About the role
The Communities Service is at the heart of changing the way the public, private and voluntary sector work together with communities in Cambridgeshire. By working more closely with partners, investing in communities and supporting local delivery by those who know their residents best. Our vision is to create a greener, fairer and more caring Cambridgeshire creating places where people can feel safe, healthy, connected and able to help themselves and each other.
To deliver this we are looking for a dynamic and compassionate person to join us as the Cambridge City Community Connector working as part of the Communities Service to pioneer this way of working. The role will provide on the ground support to partners, groups and communities to change the conversation from providing services to communities to how we can work with and help communities to help themselves.
The role is more than simply one of partnership or community development, it is about partners collectively listening to communities, uncovering what is important and what will lead to the greatest impact for a community and for our services.
The Community Connector role will support the Communities Service alongside the Community Coordinators to carry out specific project work which builds frameworks for resident engagement and develops community capacity alongside partners to ensure that our communities can work effectively with the county council to better develop preventative services.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Adam Garford by email at adam.garford@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
What will you be doing?
- Work independently, with guidance from the Community Coordinator, alongside public, private, voluntary, community and health sector partners as well as internal services to support the building of multi-agency teams.
- Support the team to accurately capture community information and insight relevant to specific themes, projects or places in order to reach a shared understanding of local priorities and help the shaping of preventative interventions.
- Practically support the Community Coordinator with local stakeholder engagement, communications and relationship management at District and community level in order to meet the objectives of the service around children, families, young people, communities and adults.
- Support the team to carry out actions identified on joint action plans relating to specific projects, themes or places, using community development skills and techniques to support local groups and organisations to meet agreed local preventative outcomes as informed through local data and community intelligence.
- Deliver training and information sessions which could include topics such as:- deliberative democracy, appreciative enquiry, strengths based conversations, making every contact count, scams prevention, safeguarding, introduction to youth work or other training which builds the capacity of the community voluntary sector.
- Support the team to motivate and empower local people, living and working in focus areas to develop social action that supports children, families, communities and adults.
- Support the team to build partnerships and frameworks and use community development skills to enable the community voluntary sector to play a key role in meeting the ambitions of the council, including through the Early Help strategy and Care Together Adult Social Care programme, building a thriving voluntary and community sector that offers a wide range of positive activities and support networks.
- Identify and collate capacity building resources which support good governance and sustainability within the community voluntary sector in order for groups to become community commissionable and to meet their full potential.
- Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of equality, diversity, inclusion and anti-oppressive practice and be able to actively promote equality of opportunity within the role.
About you
We are looking for someone who has a Key Skill Level 3 qualification in Youth and Community Work, Community Development or other related field.
They will ideally have experience of leading and mentoring people, organisations and partners. Experience of arranging community engagement and development activity is essential.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
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