Family Hub Coordinator

Coventry City Council; Coventry; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in the UK is seeking motivated individuals for a role in family support aimed at improving health and education outcomes for children aged pre-birth to 5 years. Responsibilities include managing a team, delivering targeted interventions, and collaborating with community partners. This role requires strong relationship-building skills and a commitment to inclusive practices. Join us to make a lasting impact in our communities.

Benefits

Fantastic rewards and benefits package

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and motivated to build effective relationships.
• Ability to view child life through a holistic family approach.
• Experience in delivering community-based services.

Responsibilities

• Deliver interventions for children aged pre-birth to 5 years.
• Manage a team to ensure targeted support for families.
• Collaborate with partner organizations for inclusive services.

Skills

Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills

Experience in managing teams

Commitment to inclusive practice

Passion for early years development

Job description

Our Values

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.

Our Values are:

• Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

What is the job role?

Are you passionate about supporting children and families? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

Coventry delivers services through the Family Hubs and Start for Life Programme, aiming to improve health and education outcomes for babies, children, and their families. This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of a dynamic team committed to early help and integrated support to:

• Deliver interventions and activities for children aged pre-birth to 5 years within the Family Hub Framework.
• Work collaboratively with partner organisations, local communities, and residents to ensure the Family Hub offer is inclusive and accessible.
• Lead and manage a team to plan, deliver, and monitor services and activities, ensuring targeted support reaches families with the greatest need.
• Promote and maintain effective partnership working with internal and external stakeholders.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of a local integrated early help offer, achieving better outcomes for children, young people, and their families.

All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.

Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Who are we looking for?

We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated individuals who can build effective relationships with children, young people, families, and partners. You will be able to view the life of a child through the lens of a whole family approach, ensuring that support is holistic and impactful.

What are are looking for:

• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Experience in managing teams and delivering community-based services.
• A commitment to inclusive practice and reducing social exclusion.
• A passion for early years development and family support.

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.

Interview date: 11th November 2025

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.
At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies