Community Activity Co-ordinator - 37.5 hrs - £24300 p.a

A unique and outstanding 

Community Hub

Centre4 was established in 1995 to support the ongoing regeneration of Grimsby and North East Lincolnshire.

Our modern, Wootton Road Community Hub puts an array of activities and services at your fingertips, whether you are looking to squeeze in a workout at our Community Gym, reduce your weekly shopping bills at the Community Shop or get access to practical help and support for a variety of issues, then our team is here to help.

The Centre4 team is on hand to provide free and friendly support about benefits, debt and money management, housing, employment and much more. Many of our services stretch beyond our Centre and we can deliver services throughout North East Lincolnshire and surrounding areas.

Our Vision

Support and enable the communities of North East Lincolnshire and surrounding areas to thrive and live happier, lives.

We are a value led organisation and remain committed to being: 

• Compassionate - We will care, show kindness, and a willingness to help others in all that we do.
• Honest - We will be honest, truthful, open and sincere to others, everyone we work with and for.  We will do what we say we will do.
• Inclusive – We will admire, value our communities, our staff and volunteers challenging oppression valuing the diversity of our communities.
• Empowering – We will support others to achieve their aspirations and to be stronger.  We will involve community members in all aspects of service planning.

Our revised 5 Pillars of our Strategic Plan 2023-2028 will include:

1. Children, young people and families 
2. Health and Wellbeing including advice and guidance 
3. Community engagement, education and employability
4. Financial sustainability and human resources 
5. Facilities and Centre4 Community Hub, including the development of our community assets

Job Description

Community Activities Co-ordinator

The Role 

You will be responsible for collaborating with our community and partners to develop and deliver a programme of community activities. The programme will be shaped on what the community tell us about the kind of activities they’d like to take part in. Active participation of our community is a given.

This will involve the development of new partnerships whilst maintaining existing partnerships, planning and delivering all activities to a high standard ensuring maximum impact in the community.

You will need to be confident, quick thinking and comfortable in taking a leading role on delivery of community activity programmes, often having to take the lead on provision with large groups of participants. You will be responsible for recruiting, inducting and supervising volunteers involved in supporting community activities. The activity programme will involve days, evenings and weekends.

You will work closely with the Director of Community Engagement and team, ensuring all activities are planned meticulously; achieving all requirements set out by our partner organisations, funders and stakeholders, whilst continuing to build relationships with other organisations across North East Lincolnshire.

Accountable to: Director, Community Engagement, Education and Employability 

Accountable for: successful delivery of community project outcomes

Salary: £24,300 

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Place of work: Centre4, 17 Wootton Road, Grimsby, DN33 1HE (required to work out in community settings across North East Lincolnshire as needed)

Annual leave: 21 days/year plus bank holidays pro rata 

Benefits: Health scheme, Community Shop, on site café, free car parking, low cost gym access, work-based savings scheme

Criteria/How Measured/Rank

Relevant and significant experience within a community engagement and delivery of community activities role A/I – E

Project development and management  A/I – E

Understanding of current issues that are affecting the local community – A/I – E

Working with and supervising volunteers A/I – E

Qualifications and Special 

Knowledge

Good knowledge of delivering activity programmes in the community A/I – E

Relevant qualification in community engagement/development and its impact A/I – E

Five GCSEs at Grade C or above – A - E

Sound knowledge of robust safeguarding practice and duties A/I – E

Experience and commitment to GDPR and confidentiality procedures A/I – E

Good understanding of developing and maintaining partnerships A/I – E

Broad knowledge of barriers that members of the community may face A/I – E

Skills and Abilities

Excellent ICT Skills – particularly Microsoft Office and a willingness to embed all practice in digital functions A – E

Ability to work within partnerships and multi-agency programmes – A/I - E

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills – I - E

Ability to work with limited supervision and to use   own initiative A - E

Ability to work effectively as part of a team to achieve organisational objectives A/I - E

Ability to set and prioritise objectives A/I – E

Ability to recognise when to seek support and advice A/I - E

Ability to recognise and exploit all opportunities A/I - E

Ability to plan, deliver and evaluate activities A/I – E

Ability to supervise volunteers

Be an advocate for the values of Centre4 A – E

Promote Centre4’s commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, safeguarding, health and safety and confidentiality I - E

Cooperative approach to working within Centre4 and with all stakeholders A/I – E

Open approach to working that seeks opportunity and inspires ingenuity A/I - E

Honesty and integrity A – E

Robust understanding of practice that works inclusively and a commitment to upholding equality and diversity principles. A/I - E

Car driver and access to transport to deliver and monitor community activities in the area A - E

Ability to work flexibly, where some evening and weekend work may be required  A - E

Willingness to access training and development opportunities  A/I – E

Right to work in the UK – A - E

Codes: A = application I = Interview E = essential D = desirable

Equal Opportunities

Centre4 is committed to equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion in its recruitment and employment practices, as such we welcome applicants regardless of race, sexuality, gender, religion, disability or age 

Safer Recruitment 

Centre4 is committed to the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults in all of its operation and adheres to Safer Recruitment practice; the role will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Check at enhanced level

• Engage with our community to discover what community activities they’d like to take part in. 
• Plan and organise a programme of community activities, ensuring provision is successful and achieves targets.
• Deliver community activity sessions to groups. 
• Support our community to shape and create their own community groups enabling them to deliver community activities. 
• Ensure innovative monitoring and evaluating processes are undertaken for all community engagement and activities in line with Centre4 and the funders monitoring and evaluating processes, creating both qualitative and quantitative data.
• Recruit, induct and supervise volunteers as required.
• Create reports on all provision documenting progress against project outcomes with the Director of Community Engagement. 
• Assisting with gym inductions and supporting participants to access Centre4’s Gym and providing support when needed.
• Work alongside the Director of Community Engagement to ensure all programmes work within their financial budget, making certain spend is correctly planned in advance and on track throughout. 
• Understand the importance of tracking expenditure throughout delivery of all community engagement and activities provision.
• Act in accordance with Centre4’s strategic objectives and policies and seek to promote them.
• Ensure the Designated Safeguarding Officer is informed immediately of any concerns relating to safeguarding in relation to any incidents taken place on programme. 
• Be a passionate advocate for all Centre4 projects

Other Duties

The above is a non-exhaustive list of duties and you are expected to undertake any other duties as requested by your line manager.  The Company reserves the right to amend the job profile in line with the changing demands of the business.