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We are seeking a purpose-driven Community Engagement Coordinator to deliver the Foundation’s charitable programmes across Community Engagement. This role is key in supporting young people and adults at risk in Kirklees—ensuring our community can GROW through learning and opportunity, BELONG through connection and inclusion, and THRIVE through improved wellbeing.
The post holder will deliver activities on the Foundation’s Premier League Inspires (in secondary schools), Premier League Kicks (in community-based youth club settings) and GOALS: Gain Opportunities and Life Skills (in HMP New Hall) programmes. They will also deliver across a variety of projects within the Foundation’s ‘Belong’ Pillar, including but not limited to: Care Leavers Football, Twinning Project, GOALS in the Community, Million Hours and PEAK (Positive Engagement Against Knives). The Community Engagement Coordinator will capture qualitative and quantitative data relevant to the programme and its monitoring and evaluation requirements, through agreed processes with the Community Engagement Manager, who will be the post-holder’s line manager.
The post holder must be well-organised with the ability to plan and deliver engaging and impactful sessions and interventions that are relevant to the participants and the overarching aims of the Foundation’s Community & Connection Pillar projects. They must be passionate about working with young people and adults at risk to realise their potential.
The post holder will also have line management responsibility of Casual Community Coaches working on the Premier League Kicks programme.
This role reflects our commitment to growth and impact. With a team of 24 staff and a turnover of £1.2m, the Foundation is entering a new chapter. The Board has ambitious plans, and we need resilient, imaginative, and values-led team members to help us deliver on our mission to empower OUR TOWN to thrive.
