Senior Communities Worker - Creating stronger, more connected communities across PCH neighbourhoods
Are you passionate about empowering residents, strengthening neighbourhoods, and creating places where people feel proud to live? Do you thrive in a role where every day brings variety, meaningful impact, and the chance to lead others? If so, we’d love to hear from you.
About the role
We’re looking for a dynamic and committed Senior Communities Worker to join our friendly and forward-thinking Communities Team. In this role, you’ll lead the delivery of innovative, residentfocused community development across PCH areas, ensuring our neighbourhoods are vibrant, inclusive and thriving. You’ll manage and support a team of Communities Workers, providing guidance, motivation and leadership that enables them to deliver highquality projects and initiatives. Alongside this, you’ll take charge of your own portfolio of community development workdesigning, delivering and evaluating projects that boost participation, build resilience and give residents a real voice in shaping their local area. Collaboration is key. You’ll build strong relationships with colleagues, partners, voluntary groups and local organisations to maximise the reach and impact of our work. You’ll also support funding bids to secure external resources that further benefit our communities. This is a handson role perfect for someone who loves people, community connection, and positive change.
This is a fixedterm position for a period of up to 12 months.
Our ideal candidate for this role is someone who:
* Has proven experience in community development and a genuine passion for empowering residents.
* Brings confident, supportive linemanagement skills, helping their team perform at their best.
* Is an effective project manager, able to plan, deliver, monitor and evaluate community initiatives.
* Builds excellent relationships with residents, colleagues, partners and external agencies.
* Is skilled in engagement and consultation, ensuring a wide range of voices are included and heard.
* Communicates clearly, both in writing and in person, adapting confidently to different audiences.
* Tackles challenges with positivity and initiative, always looking for solutions and improvements.
* Holds a full driving licence and is comfortable travelling across Plymouth.
* Why join us? You’ll be part of a team that genuinely caresabout communities, about residents, and about each other. This is your chance to lead meaningful change, shape community life, and help create places where people feel connected, supported and heard. If you’re ready to make a lasting difference in local communities, we’d love to welcome you to the team.
About Plymouth Community Homes
We are the city’s largest social housing association, with over 16,000 properties providing homes for more than 35,000 people, and we’re aiming to grow, to provide more people with high-quality, affordable homes to rent and buy.
With a great workforce and a focus on people, we deliver good quality, well-managed and well-maintained homes.
What we can offer you:
* Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time and hybrid working
* Excellent pension scheme with a high level of employer contributions
* Free, fully equipped onsite gym and changing facilities.
* The opportunity to carry out volunteer work for 3 days a year through our Make a Difference scheme
* Annual leave of 25 days (rising to 30 days) plus Bank Holidays and holiday trading option
* Free Employee Assistance programme, including free counselling
* Free annual flu vaccination
* Cycle to Work scheme
* The opportunity to work in a beautiful and vibrant part of the Southwest
* We support digital working with modern devices/smart phones
* It's fun to work here- we have dress down Fridays, company quizzes, and lots of charity events throughout the year
* Our modern and spacious offices are right on a bus route, and just three miles from the city centre
* We get a daily visit from a local food van, and within walking distance to local Crownhill shops, Warrens, M&S Foodhall, Co-op, Starbucks and Tim Hortons
We do not accept unsolicited applications or contact from recruitment agencies.
To Apply:
If you are interested in this fantastic opportunity, select Apply and complete our form, making reference to the person specification to demonstrate how you consider that your knowledge, skills and experience meet the requirements of the job.
For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Rachael Fox, Communities and Partnerships Manager on 07738852243
This post is not suitable for job share.
Shortlisting Date: 2nd March 2026
Interview Date: 11th & 12th March 2026
We are a committed Equal Opportunities employer. We welcome applications from suitably talented people from any community and background.
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