Community Development and Cohesion Worker

Connected Local Government; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government organization is seeking two experienced Community Development and Cohesion Workers in Tees Valley to support community initiatives. This rewarding role requires excellent numeracy and literacy skills and a clean driving license. Successful candidates will collaborate with diverse partners to enhance community resilience, promoting shared values. The position is fixed-term until 31.03.2027. If you have a passion for community engagement, this could be the opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with people and groups using community engagement skills.
• Knowledge of Resilience and Cohesion.
• Full UK driving license with proof of business insurance.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of activities and initiatives throughout Middlesbrough.
• Encourage and support residents to become more resilient.
• Promote shared social and cultural values.

Skills

Community engagement skills

Collaboration with partner agencies

Understanding of resilience and cohesion

Education

Five GCSEs at C or above

Job description

We have an exciting role on offer within our Neighbourhoods team as a Community Development and Cohesion Worker.

Middlesbrough Neighbourhoods are seeking to recruit two experienced Community Development and Cohesion workers to support the delivery of a range of activities and initiatives throughout Middlesbrough.

The position will play an integral role working across Middlesbrough encouraging and supporting residents to become more resilient, developing a better understanding of each other by promoting shared social and cultural values, delivering key outcomes related to community cohesion and resilience.

To be successful in this role you need 3. Excellent standard of numeracy and literacy (Five GCSEs at C or above), and a full UK, clean driving license with proof of business insurance.

The successful candidates will work alongside statutory, voluntary, and community partners. It’s about helping communities genuinely come together, promoting, and constructing a vision of British values large enough for everyone to fit in.

Being a Community Development and Cohesion Worker can be extremely rewarding. If you have experience of working with people and groups using community engagement skills, have worked with a range of partner agencies and knowledge of Resilience and Cohesion then this could be the opportunity for you!

If this is you, this may be the opportunity you are looking for!

Please note this job is fixed term until 31.03.2027.

If you would like to talk through this opportunity further, please contact, Jolande Mace, Strategic Cohesion and Migration Manager at [e-mail] or call 01642 729523.

To apply lease click the Apply Now link below.