Community Engagement Officer - Play Project (Part-Time Role)

Community Engagement Officer (part-time role)

The Organisation

Our client is now looking for a Community Engagement Officer to join their team on a part-time basis, working 28.5 hours per week for a two-year fixed term contract. Our client offers flexibility over the amount of days worked.

Please note, for advertising purposes, this role is called a Community Engagement Officer - Play Project, the actual job title is Play Officer.

The Benefits

- Salary of £30,701 - £35,000 per annum (£24,304.96 to £27,708.33 for 28.5 hours per week, per annum), depending on experience
- 26 days' annual leave (pro rata) plus public holidays
- Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
- Hybrid/agile working options
- Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan
- Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
- Learning and development opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme
- Offices in a beautiful location

This is an exciting opportunity for a children, young people and family professional with experience of developing play schemes and activities and engaging London’s underserved communities to join our client’s organisation.

If you want to help shape the future of our client’s access and engagement work in some of the Capital’s most treasured locations, apply today!

The Role

As a Community Engagement Officer, you will continue the work of our client’s Project, identifying, engaging and building relationships with families who are underserved by the organisation.

Reporting to the Access and Engagement Manager, you will help build a thorough understanding of the challenges local families face, identifying gaps in provision and opportunities through outreach work, co-created resources, nature play sessions, and events.

You will create meaningful opportunities for children of all abilities and build a legacy of sustainable play provision.

Additionally, you will:

- Build on relationships with grassroots organisations serving local families
- Deliver listening workshops with families to better understand their needs and interests
- Contribute to our client’s visitor research programme
- Help recruit and co-ordinate volunteers to support programme delivery
- Promote the Project with Communications and Marketing teams

About You

To be considered as a Community Engagement Officer, you will need:

- Experience developing and delivering outdoor Play Projects and activities for children, young people and families
- Experience engaging London’s underserved communities and delivering play activities to improve access to and participation with the outdoors
- Experience monitoring and evaluating project impact
- An understanding of Health & Safety, safeguarding children, young people and adults
- Excellent communication and listening skills

Our client wants to put everyone in the best possible position to succeed and use Recite-me accessibility software. At the top of the application page, there is an “Accessibility Tools” button which you can use to complete the application form in a way that works for you. If you think that you may need more support to complete our client’s application process, please do get in touch.

Other organisations may call this role Project Officer, Access and Engagement Officer, Partnerships and Community Engagement Officer, Public Engagement Officer, or Project Management Officer.

Our client is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. They value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. Our client believes that the more inclusive they are, the better their work will be.

So, if you are interested in this unique opportunity as a Community Engagement Officer, please apply via the button shown. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.