Community Involvement Partner

About the role…

Are you passionate about Community Involvement in shaping services? We have an exciting post to help support Community Involvement in shaping Trivallis as an organisation to excel as both a housing mutual and a catalyst for community development.

Our approach to Community Involvement is strength based, where we believe:

• EVERY person has worth, with strengths and gifts that matter.
• Communities know themselves best and people are experts in their own lives.
• Relationships drive community development and change happens at the pace of trust.
• Listening and really hearing people and communities leads to the best solutions.
• We must aim to be complementary and supplementary to what people and communities can and want to do for themselves and then we must aim do what matters when it matters.
• By collaborating with others, we can realise meaningful outcomes that are determined by people and communities.

About Us…

Trivallis is proud to be a community housing mutual in Rhondda Cynon Taf and Cardiff Bay. We aspire to be even more ‘community-led’, with even greater levels of active Community Involvement. We are one of the largest housing associations in Wales and provide 10,000 homes and a diverse range of services to our residents, their families, and communities. However, we want to be even more anchored in our communities and to collaborate with the amazing people in our neighbourhoods working to make a positive difference every day.

We have a vision of ‘prosperous people and places’ and we as an organisation understand the importance of looking after our employees. Our workforce are dedicated to reach this vision through ensuring Trivallis is a great place to work and live.

Are you looking for a career where you can make a real difference to the quality of people’s lives and our services? Come and join Trivallis on this exciting journey.

Our approach to everything we do is underpinned by four core values:

• Kind
• Inclusive
• Progressive
• Trustworthy

About you…

• Friendly, kind, positive and encouraging in your approach to working with everyone.
• Detailed understanding of and personal commitment to the principles of “Asset Based Community Development” and Trivallis Values.
• Practical experience of working in a community development role applying the principles and demonstrating outcomes
• Ability to continuously develop your knowledge and expertise within  Community Development, and become increasingly expert within the organisation.
• Naturally able to see the strengths in every person you meet.
• Ability to train, coach and mentor colleagues in the techniques of community development and able to inspire colleagues to adopt the approach
• Curious and creative in your approach to working with people and communities.
• Self-aware and supportive in an empowering way for individuals and communities, avoiding any 'disabling' or undermining approach.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills.

What you’ll be responsible for…

• Supporting tenants / community members to get as involved as they want to be in shaping, improving and developing services across Trivallis.
• Actively promoting and embracing the diversification of tenant representation at all levels and actively assessing the impact of Community Involvement and development activities on equality and diversity of inclusion.
• Supporting the facilitation of the co-design of and development of benefits to involvement.
• Working with colleagues to support staff and board members at all levels to actively embrace tenant involvement in the design, development, delivery and evaluation of Trivallis activities.
• Working with the Head of Service to get along side other Trivallis Teams to facilitate a “whole organisation” approach to Community Involvement so that all departments are able to fully embrace and support meaningful tenant participation.
• Working with the Communications Team to promote activities and shine a light on achievements and impact of Involved Tenants.
• Thinking sustainability from the outset and building a sustainable infrastructure and support for meaningful involvement.

Benefits...

We are committed to ensuring Trivallis is a great place to work. We are constantly reviewing the benefits that we offer to our workforce. As well as aiming to achieve a positive culture we offer a competitive pay and benefits package, some of which are listed below:

• A generous 30-day annual leave entitlement.
• Local Government Defined Pension scheme, with an Employer contribution of 16.2% of salary
• Health shield cash back plan for you and your family.
• Flexible working.
• Learning and development programme where we invest in your personal development.
• Opportunity to be involved in facilitating the diversity and inclusivity across Trivallis.

The successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check.

How to apply...

If you’re interested in applying for this role, then check out the Role Profile and see if you’ve got the principles, values, skills, experience and knowledge we’re looking for. Further information is available at:

• Trivallis Website

The closing date for receipt of applications is midnight 21st April

1st Stage Interviews 29th April

2nd Stage Interviews 7th May

For an informal discussion about the posts you are very welcome to call Jen O’Hara Jakeway. Please e-mail Jen.OHaraJakeway@trivallis.co.uk to arrange.