Community Engagement Officer

Location:

Thames Valley

Closing Date:

19 February 2010

Salary:

£9,500 – £11,500 per annum (FTE £19,000 - £23,000 per annum)

£9,500 – £11,500 per annum (FTE £19,000 - £23,000 per annum)

Uxbridge, Fixed-term until 31 March 2011

As an environmental regeneration charity that carries out thousands of individual projects and initiatives each year, Groundwork are changing places and changing lives across the UK.. Groundwork Thames Valley provides management services to the Hillingdon LINk - a Local Involvement Network, set up under statute, to enable local people to play a part in shaping and improving local health and social care services.

You’ll promote the Network’s work, priorities and activities; make sure the public are involved in their development and delivery. Specifically, it’ll see you initiate campaigns to raise awareness of the network and what it’s doing, as well as manage volunteers. Working on events to promote the Network, you’ll manage the logistics such as booking venues and developing publicity materials, and also operate on an outreach basis and via workshops to gather the public’s views.

Able to communicate clearly with everyone from the ‘man on the street’ to local councillors and the Mayor, you’ll have excellent interpersonal and organisation skills. You’ll also be adept at relating to people from different backgrounds, and able to draw on good experience of promotion activities, events and presentations.

In return, we can offer outstanding benefits including a competitive salary, generous annual leave, a contributory pension and the scope to continuing development of your professional skills.

A job application pack can be downloaded from http://www.groundwork-tv.org.uk/ or please contact Helen Coppock, HR & Business Support Manager, Groundwork Thames Valley, Colne Valley Park Centre, Denham Court Drive, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB9 5PG.  Telephone: 01895 839 847.

CV’s will not be accepted. No agencies please.

Closing date: Midday, Monday 22 February 2010.

Interview date: Friday 19 March 2010.