About The Role
North Norfolk is a fantastic place to live, work and visit. It covers 360 sq miles of coastal and rural environment, with over 100,000 people living in 120 distinct communities. Our district is one of England's top holiday destinations and a place where people positively choose to live.
We are looking for a full time (37 hours per week) Community Outreach Officer, on a fixed term contract to 31 May 2026.
As a Community Outreach Officer you will strive to improve the quality of life of residents within communities, in particular those who are most disadvantaged and to promote equality of opportunity and aspiration, with a particular focus on health and wellbeing and homelessness prevention.
You will help identify solutions to issues, work strategically and in partnership with a range of organisations as well as support the development of services to meet and respond to community need.
Work will be on a project basis or in a designated geographical area in accordance with project priorities and service demands.
About You
If you have the characteristics and skills required to develop and be part of the new Community Outreach Officer Service and enjoy a varied and challenging workload - we would like to hear from you.
Please note that employment is subject to a satisfactory Basic Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.
Applications for part time hours would be considered.
The closing date for applications is 23:59hrs on the 18th of June 2025.
Interviews to be held week commencing the 23rd of June 2025.
For an informal discussion please contact Catherine van Battum, Health & Communities Team Leader 01263 516243
About Us
We're committed to promoting equality of opportunity for the people and communities of North Norfolk. We respect and value differences in our district and across our workforce, and we want everyone to feel included and able to play their part in making North Norfolk a great place to live, learn, work and visit. Our coast and environment areextremely importantto us.
Recognising that North Norfolkfaces a very real threat from climate change, the Council has declared a climate emergency. We have developed a Net Zero strategy to support our ambitions and all staff have a role to play in meeting our carbon reduction targets.
We have a supportive culture that enables our people to learn and grow through attending courses, e-learning, and their daily job roles. We provide excellent opportunities for communication through updates from Directors and the Chief Executive. Our our onsite recognised union is UNISON.
Our Cromer office is clean, modern and light, with onsite lunchtime catering and free onsite parking. As one of the largest employers in the district, we offer several benefits to all our employees:
* employee assistance program
* discounts portal
* salary sacrifice schemes (bikes, home electricals and EV car leasing).
You will also enjoy:
* a goodwork-life balance, with many roles following our hybrid approach to work (if your role supports hybrid working, all we ask is that you have a stable and reliable internet connection)
* 25days'holiday per year, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days after 5 years' service (assuming the role is full-time)
* access to an excellent local government pension scheme based on your local authority career average earnings
We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
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