Company Description
St Osyth Priory & Parish Trust is a charitable organisation dedicated to preserving, restoring, and celebrating the heritage and beauty of St Osyth Priory and the surrounding parish. The Priory is a privately owned estate with 16 listed buildings and 180 acres of parkland and gardens in Tendring, Essex, alongside 170 acres of wildlife habitats and agricultural land. Our trust, established in 2016, works in partnership with the estate to restore key historic buildings and encourages public connection through educational visits and community events. Our aim is to provide educational, wellbeing, and enjoyable experiences for everyone.
Role Description
This is a contract role for a Community Engagement Officer, located on-site in Clacton-On-Sea. The Community Engagement Officer will be responsible for developing and implementing community engagement initiatives, building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders, and managing projects related to community programs. This role requires organising and leading educational and community events that promote public connection to St Osyth Priory. The officer will also be responsible for coordinating with local experts and volunteers to ensure the successful execution of the program.
Overview
Working closely with the Education Manager, this role will support the St Osyth Priory and Parish Trust education and engagement ambitions. The successful candidate will provide day to day support to the Education Manager and assist in planning, supporting and delivering activities from the action plan - most importantly developing relationships and partnerships within local communities as part of The National Lottery Heritage Fund project. This role forms part of the wider Development team. The post holder will report to the Education Manager during the Development Phase. We anticipate the Activities & Community Engagement Officer working closely with the Activity Planner and Evaluation, Economic and Social Value Consultant in the Development Phase.
General Tasks Community Engagement
1. Ensure delivery of St Osyth Priory's community engagement and activity plan.
2. Develop relationships with people and community groups, identify needs, implement programmes that meet those needs, and find and coordinate project delivery partners as the lead facilitator for a variety of community engagement projects (art organisations or 3rd sector groups)
3. Work with the Education Manager to create engaging, inclusive participatory activities and events that allow marginalised voices and opinions to be heard, action plans to be developed, and participants to feel respected, challenged, safe, and empowered.
4. Monitoring, evaluating & recording social & economic impact of each project.
5. Working to ensure that the Priory has accurate information about our activities and how we are meeting The National Lottery Heritage Fund and matching funder criteria, as well as reporting on how the new building(s) and programme can best satisfy local needs.
6. Work alongside and sharing information with the Activity Planning Consultant and Business Planning Consultant to ensure findings of activities and consultation are incorporated into The National Lottery Heritage supporting documents. 7
. Provide briefing information to the Trust and Project Team and review and provide comments on design proposals and reports as required.
1. Developing strong and meaningful relationships with diverse community members, including a group of community champions
2. Responding to community questions quickly and confidently
3. Creating reports on engagement activities, including insights that illustrate the impact on the community and audiences.
Communications
1. Where required, input into cross-locality and cross-organisational working groups to support wider organisational objectives.
Performance Management
1. To be alert to and manage risk effectively in all locations.
2. To adhere to all lone working policies and risk assessments provided for you by St Osyth Priory and Parish Trust
3. To actively take part in any required mandatory training.
4. To operate within clear professional boundaries and work within St Osyth Priory & Parish Trust's Staff Code of Conduct.
5. To operate within the Behaviours Framework embedded across the organisation.
6. To implement and adhere to St Osyth Priory & Parish Trust's Policy and Procedures at all times.
Involvement
1. To actively encourage a culture of involvement and inclusion of all in the work and life of St Osyth Priory & Parish Trust.
2. As required, engage in wider involvement opportunities and activities of St Osyth Priory & Parish Trust.
Development Phase – RIBA Stage 2 & 3
1 Delivery St Osyth Priory's community engagement and pilot activities, focus groups and consultation.
2 Develop relationships with people and community groups, identify needs, implement programmes that meet those needs, and find and coordinate project delivery partners as the lead facilitator for a variety of community engagement projects (art organisations or 3rd sector groups)
3 Work with the Education Manager and Activity Planner to create engaging, inclusive participatory pilot activities and events that allow marginalised voices and opinions to be heard, action plans to be developed, and participants to feel respected, challenged, safe, and empowered.
4 Work with the Education Manager and Activity Planner to create engaging, inclusive participatory activities and events for the delivery phase.
