Community Empowerment and Engagement Officer - 12195_1762855436
| Posting date: | 11 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £39,129.00 to £46,023.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 November 2025 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, EH88BG |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | The City of Edinburgh Council |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 12195_1762855436 |
Summary
Community Empowerment and Engagement officer - fixed term until 31/12/2026
Waverley Court
Salary: £39,129-£46,023
Hours: 36 per week
we are looking to recruit a dynamic, motivated individual to join the Community empowerment and engagement service - within the Place Directorate in CEC -this officer will work within a small team and will work with key partners to build and develop relationships, to support local empowerment and engagement and to develop community capacity across the city-Partners will include community centres, community organisations, third sector and local community planning structures.- This role will provide an interesting and varied position for someone who is experienced and skilled at working with people from a wide range of backgrounds -the successful applicant will have good organisational and communication skills and be educated to a degree level
This post is subject to a basic disclosure check.
We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.
To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our">https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/behaviours">Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
Happy to talk flexible working.
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