Community Development Officer

All Locations; Ledbury; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Ledbury Town Council is seeking a Community Development Officer to strengthen community participation and support town-led activity in Ledbury. The role focuses on building relationships with organisations, residents and partner agencies to deliver social wellbeing and civic life initiatives.

The role involves supporting council events, helping organisations access funding, encouraging volunteering, and assisting with risk assessments and communications.

Qualifications

• Experience working with community organisations or voluntary groups.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to coordinate projects and events, and work independently.

Responsibilities

• Develop positive relationships with community organisations, volunteers and partners.
• Support planning and delivery of Council and community events.
• Help local organisations identify funding opportunities and develop projects.
• Encourage volunteering, partnership working and community participation.
• Assist with event management plans and risk assessments.
• Promote community initiatives through newsletters and digital channels.
• Support administration of the Council's community grants programme when required.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Relationship building

Project coordination

Flexibility

Job description

We are seeking an enthusiastic and approachable Community Development Officer to help strengthen community participation and support community-led activity across the town. This is a varied and rewarding role for someone who enjoys building relationships, bringing people together and helping ideas develop into successful projects. Working with community organisations, voluntary groups, residents and partner agencies, you will encourage collaboration and support initiatives that contribute to the social wellbeing and civic life of Ledbury. The role will include:

• Developing positive relationships with community organisations, volunteers and partner agencies.
• Supporting the planning and delivery of Council and community events.
• Helping local organisations identify funding opportunities and develop projects.
• Encouraging volunteering, partnership working and community participation.
• Assisting with event management plans and risk assessments.
• Promoting community initiatives through newsletters, digital channels and other Council communications.
• Supporting the administration of the Council's community grants programme when required.

We are looking for someone with experience of working with community organisations, voluntary groups or partnership projects. You will need excellent communication and organisational skills, the ability to coordinate projects and events, and the confidence to work independently as well as part of a team. The successful applicant must be able to work flexibly, including occasional evenings and weekends when required. Experience of local government or the voluntary sector would be helpful, as would knowledge of grant funding, event risk assessments and data protection requirements.