Community Development Co-ordinator (Community Connector)

Thirteen Group; Tees Valley; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 28-31 days

Pension up to 17% contributions

Health benefits (Simply Health)

Discount platform (T’dar)

Leave purchase options

Job summary

Thirteen Group is seeking a Community Development Co-ordinator (Community Connector) to join its Housing and Communities Team in the Tees Valley. The role is roaming, spending most time in your local communities, attending meetings, and working from Thirteen office locations with occasional home working.

You will engage customers, communities, and stakeholders to maximise support networks, develop new groups, and identify gaps to create sustainable, community-led solutions.

Qualifications

• Excellent knowledge and experience of community engagement and working with volunteers.
• Strong track record in building networks and meaningful connections with community organisations.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to engage diverse groups.
• Motivated to deliver positive outcomes for customers and communities.
• Well organised with the ability to manage multiple activities and initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Bring to life and help drive the vision of resilient, thriving communities.
• Engage, support, and bring together customers, the community, and stakeholders.
• Identify and create new groups; nurture existing ones and build local connections.
• Connect individuals to services in the local area; develop sustainable, community-led solutions.
• Support the capture of outcomes to evidence impact of the work.

Skills

Community engagement

Volunteer management

Networking

Communication

IT systems

Job description

Join us as a Community Development Co-ordinator at Thirteen Group!

Role Overview

Thirteen Group is on the lookout for a Community Development Co-ordinator (internally known as a Community Connector) to join our Housing and Communities Team

We have big ambitions to ensure our neighbourhoods are great places customers love, and you’ll help us to achieve these aspirations

This is a roaming role, with the majority of your time spent working within your designated locality and communities across the Tees Valley. You’ll attend meetings and work from one of Thirteen’s office locations as required, with occasional opportunities to work from home. As business and team needs can change, you’ll need to be flexible and may be required to attend office locations more frequently when necessary.

Thirteen Ben

• Salary £33,940 per annum.
• Annual leave starting at 28 days and rising to 31 days after three years, a day off for your birthday, plus bank holidays.
• Pension up to 17% contributions (flexible contribution rates of up to 7% colleague and up to 10% employer).
• Simply Health save money on common health expenses and get access to health and wellbeing support services.
• T’dar our Discount and Reward platform giving you huge savings on everyday brands.
• Opportunities to buy and sell annual leave

Key Responsibilities

• Bring to life and help drive our vision of creating resilient, thriving communities where people feel empowered, involved, and proud of where they live
• Using a range of methods, you’ll engage, support, and bring together customers, the community, and stakeholders. Your aim will be to maximise the support and networks available to customers
• Help to identify and create new groups and nurture existing ones. You’ll also support communities at the grass roots level, building local connections and collaborating with like-minded organisations
• Working within the community, you'll utilise and connect individuals to services in the local area. Using your local knowledge, you'll identify gaps in provision and work with the community, stakeholders and funders to develop sustainable solutions which promote resilience
• Support the capture of outcomes so we can evidence the impact of our great work

About You

• Fantastic knowledge and experience of community engagement and working with volunteers. You’ll understand the key issues surrounding regeneration and community resilience
• Motivated to achieve great outcomes for customers, you’ll have a strong track record of building networks and meaningful connections between people and community organisations
• Creative in your approach, you’ll have the skills and experience to develop and drive community-led solutions which promote community resilience
• There’s lots to do to deliver on our ambitions, so you’ll need to be well organised, can work off your own initiative and an excellent communicator
• Confident using IT and a variety of systems

Why Thirteen Group?

We’re more than just a housing association we’re a community builder. As the largest housing association in the North East and among the top 25 nationally, we manage over 34,000 properties.

• Join a team that’s local at heart but welcomes talent from everywhere.
• Be part of an organisation that values diversity and inclusivity.
• Be a part of a company that offers tailored support services, going beyond just housing solutions.

NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES, please.

As part of our hiring process, if you’re successful we’ll need to verify your right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are not a Skilled Worker Sponsoring Employer at this time.