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SalaryHelping Devon and Cornwall become a better place to live. Together.
"I love working with a variety of volunteers, who are all passionate about community health and well-being, crime prevention and supporting our vulnerable residents” – Association Lead
“Neighbourhood Watch enabled me to connect with my neighbours and we are now great friends” – Coordinator.
Are you looking for a role with huge variety where no day is the same? Are you able to inspire a team of brilliant volunteers? Do you have project lead experience and are looking for the next step in your career?
If you answered yes to these then we have the perfect opportunity for you.
Your role
The Community Project Manager is a critical role working closely with partners and volunteers to strengthen the Watch movements in designated areas across Devon and Cornwall. The role will play a key role in identifying, maintaining, and improving the current membership of Watch schemes and recruiting, supporting and developing the implementation of our Community Safety Charter,
Our development role is full of variety, and every day is different! From generating and processing new schemes to training our wonderful volunteer team you’ll find every day challenging but extremely rewarding. You will have relevant experience in volunteer management but a great attitude and willingness to learn is just as important.
About you
As Community Project Manager you’ll be passionate about supporting communities to be better-connected and have a love of getting the best out of volunteers. You’ll be looking for a development role as the next step in your career and be comfortable working closely with the team and partners. You’ll be a dedicated team player with a strong work ethic, a great attention to detail, solid IT skills and a creative eye for attracting a wider scope of membership. We ask you demonstrate an appreciation of Neighbourhood Watch’s values and ambition of achieving 5-year strategy.
About working in our team
Our small team supports the volunteers in our communities that are the face of our charity, run by a dedicated, creative, and passionate bunch of superstars. Focusing on creating sustainable safer environments for area in which they live and work, engaging with local communities and leading our volunteers to deliver a great experience.
Term - Fixed term till 31st March 2025 with likely extension
Hours - 22.5 hours per week
Location – 3 days a week based remotely or in the community.
Salary - £18,000 (0.6 FTE - pro rated from a salary of £30,000 per year)
Neighbourhood Watch benefits
We encourage everyone to bring their individuality to work and embrace our values of being neighbourly, community-focused, inclusive, proactive, trusted, and collaborative.
We believe hard work deserves reward and recognition and offer a wide range of benefits including:
- Up to 25 days annual leave pro rated
- Flexible working (where we can)
- Company pension
- Excellent support and career development
- Wellbeing incentives like the cycle to work scheme, and much more.
If you want to help us support Watch membership across our project areas in Devon and Cornwall and feel that you have the drive and ambition to join us on this journey, we'd love to hear from you. Apply Today! Application closing date midday: 7th July 2024
Who are we at Neighbourhood Watch?
Neighbourhood Watch is a grassroots charitable movement. It is England and Wales's largest crime prevention voluntary movement and has upwards of 2.3 million household members. Schemes are run by volunteers across England and Wales supported by volunteer Associations and Neighbourhood Watch Network, the national umbrella organisation for the movement.
