Community Assistant
| Posting date: | 28 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £24,790 to £25,992 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 June 2025 |
| Location: | West Bromwich Community Centre, Gayton Road West Bromwich B71 1QS. |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Sandwell Council |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | SAND000008928 |
Summary
The Community Partnership Team are looking to recruit a Community Assistant for 30 hours per week on a Fixed Term Contract for 6 months.
We are looking for a friendly, reliable, and proactive individual for this post based at West Bromwich Community Centre, Gayton Road West Bromwich B71 1QS.
In this hands-on role, you’ll be the welcoming face of the centre, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations.
The duties of the post include:
Dealing with the general public daily.
Working in a small team to ensure the delivery of services at the centre.
Responsibility for health and safety compliance, opening and closing the community centre, taking bookings, setting up rooms for user groups, and clearing.
Some administrative duties and cash handling will also be involved.
About you:
This role requires someone with excellent customer service skills. There is some evening (until 10pm) and weekend working involved and so flexibility is required. The qualification requirements are GCSE English & Maths.
If you enjoy helping others and take pride in keeping things running efficiently, we’d love to hear from you!
Our benefits:
Joining Sandwell Council means becoming part of a supportive and forward-thinking organisation. We offer:
Generous annual leave entitlement, with additional entitlement granted to employees who complete 5 years continuous service with Sandwell or other local authorities.
Access to our Employee Benefits portal which includes discounts on a number of retail locations, gym membership and more.
Salary sacrifice schemes for cars and bikes.
Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
For more information please contact Nick Garratt e-mail nick_garratt@sandwell.gov.uk
We reserve the right to close vacancies prior to their advertised date if we receive a large number of applications. Therefore, you are strongly advised to complete and return your application as soon as possible. When completing your application please refer to the supporting documents attached.
We are looking for a friendly, reliable, and proactive individual for this post based at West Bromwich Community Centre, Gayton Road West Bromwich B71 1QS.
In this hands-on role, you’ll be the welcoming face of the centre, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations.
The duties of the post include:
Dealing with the general public daily.
Working in a small team to ensure the delivery of services at the centre.
Responsibility for health and safety compliance, opening and closing the community centre, taking bookings, setting up rooms for user groups, and clearing.
Some administrative duties and cash handling will also be involved.
About you:
This role requires someone with excellent customer service skills. There is some evening (until 10pm) and weekend working involved and so flexibility is required. The qualification requirements are GCSE English & Maths.
If you enjoy helping others and take pride in keeping things running efficiently, we’d love to hear from you!
Our benefits:
Joining Sandwell Council means becoming part of a supportive and forward-thinking organisation. We offer:
Generous annual leave entitlement, with additional entitlement granted to employees who complete 5 years continuous service with Sandwell or other local authorities.
Access to our Employee Benefits portal which includes discounts on a number of retail locations, gym membership and more.
Salary sacrifice schemes for cars and bikes.
Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
For more information please contact Nick Garratt e-mail nick_garratt@sandwell.gov.uk
We reserve the right to close vacancies prior to their advertised date if we receive a large number of applications. Therefore, you are strongly advised to complete and return your application as soon as possible. When completing your application please refer to the supporting documents attached.
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