Job Title: Community Engagement Officer  

Territory Area: Fylde Borough

Reports To: Community Engagement Manager

Hours: 24 hours part time or 40 hours per week including evenings and weekends

Salary: £22,500 - £24,000 per annum (dependant on experience)

Length of Contract: Permanent

Location: Various locations across the Fylde Borough

Role Summary:

AFC Fylde Community Foundation is recruiting a Community Engagement Officer to join its successful and respected team. The postholder will deliver on community programmes, working closely with the Community Engagement Manager to design, implement and successfully maintain a wide range of services.

Guidance and Authority:

The Community Engagement Officer will report directly to the Community Engagement Manager.

Main Duties:

· Lead on various activity sessions that support the local community.

· Engage and inspire participants in secondary schools through educational programmes.

· Be proactive and constantly seek new opportunities and ways to develop the community engagement department of the Foundation.

· Build and maintain positive working relationships with Fylde Council, Lancashire County Council and other stakeholders across the region including but not limited to those from underrepresented groups.

· Support the Community Engagement Manager to identify emerging needs and potential delivery requirements across the community including anti-social behaviour and health programmes.

· Deliver one-to-one mentoring support ensuring suitable pathways are available for beneficiaries to reach their potential.

· Collect and collate the required monitoring and evaluation information, ensuring it is recorded using the appropriate system in a timely and accurate manner.

· Be a flexible member of the AFC Fylde Community Foundation team and when requested assist in the delivery of other projects and activities including evenings and weekends.

Health and Safety:

· Fully endorse, demonstrate, and carry out the Foundation’s health and safety policy.

· Ensure all services and activities are correctly monitored with the appropriate risk assessments and health and safety procedures put in place.

· Comply with all group policies and statutory regulations relating to health and safety, safe working practices, hygiene, cleanliness, fire and COSHH. This will include your awareness of any specific hazards in your workplace and assist if required with the amending of risk assessments periodically.

· Have a full knowledge of procedures for evacuation with regards to fire safety.

· Identify and report maintenance requirements or hazards within the workplace and encourage any workforce to do the same to avoid injury.

Safeguarding: 

· The Foundation is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to endorse this commitment.

· The employee must act to protect all young people and vulnerable adults that are in their care or attending the group’s premises. The employee must report any misconduct or suspected misconduct to the Foundation Chief Executive Officer.

General:

· Co-operate fully with colleagues and be flexible when assisting them in response to business needs of the Foundation.

· Ensure a positive commitment towards equality and diversity by treating others fairly and not committing any form of direct or indirect discrimination, victimisation, or harassment of any description and to promote positive working relations amongst employees and customers.

· The above job description is not intended to be exhaustive; the duties and responsibilities may therefore vary over time according to the changing needs of the group.

Person Specification

Job Review

The job description will be reviewed periodically to consider changes and developments in service requirements. Any changes will be discussed fully with the post holder in advance.

Signature of Post holder: ………………………..……   Date: …………………

Signature of Manager: …………………………………  Date: ……………….…