Salary: £20,010 - £21,694 per year
Contract Type: Temporary
Position Type: Part Time
Hours: 17.5 hours per week
Job Description
Post Title: Community Support Officer
Location: Headquarters, Inverness
Hours: 17.5 Hours Per Week
Duration: Maternity Cover
Salary: £20,010 - £21,694 p.a.
Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale.
Contact Person: Dot Ferguson Tel: 07899 067668
Job Purpose: To support engagement activity related to the implementation of the Community Empowerment Act and the Council’s ‘Placed Based approach’, including developing local relationships and networks with community bodies.
To provide support and build capacity amongst local community groups to enable greater involvement and participation in local planning and engagement activity. To support groups to take on local assets and develop resilience approaches in order to support the delivery of local priorities.
The post will be part of the Community Support and Engagement team and will work across either the West and Mid area. The post holder will work as part of the wider area-based team to support projects and activity across the area.
Please APPLY ONLINE. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact HR Transactions, Tel: 01349 868642 (24 hour voicemail) or email: Recruitment.Enquiries@highland.gov.uk quoting the post reference number above.
The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce.
As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.
Shortlisted applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.
Requirements
Demonstrate through experience of working in an equivalent job role, evidence of degree level of educational ability
OR
Educated to degree level or relevant professional qualification
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Driving licence and/or access to personal transport
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