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Community Engagement Officer
| Posting date: | 18 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | £33,945.00 to £36,648.00 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 June 2024 |
| Location: | Luton, Bedfordshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Luton Council |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | LBC03148 |
Summary
About the job
Salary: £33,945 - £36,648 a year pro rata
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Fixed term until 31st March 2026
Are you looking for an exciting role within a successful Parks and Countryside Service? This role could be for you!
We are looking for someone to create and deliver a community activity programme to support the Wardown Park National Lottery Heritage Fund Project to restore Wardown Park Lake and its natural heritage. The role will include a blend of hands-on community engagement work and include effective marketing and promotion of the programme to grow existing and new audiences.
You will also be responsible for planning an interesting programme to encourage engagement with the park’s heritage, biodiversity, and wildlife and provide work plans, guidance, support, training and supervision to project team members and volunteers to ensure quality project delivery.
Please note this role does not attract sponsorship.
About you
We are looking for someone with demonstrable knowledge of the Parks and Greenspace sector and with good knowledge of the heritage sector, nature conservation and key government and sector policy relevant to the role.
You’ll need to be an effective communicator and team player with experience of working with local communities and stakeholder groups and develop and maintain positive relationships with delivery partners and key stakeholders.
The role requires you to work flexibly to meet the requirements of the programme this may include attending evening and weekend events and meetings.
We do ask that you have an understanding of safeguarding and a commitment to creating a safe and welcoming environment.
This is a public facing role so you’ll need to show off your fluency in speaking and writing English
About us
Our ambitious Luton 2040 Vision – that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty – is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed and passionate about serving our residents.
The people of Luton depend heavily on this council – and that means our workforce! Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision?
Benefits
We offer a range of excellent staff benefits which include:
- From 25 to 32 days’ annual leave: linked to length of service and grade
- Buying annual leave scheme: buy up to 20 days additional annual leave
- Career Pathways: step up in your career or move into a specialist area
- Pension scheme: with generous employer contributions of up to 20.2 per cent (at July 2023) and 3x salary death in service grant
- Generous relocation package: up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility)
- Employee Assistance Programme: a free, 24/7 confidential counselling and wellbeing support service available to all employees, their partner or spouse and dependent children over 16 still living at home
- Work/life balance: flexible working options including working from home where possible. We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements including part-time hours and alternative working patterns
- Training and support: unlimited access to development courses, mentoring and support and clear career pathways
- Staff offers: includes discounts on your MOT, gym and fitness, restaurants and salons
- Arriva Travel Club: great value savings on local bus travel
How to apply
We understand that job applications take time and effort, but a high-quality application shows that you are professional with a good attention to detail. The recruiting manager may receive a number of applications for each job advertised so you want yours to stand out!
Salary: £33,945 - £36,648 a year pro rata
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Fixed term until 31st March 2026
Are you looking for an exciting role within a successful Parks and Countryside Service? This role could be for you!
We are looking for someone to create and deliver a community activity programme to support the Wardown Park National Lottery Heritage Fund Project to restore Wardown Park Lake and its natural heritage. The role will include a blend of hands-on community engagement work and include effective marketing and promotion of the programme to grow existing and new audiences.
You will also be responsible for planning an interesting programme to encourage engagement with the park’s heritage, biodiversity, and wildlife and provide work plans, guidance, support, training and supervision to project team members and volunteers to ensure quality project delivery.
Please note this role does not attract sponsorship.
About you
We are looking for someone with demonstrable knowledge of the Parks and Greenspace sector and with good knowledge of the heritage sector, nature conservation and key government and sector policy relevant to the role.
You’ll need to be an effective communicator and team player with experience of working with local communities and stakeholder groups and develop and maintain positive relationships with delivery partners and key stakeholders.
The role requires you to work flexibly to meet the requirements of the programme this may include attending evening and weekend events and meetings.
We do ask that you have an understanding of safeguarding and a commitment to creating a safe and welcoming environment.
This is a public facing role so you’ll need to show off your fluency in speaking and writing English
About us
Our ambitious Luton 2040 Vision – that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty – is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed and passionate about serving our residents.
The people of Luton depend heavily on this council – and that means our workforce! Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision?
Benefits
We offer a range of excellent staff benefits which include:
- From 25 to 32 days’ annual leave: linked to length of service and grade
- Buying annual leave scheme: buy up to 20 days additional annual leave
- Career Pathways: step up in your career or move into a specialist area
- Pension scheme: with generous employer contributions of up to 20.2 per cent (at July 2023) and 3x salary death in service grant
- Generous relocation package: up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility)
- Employee Assistance Programme: a free, 24/7 confidential counselling and wellbeing support service available to all employees, their partner or spouse and dependent children over 16 still living at home
- Work/life balance: flexible working options including working from home where possible. We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements including part-time hours and alternative working patterns
- Training and support: unlimited access to development courses, mentoring and support and clear career pathways
- Staff offers: includes discounts on your MOT, gym and fitness, restaurants and salons
- Arriva Travel Club: great value savings on local bus travel
How to apply
We understand that job applications take time and effort, but a high-quality application shows that you are professional with a good attention to detail. The recruiting manager may receive a number of applications for each job advertised so you want yours to stand out!
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