Job description
First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) aims to be the best in the business, with an excellent team of colleagues and with customers at the heart of everything we do. Established in February 2011, FCHO is one of the largest employers in Oldham. We are committed to boosting the Oldham economy and providing excellent benefits for our employees.
A future-focused and progressive not-for-profit housing association, we want to make Oldham a place where people are proud to live and work. To deliver our promises to our customers we are looking for a highly motivated, customer-focussed individual to appoint to the following key position:
Project and Partnerships Officer Salary: circa £34,377 per annum
Permanent
This is a fantastic opportunity for a proactive, community minded person who will help others to access our community centres and deliver community projects. This person will be responsible for creating excellent community, colleague and partnership relationships in order to develop and deliver sustainable community engagement activities. They will support community groups and partners to access funding. There are opportunities to help individuals to develop their own skills and experience in community based volunteering activities and managing our centres. This person will build strong and lasting stakeholder and partner relationships to support our communities.
The role sits within our wider Stronger Communities team at FCHO and the successful candidate will work alongside our Customer Involvement Officers and Funding and Social Value Officer to deliver an all-round customer and community engagement experience whilst delivering value for money and contributing to our social value commitments.
In return you can expect a range of benefits including:
- 37 hour working week
- Attractive pension scheme - six per cent employer contribution
- Free healthcare options - health cash plan for you and your dependents, including Employee Assistance
- Holiday entitlement of 30 days and 8 public holidays, plus 1 shut down day determined by the company
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Enhanced occupational sick pay
- Hybrid working
- Discounted gym membership
- Vouchers or cashback on holidays, shopping or days out
- Death in Service Benefit
- On-site cafe
If you have a passion and commitment for delivering excellent services with leadership and enthusiasm to deliver the best experience to our customers we encourage you to apply.
We positively encourage applications from disabled people, women, young people, Veterans and serving British regular or reserve Armed Forces Personnel, the LGBT community and the BME community.
Details of the application process are available on our website at www.fcho.co.uk following the link “Working with FCHO”
The deadline for completed applications is 1st May 2023 at 10am.
Interviews and assessments to take place on 4th and 5th May 2023.