Community Engagement Officer - Big Local Gateshead

Community Engagement Officer - Big Local Gateshead
Salary: £25,129 - £27,826 pro rata
Hours: Part time - 30 Hours per week
Contract: Fixed Term until March 2025 - possible continuation
Location: Gateshead

Our client aims to be the UK’s leading regeneration charity, working through partnership to create communities in which people are proud to live and work. This programme will deliver the charity's mission of supporting people to improve their prospects and reach their full potential. As an organisation, our client is proud of the effective role that their Community Project Managers play in delivering significant social, environmental and health outcomes with communities across the region.

About the role

Big Local Gateshead is a small community lead organisation operating in Teams, Gateshead, governed and operated by passionate local people, with the aim of empowering residents to improve the area in which they live and work.

The 4 key community aims of Big Local Gateshead are:

• Communities will be better able to identify local needs and take action in response to them.
• People will have increased skills and confidence, so that they continue to identify and respond to needs in the future.
• The community will make a difference to the needs it prioritises.
• People will feel that their area is an even better place to live.

The charity is looking for this role to help expand operations, increase engagement from the local community, and strengthen relationships with other third-sector organisations.

A bit about you

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience working in a community setting being confident and approachable to people of all ages, cultures and ethnicities
• Ability to use social media platforms and Office 365, for communication and the promotion of The Big Local Gateshead
• Ability to coordinate activities and motivate others including our network of volunteers
• Ability to work flexibly, including some evenings and weekends

Closing date: Noon on Tuesday 30th April 2024

Interested?

To apply, please click the apply button. You will be taken to a simple CHM Recruit form where you can find out more information and complete your application by following the instructions.

Make yourself at home
The charity want you to be yourself and they value everything that makes you unique. They recognise and celebrate your difference and together you will make the organisation a special and great place to work.

As a Disability Confident employer they offer a guaranteed interview to applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role.

They ensure that they provide a safe environment for adults, children and young people to take part in any activity or service that they organise. They are committed to creating a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk. Their safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and comprehensive process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all the people they appoint are suitable to work with their children, young people and adults.

No agencies please.