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Associate Trainer
People’s Economy is recruiting a new pool of Associate Trainers to help deliver our participatory workshops with grassroots community groups.
This is an exciting moment to join us. We are building our Associate Trainer programme for the first time, to increase our capacity to deliver work with communities across the UK and support more people to understand, reimagine and change the economy.
We see this as something we’re building together with our Associate Trainers, not just delivering to them. We want people who’ll shape the programme, offer honest reflections, and help us figure out what works as we go.
About the role
As an Associate Trainer, you’ll be responsible for delivering People’s Economy’s ‘core curriculum’ workshops on economic system change to grassroots community groups.
The role includes:
- Delivering People’s Economy core curriculum workshops (online and in person) to grassroots community groups to a high standard, in accordance with People’s Economy’s facilitation guidelines (paid at our delivery rate of £350/day)
- Attending one or more meetings with partners ahead of delivery to plan / after delivery to debrief and discuss (paid at our meeting rate of £30/hour)
- Submitting an invoice for any delivery fees and expenses within a month of the workshop delivery
- Committing to being in open relationship dialogue with People’s Economy regarding the use of our training materials elsewhere/in other contexts
Key details
Role: Associate trainer
Contract type: Freelancer (self-employed)
Salary: Daily rate for workshop delivery: £350/day plus reasonable expenses
Location: Remote/flexible. We currently work with communities in North Wales, North East England, the West Midlands and London, and are looking to recruit freelance trainers located in these regions or to be willing to travel to them for workshop delivery. However, we are open to candidates based in other UK locations as we also run programmes nationally and online.
Hours: Work will be offered according to demand (no guaranteed number of assignments)
Application deadline: Sunday 12 April 2026, 23:59pm
Interview dates and location: Online, on Tuesday 21, Wednesday 22 or Thursday 23 April 2026.
Induction dates and location: Friday 15 May (online, half-day), Fri 22 May (in person in London, full day), Thurs 11 June (online, half-day), Thurs 25 June (in person in London, full day). Attendance at these dates is required.
Diversity, inclusion and anti-oppression: We are particularly keen to receive applications from members of communities experiencing economic injustice, and people working for change as part of these communities. We also strongly encourage applications from people who are: women and non-binary people, from Black and Asian backgrounds or are other people of colour, or members of other marginalised groups.
How to apply
Please fill out this short form to share your CV and to provide answers to the following questions:
- Why do you want to be an Associate Trainer with People’s Economy?
- How do your skills and experience meet what is set out in the Role Description? (See recruitment pack below).
You’ll be able to add your answers in written form, or attach a voice recording or video file.
Please also fill out the diversity monitoring form here. This is not mandatory but helps us ensure we are reaching everyone, and informs whether we should make changes to improve our roles and recruitment practice.
If you would like to discuss the opportunity with our Head of Training before applying, please email us on training@peopleseconomyuk.org.
To be considered for the role you must submit your application by the deadline of Sunday 12 April 2026, 23:59pm.
Download recruitment pack