Community Connector

We are Places for People Group, we're a social enterprise that believes it's more than just homes that make a community - it's people. That's why we build homes and manage communities where everyone can thrive.

More about your role

As a Community Connector, you will work with our customers and communities to drive social impact. You will support local organisations to improve or increase their offering and where possible support them to raise funding. You will also direct customers to available support and promote projects that are developed by Places Impact.

As a community connector, you will empower are communities and drive grass-roots innovation.

For more information, please download our job profile available on our website.

More about you

To be considered for this role, it is essential that applicants have: a knowledge of the voluntary and social enterprise sector; experience in multi-agency working, and experience managing small budgets. We would also welcome applicant that understanding of the challenges our customers and communities face. Strong communication and interpersonal skills are also essential as is the ability to develop effective working relationships.

Applicants should be self-motivating and work under their own initiative. Most importantly, you should be proactive and able to make things happen.

Please note, this is an agile home based role covering the Lancashire region with a focus on Preston, Chorley and Blackburn.

A driving licence is essential for this role.

**Benefits**:
We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.

We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:

- Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly
- Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
- Excellent holiday package - up to 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave
- Overtime as and when required
- Cashback plan for healthcare costs - up to £500 saving per year
- A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%
- Training and development
- Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

What's next?

If you are using a mobile device such as an iPad then ensure your CV is stored in the cloud, we currently support Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox.

If you are a recruitment agency please note we operate a PSL and do not take cold calls