Community Development and Engagement Co-ordinator

This is a key role to support the growth, development, and sustainability of Phillipstown to enable it to thrive and be a resilient, healthier, and safer community.

• To build on existing and develop new partnerships with groups, agencies, and other partners.


• To facilitate engagement and capacity build within the community with a focus on training and skills development for residents.


• To contribute toward the delivery of the Driving Change Plan and the overall objectives of the approved workplan including providing monitoring and feedback to the Phillipstown Forever Steering Group.


• To organise and facilitate events and activities including promotion and marketing.


Main Responsibilities and Duties


• Understand the local community of Phillipstown and identify local development need using an asset based approach to Community Development


• To map existing services and activities in the local community and wider area and maintain positive relationships where they may be relevant to the ambitions of Phillipstown


• To engage effectively with residents within the community and continuously assess priorities to promote wellbeing and build capacity and encourage residents to participate in their local community


• Where appropriate, set up, develop and support groups and forums to deliver the priorities of Phillipstown Forever Driving Change plan


• To directly line manage the Phillipstown Community House Caretaker and support individual volunteers with performance, identifying knowledge gaps and arranging relevant training


• Be responsible for developing and supporting the delivery of local partnership initiatives, priorities, and projects


• Develop the use of the community buildings and spaces for activities as required


• To attend and participate in meetings as required, which may sometimes be outside of normal working hour.


• To collect evidence and ensure accurate records are kept and report appropriate monitoring and outcome data, as and when required, by the Phillipstown Forever Steering Group and other stakeholders


• To understand, support and carry out the requirements of Groundwork Wales and its subsidiaries' internal business processes


• To undertake any other duties, which may reasonably be regarded as within the scope of responsibility of the post as defined by the Line Manager


• To be responsible for managing and reporting concerns, and for putting into place procedures to safeguard children and vulnerable adults in the organisation


• To be responsible for the safety of personal information within your role, in accordance with GDPR regulations; to comply with the data protection principles and to ensure that personal data is not disclosed outside the organisation's procedures


• To be responsible for the Health and Safety of all clients, beneficiaries, volunteers and staff while working on projects and sites


It is expected that you will have relevant experience relating to all of the above. Training, support and guidance will be provided as part of ongoing development.
The Co-ordinator will

• Be available to work flexibly as the role will include the need to work weekend, evening and possibly bank holidays at times


• Be willing to undertake training and development related to the post and the work of the Invest Local programme


• At all times represent Groundwork Wales and the Invest Local steering group in a professional, positive and informed manner at all times, whether engaging with members of the public, staff and volunteers, partnership organisations, or any other stakeholders

Person specification
The skills, knowledge, qualifications, and experience listed here are requirements of the role and are assessed at different stages of our recruitment and selection process. Use this information to help you complete the 'further information' section of the application form.

A person specification is available with the application pack.

Duties must be carried out in compliance with Groundwork Wales' Diversity Policy.
This role profile contains the principal accountabilities relating to this post and does not describe in detail all the duties required to carry them out.

There will from time to time be a variation of duties depending on organisational and partnership needs.

Disability Confident
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Invest Local is a Big Lottery, 10-year initiative targeting deprived communities in Wales. Phillipstown has been chosen to receive £1 million over a 10-year period. This role is designed to coordinate, facilitate, and directly deliver the realisation and sustainability of various project. The role will also manage the cleaner / caretaker.

The strategic priorities for the project will be set by the Phillipstown Forever Steering group with line management provided by Groundwork Wales.