Community Development Officer

Community Development Officer

Directorate: PLACE - Community Services

Job type: Full-time 35 hours,

Contract Type: Temporary for 24 months,

Salary: £47,628 - £49, 638 per annum (PO3),

DBS check required: No

Job Reference: 795

Discover yourself in Lewisham where what you do makes a difference to our vibrant and culturally diverse communities!

We have a rich history of welcoming people from all over the world and are proud to be recognised as the UK's first Borough of Sanctuary, for our work in championing the rights of refugees and migrants.

Introduction
Lewisham Council is committed to supporting and building the capacity of its voluntary and community sector organisations. This an exciting new role leading on the capacity building of Lewisham's voluntary and community sector (VCS) that promote emotional and physical health and wellbeing for children and young people (CYP).

If you are passionate about supporting VCS organisations in their development, we want to hear from you.

What's the role?
The Community Development Officer CYP role is a dynamic new role within the community development team to support the council's strategy of strengthening the capacity of VCS organisations. The role will focus on supporting organisations that promote and deliver emotional and physical health and well being services for children and young people.

This role is temporary 24 months.

This role will:

• Lead on organisational development support to enable organisations to grow and thrive including; governance, funding, volunteering, quality assurance, policies and business planning.
• Develop collaborative relationships and partnerships, identify and develope relevant training programmes and work closely with our infrastructure delivery organisations to signpost organisations to available resources.
• Establish a Forum for organisations to develope partnerships and collaborations, exchange knowledge and encourage peer networking within the sector and with local and national stakeholders and partners.
• Work closely with the Strategic Youth Offer Manager, a range of commissioners, grant funders and service delivery partners within CYP and other departments within the Council as well as the Lewisham's Care Partnership (LCP).

What's in it for you?

Excellent training and development opportunities, plus a range of benefits including:

• Generous holiday allowance
• Local Government Pension scheme
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Season ticket and bicycle loans
• A range of staff discounts including local subsidised gym memberships
• Supportive staff networks

What we're looking for

• A highly creative, proactive and innovative thinking individual with excellent relationship building and organisational skills. You should be an experienced infrastructure practitioner with evidenced working knowledge of children and young people's services and provision.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to listen and understand the needs of individuals and organisations to deliver bespoke and innovative solutions.
• You will have excellent organisational and time management skills and be able to prioritise your own projects and workload.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Location
The job is primarily based in Laurence House, Catford, London, SE6 4RU, but we operate a hybrid approach where you will be required to work both in the office and from home on a regular basis.

Special conditions

• Interviews will be held on Monday 13th February 2025.
• Some evening or weekend working may be required for this job.

The recruitment process is anonymous and we don't accept CV's.

Applicant handbook - please read the guidance in this handbook when applying. It is essential that you complete the application fully and that your supporting statement covers how you meet each of the person specification criteria listed.

For an informal discussion about this job, please contact either Genevie George or Winston Castello.

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Salary
£47,628 - £49,638 per annum (PO3).

N.B: All appointments will be offered at the minimum spinal column point (SCP) for the grade of the role. The only exception to this will be when matching current salary (up to the maximum of the scale), which is subject to evidential proof.

Diversity
Lewisham Council is a Disability Confident employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at

The Council has a dedicated employment support service, Lewisham Works , which offers Lewisham residents guidance in relation to applying for jobs. If you want to join Lewisham Works, please email and an advisor will be in touch with you.

The Council reserves the right to close adverts early if there is a large response.

Closing Date: Sunday 26 th January 2025, 23:59pm.

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