Neighbourhood Community Development Officer
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Working Hours: 35 Hours per week
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent (x5), Temporary maternity cover for 10 months (x1)
Additional Payments: Casual Car User Allowance
Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Closing time: 11.59 pm
Interview Method: In Person (Face to Face)
Application Instructions: If you have the skills and experience we need, and you are ready to apply, please submit your CV and an Expression of Interest between 500 - 1,000 words in the 'Supporting Documents' section of the application form, telling us why and what inspires you to make a difference in Manchester’s communities.
This role is subject to:
* 2 References - where possible we require 3 years' employment history.
* Casual Car Documentation - The successful candidate will be a designated Casual Car User which means that car journeys may be necessary on an occasional basis, but are not essential to the role. If you do drive, you must always hold a full valid driving licence and provide your own car for use at work, as well as provide all the appropriate documentation. You will receive an allowance per mile of business use.
Manchester City Council is recruiting new Neighbourhood Community Development Officers. Neighbourhood Community Development Officers are part of the Neighbourhood Teams working across the whole of Manchester.
Are you someone who is passionate about enabling residents and communities to participate, drive forward their ideas for change, using their voice to influence decisions about their communities and neighbourhoods, strengthen a sense of belonging, and building relationships and cohesion?
If your answer is yes, and given the exciting journey we are on, then this brand-new role may be for you!
As a city, building on its rich diversity and identity, the refreshed Our Manchester Strategy (2025-2035) is driving the vision of a ‘world-class city, which makes Manchester dynamic, thriving and ever changing. The City is growing, residents want to live in clean, safe and vibrant neighbourhoods, and get more involved in matters that affect them, new neighbourhoods are being created, and a growing leisure and cultural offer is helping the City to be an attractive place to live, work and visit. All of this influences how the City, its people and its individual neighbourhoods function.
For an informal chat about the role please contact Sue Bozkurt 07946 257091 or Tom Wiseman 07817 014972.
We are looking for people who have strong experience in translating community engagement, development and participation into action, which positively impacts on the health and wellbeing of residents. You will be able to:
* Work in the heart of Manchester’s communities to empower them to take ownership and drive positive change themselves. By engaging with residents and organisations to build strong relationships, foster a sense of belonging, and encourage participation, you will strengthen residents’ voice, community power, trust, equality and learning;
* Proactively understand the neighbourhood’s context, to lead culturally appropriate engagement, and advance ways of working and initiatives that promote equality and inclusion, and celebrate diversity;
* Guided by the Our Manchester Strategy, Building Stronger Communities Together Strategy (lead role in delivery) and Making Manchester Fairer, as well as strong communication skills, you will be able to work across the Council, external partners and Members in their democratically elected leadership role, to bring about social change to address inequalities. Experience in securing funding and grants is also important;
* Continuously improve practices through toolkits, innovation, evaluation, and peer support, ensuring good practices are embedded and celebrated at the neighbourhood level.
We are dedicated to creating a workplace that truly reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We actively welcome applications from people of all ages and backgrounds, particularly from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities, Disabled people and young people.
For more information about the role or any adjustments, email jobs@manchester.gov.uk.
What we will need from you if you’re successful: In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. This is not a role we consider to be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route based on Manchester City Council policy. Candidates are therefore encouraged to consider their own right to work options without the requirement for Manchester City Council sponsorship.
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