Job Description

Post:

Community Development & Engagement Officer

Salary:

26,525 per annum

Benefits:

3% pension employer contribution, 32 days annual leave, Cycle to work scheme

Hours

: 35 hours per week working occasional evenings and weekends

Inverclyde Community - Advisory Network

If you are passionate about communities and looking for a rewarding career that makes a difference to people's lives, then we want to hear from you.

Are you looking for a challenge and an exciting opportunity?

Do you have excellent communication and influencing skills?

If the answer is yes, this is a fantastic opportunity for you.

Community Engagement & Development Officer

The post holder will need to be highly organised and efficient with excellent communication and inter-personal skills, including the ability to write reports and speak confidently in public and with vulnerable and socially excluded individuals.

Ideally you will have previous experience of working with communities and a range of agencies, organisations and partnerships at different levels.

We would like to hear from you if you have a passion for engaging with individuals and communities to ensure that people's views are heard including seldom heard voices.

Working in close collaboration with the Executive Officer and staff team you will develop and deliver meaningful community engagement and assets based community development work including communications in accessible, inspiring and engaging ways with a diverse range of audiences.

The post holder will;

Develop, promote and deliver a programme of engagement activity, events and community outreach supporting our objectives. Lead programmes of work to engage and empower local people with a focus on seldom heard communities. Develop and deliver meaningful community engagement, proactively engaging communities and stakeholders through every phase of the Advisory Network project, capturing feedback and share updates with?communities?to keep them informed and involved. Working with other team members, develop and deliver meaningful engagement activities with communities, identifying gaps in provision, influence service improvement and redesign, and help address inequalities. Facilitating, delivering and supporting community capacity building training to volunteers and staff. Create and lead focus groups, surveys, engagement meetings, events to engage and empower local people. Develop meaningful online engagement, including MS Teams and Zoom platforms and social media. Record and analyse community views, reviewing responses and reporting on key messages. Assist in the development of our recording database systems. Analyse, evaluate and evidence effective community engagement activity, providing regular written reports against the outcomes of the project. Work proactively and creatively with communities, partners in developing and promoting an inclusive, compassionate and caring society. Work with our Executive Officer to compile quarterly monitoring and update reports for our Board of Directors and commissioners.
This post involves working with vulnerable adults and on occasions, children, therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service check at an enhanced level.

Person Specification

ESSENTIAL

Experience of working with communities (in either a voluntary or professional capacity). Ability to engage and empower people and collate and analyse feedback in line with outcomes. A track record of strong written and spoken communications skills, including the ability to translate complex papers into accessible 'plain English' formats. Able to take responsibility for organising own work effectively and maintaining accurate records. Understanding of the community engagement developments and policies including community engagement standards and approaches. A track record of producing regular written reports. Ability to deliver capacity building and training programmes. Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office and online communications tools including MS Teams, Zoom and social media channels. Highly organised, able to manage a busy workload and meet deadlines. Able to work flexibly including occasional evenings and weekends.

DESIRABLE

3 or more years' experience of working in a similar role. Community Development qualification. Experience of developing training programmes. Experience of working on successful engagement projects for social change and/or inequalities.

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https://www.yourvoice.org.uk/vacancies

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract

Pay: 26,525.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Cycle to work scheme Free parking On-site parking Sick pay Work from home
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 10/11/2025