Community Connector (North) – Closing Sunday 16 March 2025

Job Title: Community Connector (North)
Salary: £17,780 salary (£22,226 pro rata)
Hours: 28 hours – Part Time
Term: Fixed term until March 2027 (potential for further 2 years)
Location: Southport Community Centre base, Sefton CVS, Burlington House, Waterloo head office and Hybrid.
Responsible to: Living Well Sefton Programme Manager, line managed by Deputy Programme Manager

Benefits: Your health and happiness are important to us; we offer a comprehensive staff wellbeing package, generous holidays, life assurance and income protection along with flexible working.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and supportive employer.

Our vision is to develop a vibrant voluntary, community and faith sector that encourages and supports independent, resilient and sustainable communities.

Job Purpose:
Operating within the North Sefton locality, you will identify local volunteer ‘champions’ and stimulate community resources to support individuals with low level needs to improve their social connection and reduce isolation to have better outcomes and prevent the need for statutory services, whilst building on individual and communities’ strengths

Main Responsibilities:

Support individuals referred by Adult Social Care, GP’s, community organisations and self-referrals to identify relevant activities and services that will enable them to reduce their dependency on public services, contribute to their community and to live independently.
Undertake needs analysis and liaise with interested groups and individuals and where relevant, support and enable them to develop new local services.
Assist in the Community Champions programme with volunteer recruitment and forum support.
Assist in the preparation and presentation of innovative practice and examples of project work at relevant events.
Empower local people to develop their own potential and to improve their communities, through support networks and/or volunteering.
Initiate and use a range of methods to ensure the inclusion of socially disengaged people in community action.
Facilitate meetings to support connectivity across teams and the community.
Contribute to the evaluation of the service, collate and input timely data and suggest/implement service improvements.
Attend defined mandatory training and undertake personal and professional development linked to the role.
To be accountable for ensuring personal compliance with all Sefton CVS’s policy and procedures including information governance, data protection, safeguarding children and adults and health and safety; alerting the line manager of any issues or concerns in relation to delivery of the service.
To produce performance and quality improvement reports as required.
Support the promotion of the service through the use of social media.

Job Pack (Downloads)
Job Description & Person Specification
Application Form
Guidance Notes
Diversity Monitoring Form
Criminal Convictions Declaration

The closing date for applications is 11:59pm, Sunday 16 March 2025.
Interviews dates Monday 24 March 2025.