Community Investment Lead
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The vacancy
You will be responsible for delivering the pioneering Pembury Children’s Community Programme as well as developing the wider Hackney strategy. The Children’s Community is an ambitious 10-year programme aiming to improve the life chances of the 1,000 children and young people growing up on the Pembury estate. As a partnership comprising local people and the wider community, Hackney Council, local schools, health services and the voluntary sector, we are working together to achieve our 2025 goals. You'll lead an evaluation of the 10 year programme alongside Peabodys evaluation Lead and will shape the next three year strategy based on the outcomes. You will also lead on delivering our grant funded youth services and ensuring that we deliver high quality services and meet contract requirements. You will also work with our fundraising manager to identify fundraising opportunities arising from the evaluation and refreshed strategy. You will manage a team of community and youth workers.
Your typical day could start with attending a community event, meeting with councillors and local authorities to demonstrate where support is needed in local areas. Then, you might attend a steering group meeting to understand results from a resident survey to inform a community investment plan before checking in with your team and providing guidance where needed.
You and your team will be tapping into the hearts and minds of your Peabody community, playing a crucial role identifying the strengths, challenges and practical needs of residents to ensure communities have the support needed to flourish. With a particular focus on managing an effective team, you will be responsible for designing and delivering community investment plans for your areas.
You’re a people person who likes to make an impact. You’ll enjoy working collaboratively with other teams and you’re first-rate at building strong relationships across the business and externally to enable you to make the changes needed in the communities you’re responsible for.
If you’re passionate about addressing social inequality, working with communities and experienced in managing teams to make real impact, we want to hear from you.
Could it be you?
To be a success in this role, you’re:
- An inquisitive and active learner, motivated by working with others to identify innovative approaches.
- Ambitious for your projects, team, and self; you are an autonomous, resilient, self-starter that enjoys making decisions and being responsible and accountable for project and their results.
- An effective and creative project manager, you deliver results and meet milestones.
- Able to swiftly identify, respond, and adapt to changes in the environment to ensure you achieve desired outcomes and objectives.
Here are just a few of the benefits of working at Peabody:
- 30 days’ annual holiday plus bank holidays
- Two additional paid volunteering days each year
- Flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal
- 4 x salary life assurance
- Up to 10% pension contribution
This role requires an Enhanced DBS check.
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If you have any questions about this role, please email victoria.wilson1@peabody.org.uk
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement earlier than stated
Interviews will be taking place week commencing 18th November 2024
You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Peabody are not able to offer Visa sponsorship.
A bit about us
Peabody are one of the largest housing associations in the UK, and we’ll be even bigger when our merger with Catalyst is complete in April 2023. Our mission is to help people flourish and an important part of this is to ensure that our organisation reflects the wider communities we serve.
We want to attract recruit and retain a diverse, inclusive and creative workforce to give us the best opportunity to meet the diverse needs of our residents and customers.
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