🚀 Join the Team as a Marginal Associate!
We’re on the lookout for 5 young people aged 16-25 to join us as paid Marginal Associates (MAs) — working 6 hours a week for 7 months. The five roles are:
Youth Participation
Outreach
Social Media
Website
Comics Artist
Each MA role is completely unique and designed to give you career experience, develop your skills, and grow different parts of our organisation, based on ideas from our Youth Board. You won’t be stuck doing the same thing every week — your role will evolve and adapt depending on what the team needs and which direction you want to take your personal and professional development.
Whether you're looking to build skills, explore new interests, or make a real impact, this is your chance to shape something exciting while getting paid for your time.
Scroll down to find out more about each of the roles, to read the full job descriptions and recruitment packs, and also how to apply:
Youth Participation (Marginal Associate)
Location: Make Hamilton Square, 69-71 Argyle Street, Birkenhead
Hours: 6 hours per week
Working Day: Friday, 1:30-7:30pm (with some flexibility)
Pay: £12.60 per hour (Real Living Wage)
Duration: 7 months / 30 weeks
Start Date: January 2026
What is the role?
We are looking for a new Marginal Associate aged 16-25 to join the Comics Youth team, focusing specifically on youth participation. You will be supporting our Zine Collective sessions with our Zine Lead and Youth Work Lead to help make sure our group members feel comfortable and heard, to develop evaluation activities, and to keep youth voice central to the project’s growth and impact.
You’ll work closely with the Outreach Marginal Associate to make sure that the needs and voices of our young people stay at the core of the work that we do. You will also meet regularly with your supervisor 1-on-1 to build your very own tailored workplace support plan, designed to develop your skills, expand your experience, and help you to meet the responsibilities of the role in a way that works for you.
To read the full job description and recruitment pack, please click the buttons below - we strongly recommend reading both before submitting an application:
Outreach (Marginal Associate)
Location: Make Hamilton Square, 69-71 Argyle Street, Birkenhead
Hours: 6 hours per week
Working Day: Friday, 1-7:30pm (with some flexibility)
Pay: £12.60 per hour (Real Living Wage)
Duration: 7 months / 30 weeks
Start Date: January 2026
What is the role?
e are looking for a new Marginal Associate aged 16-25 to join the Comics Youth team, focusing specifically on outreach. You will help expand Comics Youth's reach, particularly with marginalized young people, by connecting with communities, schools and markets, and make sure that our programs are accessible and supportive to different access needs and lived experiences.
You’ll work closely with the Youth Participation Marginal Associate to make sure that the needs and voices of our young people stay at the core of the work that we do. You will also meet regularly with your supervisor 1-on-1 to build your very own tailored workplace support plan, designed to develop your skills, expand your experience, and help you to meet the responsibilities of the role in a way that works for you.
To read the full job description and recruitment pack, please click the buttons below - we strongly recommend reading both before submitting an application:
Social Media (Marginal Associate)
Location: Make Hamilton Square, 69-71 Argyle Street, Birkenhead
Hours: 6 hours per week
Working Day: Wednesday, 11-5pm (with some flexibility)
Pay: £12.60 per hour (Real Living Wage)
Duration: 7 months / 30 weeks
Start Date: January 2026
What is the role?
We are looking to recruit a new Marginal Associate aged 16-25 with a specific focus on social media to support with managing our Instagram and TikTok presence. This role involves creating engaging content that reflects Comics Youth's energy and creativity, engaging with our community, and highlighting the work of young creators.
You will work closely with the Website Marginal Associate to ensure consistency across our online platforms, and meet regularly with the Youth Lead for 1-on-1 and group supervisions to build a tailored workplace support plan aimed at developing your skills, expanding your experience and delivering on your key responsibilities in a way that works for you.
To read the full job description and recruitment pack, please click the buttons below - we strongly recommend reading both before submitting an application:
Website (Marginal Associate)
Location: Make Hamilton Square, 69-71 Argyle Street, Birkenhead
Hours: 6 hours per week
Working Day: Wednesday, 11-5pm (with some flexibility)
Pay: £12.60 per hour (Real Living Wage)
Duration: 7 months / 30 weeks
Start Date: January 2026
What is the role?
We are looking to recruit a new Marginal Associate aged 16-25 with a specific focus on our website to take a key role in developing and updating our website with fresh content, writing compelling copy that highlights our activities and upcoming projects. This role ensures our online presence is dynamic, up-to-date, and resonates with our audience.
You will work closely with the Social Media Marginal Associate to ensure consistency across our online platforms, and meet regularly with the Youth Lead for 1-on-1 and group supervisions to build a tailored workplace support plan aimed at developing your skills, expanding your experience and delivering on your key responsibilities in a way that works for you.
To read the full job description and recruitment pack, please click the buttons below - we strongly recommend reading both before submitting an application:
Comics Artist (Marginal Associate)
Location: Make Hamilton Square, 69-71 Argyle Street, Birkenhead
Hours of Work: 6 hours per week
Pay: £12.60 per hour (Real Living Wage)
Duration: 7 months / 30 weeks
Start Date: TBC
What is the role?
We are looking to recruit a new Marginal Associate aged 16-25 to act as our resident Comics Artist. You will help bring Comics Youth’s work to life through dynamic, community-driven storytelling, illustrating and co-creating comics that capture the voices, experiences, and achievements of young people in our programmes, whilst also developing your own professional expertise and portfolio.
You’ll work closely with the our Art Director and Comics Declassified Project Co-ordinator to ensure that your comics serve as a tool for representation, inclusion, and inspiration. You will also meet regularly with your supervisor 1-on-1 to build your very own tailored workplace support plan, designed to develop your skills, expand your experience, and help you to meet the responsibilities of the role in a way that works for you, and will also receive mentoring from an internationally published comics-creator.
To read the full job description and recruitment pack, please click the buttons below - we strongly recommend reading both before submitting an application:
💻Upcoming Webinars - book on now!
We will be holding some relaxed webinars leading up to the application deadline for all of the Marginal Associate roles, hosted by Caz (they/them) - a.k.a. the person who will be supervising you in this role! You’ll be able to submit any questions you might have and get the lowdown on the role.
The webinar will start with a general introduction to all of the roles, before opening up the floor to your questions! It will take place on Teams - we ask that all cameras and microphones are kept turned off and that only the chat function is used for questions/comments.
If you’d like to sign up to attend one of the webinars, you can book on the ones of the dates using the links below:
Wednesday, October 8th - 12-1pm:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marginal-associate-qa-webinar-tickets-1622012175079?aff=oddtdtcreator
Tuesday, October 14th - 6-7pm:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marginal-associate-qa-webinar-tickets-1622012175079?aff=oddtdtcreator
Can’t make it live? No stress — we’ll record them and pop them online here afterwards. You can also still submit questions beforehand by clicking the button below:
How do I apply?
This is just an overview. The full application process can be found in the recruitment pack, including tips and tricks on creating your CV - we strongly recommend reading it before submitting your application.
In order to apply for a Marginal Associate role, you will need to fill in the digital application form for the specific role you’re interested in. These can be accessed using the buttons below.
Within this form, you will be asked to upload the following as part of your application - these are mandatory:
An up-to-date CV
A completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
For the Comics Artist role only: a portfolio/examples of your work
The Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form and application form for each role and the can be found and downloaded by using the buttons below.
The deadline for all applications is 8pm on the 29th of September 2025.