Community Engagement Officer

2 weeks ago


Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom Cheshire West and Chester Council Full time

This is an opportunity to make an important contribution to our project to relocate Cheshire Archives and Local Studies from its current home at the Cheshire Record Office in Chester to two new history centres in Chester and Crewe.

Our project - Cheshire's archives: a story shared - is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Cheshire West and Chester Council and Cheshire East Council.

The postholder will play a central role in implementing our Activity Plan, which will introduce a variety of new activities designed to engage a broader and more diverse audience with our service, as well as with the archives and local studies collections that record the histories of Cheshire's communities from the 12th century to today.


Organisation

  • Cheshire West and Chester Council

Location

  • Chester

Job Category

  • Libraries and Archives

Grade

  • CWAC NJC
  • Grade 8

Salary Min
- £32,076 per annum

Salary Max
- £36,648 per annum

Hours per week

  • 37

Weeks per year

Employment Type

  • Fixed Term

Contract Duration

  • 3 years

Closing Date

  • 17/05/2024

Ref No

  • W3350

Documents


Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive - through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment.


The postholder will be expected to develop strong and productive relationships across Cheshire with community organisations, other Council services and Higher Education institutions, including community history groups and residents affected by the project.

Working with a Community Engagement Officer appointed earlier in the project and other members of the Archives team you will plan, coordinate and deliver the projects and activities in the Activity Plan.


Educated ideally to at least degree level, you should have experience of working with partners in the public and voluntary/community sector to develop and deliver successful archives/museums/heritage initiatives and projects.

You should also be aware of best practice in engaging a diverse audience with archives/museums/heritage and be skilled at building effective, positive relationships with community organisations.

It's important that you have the ability to work on your own initiative with minimum supervision, but also enjoy working within a wider team.

We are also looking for someone who has excellent organisational and time management skills and who is able to effectively communicate to a wide range of audiences in a variety of ways.

You should have good presentation skills and be confident with using a range of video conferencing platforms (in particular MS Teams) for meetings, informal conversations and delivering workshops or presentations.


You will be working from the Record Office, from home and from the new centres once they open in Winter 2025/6.

There will also be a requirement to work elsewhere in Cheshire from time to time. It is anticipated that the main geographic focus of this role will be the western half of the county.

Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the Equality Policy for more information.


Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £12 per hour for all contracted hours.



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