Personal Assistant

Job Summary

The PA role will provide practical, comprehensive, confidential, and professional support to a vibrant Founder and Artistic Director with fibromyalgia and chronic anxiety, enabling her to manage a successful sight loss organisation and maintain an effective and efficient work-life balance.

Job Description

Job Title: Personal Assistant
Responsible To: Founder and Artistic Director
Hours Required: 27 hours per week
Days and Times Required: Mondays - 12-3pm , Tuesday to Friday 10-4pm
Employment Status: Self-employed
Salary: £15.00 per hour

Location: Working in Chingford, Waltham Forest, London E4, with ad-hoc opportunities to work from home, plus supporting with ad-hoc travel to North, South, East and West London and parts of the UK.

The post-holder will provide practical support to administrate the day-to-day needs of a non-profit sight loss organisation that delivers a diverse range of accessible audio described dance, exercise, football, lifestyle and well-being programmes and unforgettable social events for blind and partially sighted people.

This post is only suitable for reliable candidates able to commit to a long-term working relationship of at least two years.

Main Duties:
Support with Administration
Practical support and assistance, including prompting, encouragement, and reminders for:
Basic email management
Making sales calls to clients
Coordinating projects
Coordinating events
Filing and keeping paperwork in order
Responding to enquiries on social media and posting relevant information
Preparations to leave the house, including helping to establish what equipment and paperwork is required and carrying equipment and bags
Appointments and diarised tasks
Remembering information and establishing tasks to be completed
Correspondence and paperwork
Work-related minor mobility challenges in the workspace and in the wider community, where necessary

Job Requirements

Skills and Attributes - Essential:
Reliable and committed
Patient and heart-centred approach
Friendly and enthusiastic
Excellent administrative, verbal, and written communication skills
Confident on the telephone and enjoys speaking to people
Empathy and compassion - ability to show genuine care and understanding
Ability to support and encourage others
Ability to be impartial, non-judgmental, and see situations from many points of view
Ability to support others to achieve their vision
Excellent organisational skills
Ability to manage own workload successfully
Excellent time management
Ability to pay attention to detail
A team player
Flexible

Experience - Essential:
Experience of coordinating and assisting with projects
Experience of coordinating events
Experience of conducting "ethical sales and marketing" (i.e. avoiding high-pressure tactics, with a focus on needs, not sales)
Experience with making and receiving phone cand receiving phone calls

Job Responsibilities

Experience - Desirable:
Experience in Sales and Marketing
Experience in fundraising
Experience of working in an office or home office environment

Knowledge - Essential:
Confident with making and receiving phone calls
Confident use of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
Efficient scheduling skills when using Outlook
Confident use of the internet

Knowledge - Desirable:
A working knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint
Knowledge and experience (personal or professional) of exercise and the benefits for vulnerable bodies
Knowledge (personal or professional) of nutrition and healthful or clean eating
Awareness of some of the barriers that can prevent people with fibromyalgia, sight loss, chronic pain, chronic fatigue, or anxiety from enjoying dance, exercise, and social events
Awareness of organisations and services available to people with sight loss

Useful Links

https://www.spacehive.com/dance-in-the-dark

Job Overview

Job Title: Personal Assistant
Salary: £20k-£25k
Hours: Part time
Artform: Charity
Role: Admin, Secretarial & PA
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026
Location:

London

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Job: Personal Assistant

Organisation: Illuminate Freedom Health and Well-Being CIC

Postcode: E4 7NT

How to Apply

Applications are being processed on a rolling basis and so are welcomed as soon as possible.

Please email applications to:
[email protected].

Cover letters are especially welcomed.

Contact name: Louise Dickson
Contact email: [email protected]

About Illuminate Freedom Health and Well-Being CIC

We are a not-for-profit organisation and social enterprise on a mission to help empower blind and partially sighted people across London and parts of the UK. We deliver a diverse range of accessible audio described dance, exercise, football, lifestyle and well-being programmes and social events for people with sight loss.

We also work with sight loss and arts organisations to create and deliver audio description for dance performances, deliver workshops and provide consultancy services.

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