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Community Engagement Officer
CLARETS IN THE COMMUNITY LIMITED
22,300 - 24,500 per year (pro rata)
Various locations across Burnley and Pendle
Full-time
26th November 2025

Community Engagement Officer

We’re seeking a passionate and driven individual to join our Community Welfare and Inclusion team, delivering life-changing programmes across Burnley, Pendle, and East Lancashire!

Job Title: Community Engagement Officer

Department: Youth Engagement

Location: Various locations across Burnley and Pendle

Contract Type: Fixed Term until 31st December 2026

Working Pattern: 28 hours per week, worked across 4 days

Closing Date: Wednesday, 26th November 2025

Salary: £22,300 - £24,500 per annum (Pro-Rata)

The Role

To deliver across our busy and diverse Community Welfare and Inclusion department which delivers programmes, projects and sessions across the Burnley, Pendle and East Lancashire areas. In this role you will use the influence of sport to deliver positive change in the lives of under-represented or vulnerable groups and individuals within the local community.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • To engage, inspire and empower people to reach their full potential.
  • To support the development and delivery of high-quality, impactful sport, youth engagement and health and wellbeing sessions in areas of high need across Burnley and Pendle and the wider East Lancashire area.
  • To support a number of projects with their delivery, namely programmes within our Health and Wellbeing and Youth Engagement department.
  • To work closely on the ‘Academy in the Community’ project, working to form relationships between Academy Scholars, staff, and the Community Department as a whole.
  • Helping to arrange programme visits with Academy Scholars, acting as a key link for the project between Academy and Community staff.
  • Ensure reporting requirements are met on the Academy in the Community project.
  • Work with individuals and/or groups from a range of diverse backgrounds.
  • Support staff upskilling events.
  • Work closely with our partnerships team to generate ideas and to attend events to promote the Charity.
  • Generate new ideas as to how the Community Welfare and Inclusion department can be developed further, whilst ensuring high quality of delivery.
  • Target areas of greatest need, working with staff to identify and respond to the need.
  • Promote all projects in schools and in community settings across, Burnley, Pendle and East Lancashire to ensure that projects achieve their Key Performance Indictors (KPI’s).
  • Consider equality, diversity and inclusion in all activities linked to projects with particular focus around female engagement, SEND, and ethnically diverse communities.
  • Support the department to ensure all activities are correctly monitored with the appropriate risk assessments, safeguarding and health and safety procedures in place.
  • To lead on data collection, ensuring Salesforce and other reporting platforms are consistently up to date.
  • To build and maintain strong partnerships with local, regional and national organisations to enhance programmes.
  • To understand and implement the Charity’s Safeguarding policy, procedures, and best practice guidelines in your role. To use this understanding to ensure safe working practices, appropriate reporting of concerns and contribute positively to a safe environment.
  • To be able to work flexible hours where the role of the job requires.
  • To work towards agreed objectives.
  • Comply with all Charity policies.
  • Promote the Burnley FC in the Community brand and ethos in a professional, strong, and positive manner.
  • Work alongside other team members to support in other areas of the organisation as and when required to promote best practice.
  • Hold a commitment to equality and diversity in the workplace.
  • Willingness to attend training courses to enhance own professional development.
  • Always demonstrate the Charity’s values.

This job description is issued as a guideline to assist you in your duties and is not exhaustive. You may, on occasions, be required to undertake additional or other duties within the context of this job description.

Essential Qualifications, Experience & Skills

  • Level 2 multi-sport qualification(s) (or equivalent).
  • Mathematics and English qualifications at Grade C or above.
  • Experience of coaching or working with young people and/or adults.
  • An understanding and passion for improving opportunities for disadvantaged people and under- represented groups or individuals in our communities.
  • An understanding of safeguarding procedures.

Please email hr@burnleyfc.com to request a copy of the full Job Description and Person Specification

Safeguarding Statement

Burnley FC in the Community are committed to safeguarding children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to an Enhanced Criminal Record Check (DBS), which will be paid for by the Charity.

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, an online safeguarding search will also be carried out by a member of our HR or Safeguarding Team for all shortlisted candidates. The post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS check.

E, D & I Statement

Burnley FC in the Community are committed to equality and diversity within the workplace. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply. Reasonable adjustments are available for candidates and those employed by BFCitC who disclose.

Veteran Statement

Burnley FC in the Community are committed to supporting veterans, reservists and the wider armed forces community. We are actively engaged in the recruitment of Service Leavers.

Mental Health Statement

Burnley FC in the Community are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and Mental Health of all of our staff.

About Burnley FC in the Community

We are Burnley FC in the Community, the award-winning, official charity of Burnley Football Club.

We believe in the immense power of our football club to transform people’s lives for the better.

We work hard every day to deliver our mission across the communities of Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, the Ribble Valley and West Yorkshire.

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