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 The Highland Council are seeking a Community Support Officer to help strengthen community networks and support local groups in shaping the future of their communities. This role supports the Council’s Place Based approach and the Community Empowerment Act, working directly with local organisations to build capacity, encourage participation, and support asset transfers and resilience initiatives. Ideal candidates will bring strong communication and administration skills, a solid understanding of the community sector, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively. The Highland Council offers flexible working arrangements, generous annual leave, a highly competitive pension scheme, family friendly policies and dedicated wellbeing support, helping you maintain a healthy work-life balance. 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 Driving licence and/or access to personal transport