ID 1297 Community and Engagement Officer, Hertfordshire
Hours: Up to 37 hours per week, a minimum of 4 hours per week will be required on a Saturday - open to part time hours
Salary: Grade 2, point 13-15, Starting at £22,546 FTE per annum, raising to £23,966 FTE per annum*
Location: Based from one of the following centres - Cheshunt, Letchworth, Hemel Hempstead or Welwyn with travel across Hertfordshire
Contract: Permanent
Family Action:
Are you passionate about bringing people together around a common goal? Do you believe that challenges are best solved through collaboration and sharing ideas? We are looking for someone who thrives on building strong networks and uses creative strategies to engage with stakeholders in Hertfordshire.
Your impact:
By being the champion for improving services within communities in Hertfordshire; we will see greater engagement from those that live in the area who become more confident in their engagement with services and become an equal partner in service design and delivery.
Your skills:
1. You’ll be an effective communicator who excels at building trusting and empowering relationships with individuals and groups.
2. You will be able to work closely with the community and a variety of stakeholders to identify needs.
3. You will be able to collect, process, analyse and report on impact outcomes data to a wide range of audiences.
Benefits:
* Annual paid leave entitlement of 25 working days, plus bank holidays.
* Up to 6% matched-pension contributions.
* Flexible working arrangements.
* Enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions.
* Eye care and winter flu jabs voucher.
* Investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities.
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people-focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
To Apply:
1. Complete the attached Application Form & send to: completed.application9@family-action.org.uk
2. Closing Date: Sunday 22nd September 2024 at 23:59.
For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: Debbie.adamson-young@family-action.org.uk
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required. We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum scoring criteria and we will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an in-person interview.
*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.
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