Community Engagement Coordinator
| Posting date: | 23 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,000-£27,000 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 February 2026 |
| Location: | Huddersfield, HD2 1YY |
| Company: | Huddersfield Town Foundation |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 14 |
Summary
Job Advert
We are seeking a purpose-driven Community Engagement Coordinator to deliver the Foundation’s charitable programmes across
Community Engagement. This role is key in supporting young people and adults at risk in Kirklees—ensuring our community can GROW
through learning and opportunity, BELONG through connection and inclusion, and THRIVE through improved wellbeing.
The post holder will deliver activities on the Foundation’s Premier League Inspires (in secondary schools), Premier League Kicks
(in community-based youth club settings) and GOALS: Gain Opportunities and Life Skills (in HMP New Hall) programmes. They will
also deliver across a variety of projects within the Foundation’s ‘Belong’ Pillar, including but not limited to: Care Leavers
Football, Twinning Project, GOALS in the Community, Million Hours and PEAK (Positive Engagement Against Knives). The Community
Engagement Coordinator will capture qualitative and quantitative data relevant to the programme and its monitoring and evaluation
requirements, through agreed processes with the Community Engagement Manager, who will be the post-holder’s line manager.
The post holder must be well-organised with the ability to plan and deliver engaging and impactful sessions and interventions that
are relevant to the participants and the overarching aims of the Foundation’s Community & Connection Pillar projects. They must be
passionate about working with young people and adults at risk to realise their potential.
The post holder will also have line management responsibility of Casual Community Coaches working on the Premier League Kicks
programme.
This role reflects our commitment to growth and impact. With a team of 24 staff and a turnover of £1.2m, the Foundation is
entering a new chapter. The Board has ambitious plans, and we need resilient, imaginative, and values-led team members to help us
deliver on our mission to empower OUR TOWN to thrive.
Please click on the job pack for further details of this role, and how to apply.
Closing date: Monday 9th February at midday.
Safeguarding
Huddersfield Town Association Football Club (HTAFC) Ltd and the Huddersfield Town Foundation are committed to safeguarding and
promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The role of Community Engagement Coordinator may include regulated activity, and the supervision of and working with children and
young people or vulnerable adults; therefore, the post holder will require an Enhanced Criminal Records Check (CRC) through the
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and clearance for work in football by the FA.
Applicants must disclose all previous convictions including spent convictions in accordance with the associated legislation.
The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provide that when applying for
certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be
disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice, NACRO or Unlock
websites.
The post holder will also be required to undergo safeguarding training, to be agreed with the Designated Safeguarding Manager.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Huddersfield Town AFC and the Huddersfield Town Foundation are diverse environments in which we respect all characteristics under
the Equality Act 2010; we want everyone to feel valued and included within the Club and Foundation and to be able to achieve their
full potential.
We are seeking a purpose-driven Community Engagement Coordinator to deliver the Foundation’s charitable programmes across
Community Engagement. This role is key in supporting young people and adults at risk in Kirklees—ensuring our community can GROW
through learning and opportunity, BELONG through connection and inclusion, and THRIVE through improved wellbeing.
The post holder will deliver activities on the Foundation’s Premier League Inspires (in secondary schools), Premier League Kicks
(in community-based youth club settings) and GOALS: Gain Opportunities and Life Skills (in HMP New Hall) programmes. They will
also deliver across a variety of projects within the Foundation’s ‘Belong’ Pillar, including but not limited to: Care Leavers
Football, Twinning Project, GOALS in the Community, Million Hours and PEAK (Positive Engagement Against Knives). The Community
Engagement Coordinator will capture qualitative and quantitative data relevant to the programme and its monitoring and evaluation
requirements, through agreed processes with the Community Engagement Manager, who will be the post-holder’s line manager.
The post holder must be well-organised with the ability to plan and deliver engaging and impactful sessions and interventions that
are relevant to the participants and the overarching aims of the Foundation’s Community & Connection Pillar projects. They must be
passionate about working with young people and adults at risk to realise their potential.
The post holder will also have line management responsibility of Casual Community Coaches working on the Premier League Kicks
programme.
This role reflects our commitment to growth and impact. With a team of 24 staff and a turnover of £1.2m, the Foundation is
entering a new chapter. The Board has ambitious plans, and we need resilient, imaginative, and values-led team members to help us
deliver on our mission to empower OUR TOWN to thrive.
Please click on the job pack for further details of this role, and how to apply.
Closing date: Monday 9th February at midday.
Safeguarding
Huddersfield Town Association Football Club (HTAFC) Ltd and the Huddersfield Town Foundation are committed to safeguarding and
promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The role of Community Engagement Coordinator may include regulated activity, and the supervision of and working with children and
young people or vulnerable adults; therefore, the post holder will require an Enhanced Criminal Records Check (CRC) through the
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and clearance for work in football by the FA.
Applicants must disclose all previous convictions including spent convictions in accordance with the associated legislation.
The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provide that when applying for
certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be
disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice, NACRO or Unlock
websites.
The post holder will also be required to undergo safeguarding training, to be agreed with the Designated Safeguarding Manager.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Huddersfield Town AFC and the Huddersfield Town Foundation are diverse environments in which we respect all characteristics under
the Equality Act 2010; we want everyone to feel valued and included within the Club and Foundation and to be able to achieve their
full potential.