Community Engagement and Insight Officer | Oldham

Action Together; Oldham; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A local charity in Oldham seeks a Community Engagement and Insight Officer to drive community-led change through data analysis and insights. The candidate will work closely with community organisations to gather and use insights for strategic development, aiming to tackle poverty and health inequalities. This fixed-term role offers competitive salary and flexible working options, ensuring a diverse and inclusive application process.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Membership of SimplyHealth

Ongoing professional development

Cycle and tech loan schemes

26 days holiday (increasing with service)

Employer Supported Volunteering

Pension scheme with 6% employer contribution

Qualifications

• Ability to analyse complex information and communicate it clearly.
• Experience in community engagement and data-driven change.
• Strong understanding of social justice and health inequalities.

Responsibilities

• Support community organisations with data gathering and insights.
• Lead engagement projects with community members.
• Develop systems to capture and analyse community data.

Skills

Analytical skills

Creativity

Communication

Networking

Data analysis

Understanding of community sector

Job description

Do you want to work for a dynamic, creative, fast-paced charity?

At Action Together we see the amazing things people achieve when they work together to make the lives of others better. If you share our values: believe it’s possible, strengthen others, and be true, we’d love you to consider joining our team.

Community Engagement and Insight Officer (Oldham)

The role

Our Systems Change and Engagement team works to address the root causes of poverty and inequalities and recognise and support Community Power through enabling collaboration, campaigning, voice and influence.

Within our Systems Change and Engagement team, this role will be dedicated to strengthening our approach to gathering and using community insight and data to inform our work and influence strategic decision-making.

You will have a wide-ranging remit around influencing change through community-led data, research and insight. This will include the co-design and implementation of engagement projects with community organisations and citizens who are passionate about influencing change.

You will work closely with our members to support them to gather and use insight from our communities, making community data and insight accessible and supporting groups to turn ideas into action.

Finally, you will support the development of systems to capture data and insight across Action Together’s work, analysing and reporting on what we learn, to ensure community insight leads to tangible change.

The ideal candidate for this role will be someone who…

• Brings together analytical, creative and relational talents.
• Can work flexibly and creatively, confident both analysing data and facilitating communities to turn ideas into action.
• Can make sense of complex information, analyse data and communicate it accessibly to generate learning and action.
• Is driven by social justice and addressing the root causes of health inequalities and wider systemic issues faced by local communities.
• Is rooted in community and understands the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise Sector.
• Is a networker and can easily build strong, trusting relationships with people and organisations.
• Is an excellent communicator and effective in producing reports and presentations to a wide variety of audiences.

In order to ensure equity of opportunity, Action Together offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate meeting the essential criteria as listed in the person specification who identifies as a disabled person. Further information and instructions can be found in section 7 of the application form.

Please note, the successful candidates will be required to undertake a basic Disclosure and barring Service (DBS) check. A positive Disclosure of Offences will not automatically bar an applicant from being appointed and suitable applicants will not be refused employment because of offences that are not relevant.

At Action Together we value diversity, promote equity and challenge discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We are committed to ensuring that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race.

Action Together is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and vulnerable adults with whom we work. We expect all of our employees to demonstrate this commitment.

Application Instructions

To apply for this role please download all of the documents in the "Recruitment pack" section above and submit your completed application form to [e-mail] by the advertised deadline and with the subject “confidential, job application”.

Postal applications can also be considered and these should be sent to:
HR Team
Action Together
80 Union Street
Oldham
OL1 1DJ

Job Information

• Locations: Hybrid, Oldham
• Salary: £32,061- £36,363 per annum
• NJC: Grade 6 SP 19 to SO1 SP25
• Working Hours: Full-Time
• Role Type: Fixed term
• Closing Date: 26 January 2026@ 09:00am
• Anticipated Interview Date (week commencing): 12 February 2026
• Contact Name: HR Team
• Contact Information: If you have any questions please contact a member of the HR team on 0161 339 2345
• Flexible Working Options: FlexitimeRemote Working
• Would You Consider a Job Share: No
• Would You Consider a Secondment: No
• Employee Benefits:
  • Flexible working opportunities
  • Membership of SimplyHealth which pays a contribution towards the costs of visiting the dentist, opticians, and physiotherapy as well as access to counselling services
  • Ongoing professional development
  • Cycle and tech loan schemes
  • 26 days holiday per year (increasing with length of service up to 31 days per year) plus bank holidays
  • Employer Supported Volunteering
  • Pension scheme - with 6% employer contribution