Storybarn Assistant Manager

Storybarn Assistant Manager

The Reader Closing date: Wed, 01 Jul 2026

Artform: Charity
Role: Creative
Contract: Permanent
North West

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 "> published -

Job Summary

The Storybarn is The Reader’s imaginative play space for children and families to share a love of books, imagination and Reading for Pleasure.

Job Description

This role is responsible for overseeing Storybarn engagement working with young people from birth to 9 years through family and school programming.

Job Requirements

- Shares The Reader's ethos, mission and values and fosters a genuine willingness to work as part of a team to help The Storybarn evolve and develop in the most exciting and positive ways
- A confident and creative approach to curate and implement a range of engagement products for a mix of audiences
- Demonstrably able to lead with prior experience in people and/or project management
- Excellent practical and organisational skills with the ability to work unsupervised and be self-motivated, keen to learn new things
- Work in an enthusiastic and positive manner, with the flexibility to work weekends on a rota basis
- Excellent knowledge of children's literature or experience of working with children in the charitable sector
- Confident with finances, spreadsheet, reports, costing all events and working with budgets
- An awareness of and active commitment to upholding our Safeguarding policies and procedures
- Experience of delivering reading and play activities to children

Job Responsibilities

- Awareness of and active commitment to upholding our safeguarding policies and procedures
- Excellent communication skills with both adults and children
- Excellent delivery skills to run exciting and engaging sessions at the Storybarn
- Be a key holder with responsibility for opening up a site building, closing down and making sure the Storybarn is secured and alarmed
- Using the templates provided by Comms team to post content on our social media platforms via Hootsuite
- Respond to messages received via social media
- Awareness and understanding of role specific IT platforms and overseeing that systems are well maintained
- Overseeing the provision of an excellent customer experience through the delivery of high quality Storybarn sessions
- Direct delivery of Storybarn sessions
- Support the Storybarn Manager with line management of the Storybarn team of (Story hunters). This includes a responsibility to conduct occasional one to ones and lead full team meetings

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Job Overview

  • Job Title: Storybarn Assistant Manager
  • Salary: £20k-£25k
  • Hours: Full time
  • Artform: Charity
  • Role: Creative
  • Contract: Permanent
  • Closing date: Wed, 01 Jul 2026
  • Location:
    North West
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Job: Storybarn Assistant Manager

Job: Storybarn Assistant Manager

Organisation: The Reader

Postcode: L18 3JB

How to Apply

If you're interested in applying please visit https://www.thereader.org.uk/job/storybarn-assistant-manager/ to view a full job description. All applications must be sent to [email protected]