Community Engagement Coordinator – North Region, England CEC1125

• Location
• The role will be home-based with extensive travel across Northern England and regular travel to othe
• Salary
• £30,000
• Application Deadline
• Friday, November 28, 2025
• BookTrust

• BookTrust is the UK's largest reading charity, and we reach millions of children every year with books, resources and support to get every child reading, regularly and by choice. We are national in scale and operate in every region in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. We work through every local authority, via children’s centers, schools, libraries and health professionals, to reach families. Our England Partnerships Team supports our wide range of partners in a place-based way, working in and with local communities and the children and families most in need of support.

• Job Summary
• Location: This post is home-based, working within BookTrust’s Northern England region, which covers the North West, North East, and Yorkshire & the Humber. The role requires flexibility and travel across the region and to other BookTrust offices in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.Contract: Permanent, full-timeSalary: £30,000 per annum

  As a Community Engagement Coordinator, you will work within the regional partnerships team. You will manage a caseload of community work to support programme delivery, partnership network development and bespoke learning and development with the BookTrust partner network. You will create excellent links into communities and develop relationships with stakeholders in order to support BookTrust delivery and development, and place-based, community-led initiatives.

  We are looking for a positive and enthusiastic, credible ambassador with a demonstrable ability to make connections across a wide range of people and groups in order to deliver ambitious projects. You will have great communications skills with the ability to engage effectively with a diverse range of audiences, in writing and in person. You may have worked within or across a local authority provider or network, in outreach or in a project within a local community or the third sector. You may have experience working with children and families experiencing deprivation, or in children’s reading. You will be highly motivated with the ability to work unsupervised across multiple projects in disparate locations simultaneously, and to work at pace, often to tight deadlines.

  To apply please send a copy of your CV torecruitment@booktrust.org.ukalong with a covering letter showing how you meet the person specification and your motivations for applying for the role. Your covering letter should not be longer than 600 words.

  Want to join us? Find out more about who we are at:

  https://www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/work-at-booktrust/Closing date: Friday 28 November 2025 at midday. We may choose to close applications early if we have received sufficient numbers of quality applications, so please don’t wait until the closing date to apply.
• Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusivity

• We aim to provide an inclusive recruitment process and actively welcome applications from diverse talent pools: minority ethnic candidates, candidates with disabilities and long-term conditions and candidates from underrepresented communities.

  We are committed to equality of opportunity and want to ensure we have an accessible application process for all candidates. If you need any reasonable adjustments or would like us to do anything differently during the application process, please contact our HR team on

  HR@booktrust.org.ukto discuss your requirements further.

  BookTrust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The recruitment and selection process reflect our commitment to safeguarding therefore, the suitability of all prospective employees will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment, and pre-employment checks.

• Job Profile
• Job Profile document