Community Engagement Officer (Employability)

TN United Kingdom; Middlesbrough; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

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Community Engagement Officer (Employability), Middlesbrough

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Client:

Thirteen

Location:

Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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3

Posted:

26.04.2025

Expiry Date:

10.06.2025

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Job Description:

Join us as a Community Engagement Officer at Thirteen Group!

Role Overview:

Thirteen Group is on the lookout for a Community Engagement Officer tojoin our Employability team on a permanent basis

Working as part of our fantastic employability service, you’ll support us to create positive outcomes for people who are not in employment, education or training, as well as anyone looking to change career or find a new job

Thirteen Benefits:

• Salary £25,887 per annum (pay award pending)
• 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:

• You'll be out and about most days speaking with people across the Tees Valley about how our service could help them back into work
• Help to promote the Thirteen Employability Service through active engagement in wider communities
• Create and plan new activities to engage new users of the service
• Undertake initial eligibility checks of potential participants and provide our Employability Caseworkers with a continuous pipeline of new participants
• Working as a member of a wider delivery team with partners, you’ll market our employability programmes at events and other promotional opportunities. Sometimes events may be on evenings and weekends, so you’ll need to be flexible in line with business need

About You:

• Creative in your approach, you’ll have the skills and experience to develop a diverse range of activities and events to bring in new service users
• Ideally, you’ll have experience of liaising with partner organisations and community groups to promote the benefits and opportunities of our employability programmes
• Comfortable engaging with economically inactive members of the community to achieve positive outcomes
• Well organised, can work off your own initiative and an excellent communicator

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.

Interested?

For more details, please refer to the attached documents.

If you’d like to talk more about the role, please contact Phillip Bentham, Employability Team Leader on 07789 923490 for an informal discussion.

NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES, please.

Are You Ready for a Rewarding Challenge?

Join us at Thirteen Group and be a part of our vision to improve lives every day. APPLY NOW and start your journey towards making a meaningful impact in our community!

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.