented in our organisation.

Your new volunteer role:

The Access Manager (General) is a senior volunteer role within the Accessibility and Operations team of Pride in London. The Access Manager supports the Head of Accessibility with the task of ensuring Pride in London events, including Pride weekend, are accessible to participants who are deaf or who have disabilities.

In 2018, following several years as Silver Award Winners, Pride in London was awarded Gold in accessibility provision by “Attitude is Everything”.

Role responsibilities:

The Access Manager (General) is a roaming Access Manager on Pride Saturday, supporting the accessibility provisions we have in place. This may include supporting the other Access Managers in 

The Access shuttle busses
 The parade safe space assembly area
 The access space in the parade; the viewing areas on the parade route, Trafalgar and Leicester Squares.

 Being an accessibility advocate and representative within the organisation and with our participants.
 Assist with the planning and management of the Parade, Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square and the Parade Grandstand access provisions.
 Assist with ensuring the information that Pride makes available through our social media channels / website and app communicates the access provisions, whilst being in accessible formats
 Helping to run training sessions to on-the-day volunteers

Who you are 

 Good interpersonal and organisational skills
 Experience of supporting and working with people who have a range of disabilities
 You will have some mental health awareness
 A calm demeanor and can work through situations when conflict arises 

 An adaptable and flexible approach in the face of changing situations
 Good presentation skills
 Experience of using two-way-radios

What you’ll get about joining pride in London
 A 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 Pride event
 Social opportunities to meet the diverse and friendly bunch who volunteer for Pride in London