Job Vacancy for a Community Engagement Project Officer

2nd May 2024

About The Role

Do you have a passion for supporting Dorset's communities?

As a Community Engagement Project Officer, you'll be involved in a whole number of community based projects, working with a team who support many of Dorset Council's proactive and reactive community based support initiatives from cost of living support, liaison with Town and Parish councils, development of place based working communities strategy, appreciation for the diversity of our communities. This role will be working closely in community organisations that support food security projects such as foodbanks, social supermarkets and community fridges.

We are particularly interested to hear from candidates who have:

• experience in community engagement
• experience in community based project delivery
• confidence and experience in engaging with a wide range of stakeholders
• excellent interpersonal skills, including motivation, negotiation, persuasion, diplomacy and reassurance

Further Information

Interviews will take place throughout the day on Tuesday 21st May at County Hall, Dorchester

This is a full time role at 37 hours per week.

You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.

This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.

If appointed, the personal information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.

About Us

Dorset Council: A great place to work

We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:

• provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
• have ambitious aspirations
• are excited about our future
• care about Dorset and all the people who live here
• know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success

You will:

• have access to a range of employee benefits 
• be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
• have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are challenging ourselves to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation. We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. We have a commitment to equality and welcome applications from everyone.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Read more about the opportunity and apply here.