5 Work with Evaluation Consultant to develop evaluation formats for activities and events.
6 Monitoring, evaluating & recording social & economic impact of pilot activities.
7 Working to ensure that the Priory has accurate information about our pilot activities and how we are meeting The National Lottery Hertiage Fund and matching funder criteria, as well as reporting on how the new building(s) and programme can best satisfy local needs.
8 Work alongside and sharing information with the Activity Planning Consultant and Business Planning Consultant to ensure findings of activities and consultation are incorporated into The National Lottery Heritage Fund supporting documents.
9 Provide briefing information to the Trust and Project Team and review and provide comments on design proposals and reports as required.
10 Developing strong and meaningful relationships with diverse community members, including a group of community champions, where possible, set up partnership agreements or agreements in principle and collate letters of support for the Delivery Phase submission to The National Lottery Heritage Fund
11 Responding to community questions quickly and confidently
12 Creating reports on engagement activities, including insights that illustrate the impact on the community and audiences.
13 Take part in meetings and workshops as required.
14 Take part in Development Phase evaluation.
Other
1. Attend and participate in training courses as directed.
2. Maintain confidentiality at all times.
3. Take a positive and active part in the appraisal/review system.
4. Uphold and have sympathy for the Trust's vision and values.
5. Ensure awareness and observance of policies and procedures.
6. Any other duties necessary for the smooth running of St Osyth Priory and Parish Trust.
7. This job description will be subject to regular review and amended if necessary to meet changing needs.
Person Specification
General (Preferred)
*
1. knowledge about heritage experiences
*
1. Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to give confident and persuasive public presentations.
*
1. Ability to design and deliver meetings and workshops to achieve specific outcomes.
*
1. Ability to adapt scientific and technical information to the needs of audiences.
*
1. Confident and effective in building relationships with different stakeholders and maintaining a strong network of contacts.
*
1. Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to effectively time manage complex projects.
*
1. The ability to work unsupervised, providing timely evaluation and reports on activities carried out.
*
1. Ability to organise oneself and possibly volunteer to meet stringent delivery deadlines.
*
1. Good technical skills and use of Microsoft packages
*
1. A positive and energetic attitude
*
1. A willingness to work evenings and weekends as required.
Other Specifications and Skills
1. experience of community engagement/participation
2. Prior experience in developing and delivering heritage activities.
3. Work in accordance with the Health & Safety at Work Act and at all times in accordance with the Trust's policies and procedures.
4. To represent the Trust and develop relationships with key partners and external organisations.
5. To contribute to the development of fundraising initiatives across the Trust and ensure our charitable work is well articulated and communicated.
6. Support and be involved in engagement activities with our communities and staff.
7. To carry out such duties as may be required from time to time by the Trust that are appropriate to the grade of the post.
8. To support the Project Manager, Project Coordinator and Grants and Administration Consultant in completing project evaluations and progress reports for The National Lottery Heritage Fund and match funders, as required.
Development
1. Attend and participate in regular one-to-one line management supervision meetings.
2. Maintain an understanding of current interpretation best practices and have an active participation in sector networks.
3. To be responsible for own personal and professional development, to actively participate in identifying training needs and to be willing to undertake training where a need has been identified and agreed with the line manager, to ensure that an effective service is provided.
4. To maintain knowledge and keep abreast of changes in policy, practice and relevant legislation and inform the line manager of these changes.
Projects
1. To undertake, from time to time, as required, tasks that may not fall under any of the tasks listed above.
Equality and Diversity
1. To act in accordance with St Osyth Priory and Parish Trust's equality, diversity and inclusion policy and procedures, to ensure that the organisation is compliant with legal and regulatory requirements.
Values
1. To ensure all policies, procedures and working practices within the service area support the values of the organisation.
To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter to Chyanne, Project Coordinator, at
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: Up to £26,548.00 per year
Expected hours: 28 per week
Benefits:
* Casual dress
* Free parking
* On-site parking
* Work from home
Ability to commute/relocate:
* Essex CO16 8HA: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
* Experience with heritage or community engagement activity development?
Work authorisation:
* United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Essex CO16 8HA