Job Reference:
1588
Location:
Worcestershire
Hours of Work:
37 hours per week (full time)
Salary:
£24,971 - £27,504 FTE per annum
Contract Type:
Permanent
Closing Date:
20 Oct 2025
ID: 1588 Community Development Officer
Service: Woodfield Park Community Project
Salary: £24,971 - £27,504 FTE per annum
Location: Woodfield Park Community Centre, Normanton Road, Welland, PE1 4XE
Hours: 37 hours per week (full-time)
We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.
Contract: Permanent
Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.
We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.
Are you passionate about working with the community to bring about positive social change? Do you have the people and communication skills to drive meaningful, resident-led change? If so, we’d love to hear from you.
We are seeking an experienced Community Development Officer to lead the lottery funded Woodfield Park Community Project. This vital role oversees the delivery of key services including the Food Club, emergency food parcels (as part of the Household Support Fund), and the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme with the potential to start other initiatives that will change people’s lives.
Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
• Plan and deliver community-based services and projects.
• Build strong relationships with local residents, partners, and stakeholders.
• Mentor and support a team of volunteers.
• Promote an asset-based approach to community development.
• Ensure compliance with safeguarding, health and safety, funding, and reporting requirements.
• Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service –enhanced DBS
Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days pro rata, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
To Apply:
• Click the “Apply Now” link below and fill out our digital application form
• Closing Date: 20th October 2025 at 23:59
Interviews date to be confirmed.
For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: Helen.Terrington@family-action.org.uk
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role, and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview.
*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.