Support to Succeed Engagement Officer

at  Wythenshawe Community Housing Group

We are proud to be a leading partner of the Support to Succeed project!
This is a new project which identifies, engages, and supports economically inactive Greater Manchester residents who are furthest away from the labour market, with complex needs (including those who are not engaged with mainstream provision) to address barriers and achieve positive onward destinations.
In order to ensure we deliver as much as possible under this project, we are activley recruiting for a Community Engagement Officer. This is a role where the key aim is to stimulate communities, stakeholders, and partners to identify potential participants, to achieve targeted number of referrals.

ABOUT US

Wythenshawe Community Housing Group (WCHG) manages almost 14,000 properties, providing homes for more than 29,000 people in Wythenshawe, South Manchester.
We are committed to investing in the health, wellbeing and development of colleagues, who we will reward fairly and empower and trust to deliver their best work for the benefit of WCHG, our customers and stakeholders. WCHG is an inclusive employer of choice where differences are recognised as strengths in delivering our purpose. A disability confident employer WCHG will work to make reasonable adjustments where possible throughout its employment processes.
Our purpose is to provide good quality homes and services to our customers and leaseholders and to play a leading role in creating safer, healthier communities. WCHG boasts an impressive development portfolio which aims to deliver on average 1,100 new homes over the next five years with £195m estimated investment, leaving a lasting legacy in our communities.
Wythenshawe Community Housing Group (WCHG) manages almost 14,000 properties, providing homes for more than 29,000 people in Wythenshawe, South Manchester.
Awarded ‘Investors in People’ Health & Wellbeing and officially recognised by the Top Employers Institute as a Top Employer UK, three years running since 2019, WCHG is now amongst an elite group of world class organisations recognised for demonstrating a commitment to high performance through excellent people management and provides local employment to 530 colleagues.
Our purpose is to provide good quality homes and services to our tenants and leaseholders and to play a leading role in creating safer, healthier communities. WCHG boasts an impressive development portfolio which aims to deliver on average 1,100 new homes over the next five years with £195m estimated investment, leaving a lasting legacy in our communities

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS?

• Full involvement in event management from planning, promotion, organising, along with completing relevant paperwork and data collection.
• Monitor engagement data to ensure that diversity engagement targets are being met and design rectification plans if there are shortfalls.
• Promote, market, and publicise services offered by the project to engage local communities, including the use of social media.
• Liaise with marketing lead to capture coverage of events, success stories, and develop content promoting the benefits of the project.
• Liaise with project partners and community groups on diary events and activity.

IN ORDER TO UNDERTAKE THIS ROLE YOU WILL NEED THE FOLLOWING KEY SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE;

• Experience of how to provide timely and accurate progress reports for management and funders as appropriate
• Demonstrable experience where you have worked with community groups to understand their unique needs and design compelling engagement activities using the Community Navigator Tool
• A fantastic ability to develop relationships with and motivate the Key workers to facilitate caseload activities to meet outcome goals and ensure a pipeline of participants are available.
• Knowledge of how to undertake own project administrative tasks, including managing diary appointments, journey planning and completion of expense within in financial deadlines.