Senior Engagement Officer
£23,600 pa for 28 hours a week (FTE £29,500) + benefits
Part time/28 hours a week (flexible hours)
Fixed term contract until 30/09/2027
Aberdulais, Wales
Ref: SEO-262
Closing Date: 16 June 2026 at 9am
Are you a proactive, relationship-focused individual with a passion for community engagement and supporting people facing disadvantage? Do you have experience working collaboratively with partners and engaging individuals who may face barriers to participation?
St Giles Trust is looking for a highly motivated Senior Engagement Officer to play a key role in delivering an exciting community heritage project in partnership with the National Trust.
About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first‑hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
About the Project
This innovative new project will create opportunities for people who are often excluded from heritage and community spaces. Working in partnership with the National Trust at Aberdulais, the project will:
* Recruit, train and support new volunteers using our lived experience peer‑led model
* Deliver community events and activities to engage local people and visitors
* Increase access to heritage and nature, improving wellbeing
* Build a more diverse and sustainable volunteer base to support the future of the site
About this key role
You will lead on community engagement and partnership development, helping to successfully deliver this 15-month project. You will build strong relationships with local stakeholders, support volunteer recruitment and development, and coordinate a range of activities and events.
Working closely with the Wales team, you will:
* Develop and maintain effective partnerships with local organisations and stakeholders
* Support delivery of a lived experience heritage training programme
* Coordinate events, activities and community engagement initiatives
* Promote the project and support outreach and recruitment
* Maintain accurate records and contribute to monitoring and reporting
* Support the development of a sustainability plan for the project
What we are looking for
* Experience of building partnerships and working with a range of stakeholders
* Experience supporting or delivering community, volunteering or engagement programmes
* Experience supporting individuals facing barriers to participation
* Ability to organise and deliver events or group activities
* Strong communication, organisational and administrative skills
* Ability to manage a varied workload and meet deadlines
* Confidence using digital tools and supporting outreach or promotion
* Awareness of safeguarding, risk management and professional boundaries
Please note: this role requires an Enhanced DBS check.
In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, access to clinical supervision, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, season ticket loan and much more.
We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications, and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi-heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.
St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.
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