Community Engagement Officer

Community Engagement Officer

Salary: 12.00 per hour Location: UK-MID-Birmingham
Type: Part Time  Postal/Zip Code: CF47

Job ID

2107348

Posting Date

31/05/2013

Company

Steer Davies Gleave

Location

UK-MID-Birmingham

Industries

Transport and storage - materials

Job type

Part time less than 30 hours

Salary

12.00 per hour

Hours of Work

Fixed term contract

Job reference code

CEO

Job description

Responsible to:                Project Manager/ Deputy Project Manager

Conditions:                        Wage: £12.00 per hour

Hours: 7.5 to 11 hours per week

Hours may vary but you will be required to work some evenings and weekends

Period of employment:Circa w/c 1^st July 2013 to end February 2015        

Office base:                       Centro House, Summer Lane, Birmingham

Other locations:               Pershore Road, Bristol Road area and surrounding locality as

required

               

Application process:      Submission of completed Community Engagement Officer Application Form, CV and details of two referees. To request an application form, please email travelchoices@sdgworld.net . PLEASE QUOTE REFERENCE: CEO IN THE EMAIL SUBJECT HEADING

Applications deadline:  Thursday 20^th June 2013 at 12:00 noon

Interview dates:              Tuesday 25^th and Wednesday 26^th June 2013, Birmingham

Purpose

Following on from a Personal Journey Planning project in July 2011 and delivery of a community re-engagement pilot project in 2012, a Community Engagement Officer is now required for a new  Pershore Road, Bristol Road Travel Choices Legacy project. The Community Engagement Officer will be the public face of the project, lead on engagement with residents and community groups along the Pershore Road and Bristol Road corridors and be the conduit between the groups and a range of activity scheme providers.

The Officer will work in the field, liaising pro-actively with community groups and residents to: 1) understand the ways in which such groups can best be engaged; 2) help develop an activity programme for the participating groups; 3) attend and participate in promotional activities such as local events, community group meetings and business engagement; and 4) accurately record and monitor the participation levels and outcomes of engagement activities.

Accountabilities

·         Support Steer Davies Gleave’s Project Manager and/ or Project Director with research and data gathering activities for community groups in the locality;

·         Contact and liaise directly with residents and community groups;

·         Liaise directly with activity/ referral scheme providers (walking, cycling, workwise and others as deemed relevant);

·         Keep accurate records of all engagement with residents, community groups and events through a designated activity and contact log;

·         Report on progress made to both the client and employer;

·         Assist with events, mail-outs and other promotional work as required;

·         Source relevant events and activities to attend; and

·         Assist with other work as required by Centro’s Project Manager and Steer Davies Gleave’s Project Manager.