Job description
- build a strong group of contacts locally, alongside using social media to help with listening to and getting involved in community conversation
- develop an action plan to improve community wellbeing, aligned to key themes
- establish and run a local community forum, or become part of one that already exists
- prioritise your time, making your hours count and focusing on opportunities to make the biggest difference
- get activities off the ground and encourage participation from members in your community
- is committed, enthusiastic and has a passion for improving their community
- can inspire and motivate people through their communication style
- loves working with and connecting to people
- can prioritise their time and remain focussed on a long-term goal
- has good basic IT skills and is confident using social media
- lives within or very close to the community you’ll support, detailed above
- competitive salary
- 31 days holiday including bank holidays (rising to 38 in line with service)
- discounts on Co-op products and services
- a pension with up to 10% employer contributions
- free support for your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing
We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. We want to build inclusive work environments, where our colleagues have equal opportunities to reach their full potential. We celebrate our differences, and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting the communities they serve.
If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.
We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.
If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.
You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process.
You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing.
If you’re successful in your application, we’ll perform a DBS (disclosure and barring service) check as part of our pre-employment screening process. Any offer of employment made will be conditional upon the completion of the pre-employment screening checks.