Community Empowerment and Engagement Officer – Waverley Court

Job Description

Community Empowerment and Engagement Officer

Location: Waverley Court

Salary: £40,501 – £47,639

Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks

Responsibilities

• Build and develop relationships with key partners including planning partnerships, tenant and resident groups, friends of groups, community centre management committees, the local voluntary sector, and other community groups to support local empowerment and engagement and local community planning models.
• Develop community capacity within the local areas.
• Support engagement and dialogue with a wide range of locality representatives.

Requirements

This position is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of three months or more outside the UK in the last five years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. Applicants will need to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience, and disabled and care experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Find out more about our commitment to equalities:

As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we’re recruiting the best people. We’re interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be an assessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

Benefits

We typically reflect the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range. We are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements.