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Emmaus Colchester is seeking a Decorating Hub Facilitator to lead and deliver on our decorating HUB to ensure that it has maximum social and environmental impact as possible.
You will help us drive forward our new community-based resource to support the public with low-cost decorating needs, act as a central point of recycling and an epicentre to support community painting projects.
You will work directly with the Operations Manager in setting up our new service, organising and delivery of the wider project.
This is a varied role, and you will need to be able to respond to the needs of the community and assist with broader charitable aims.
- Oversee the day-to-day running of the Decorating HUB, ensuring smooth, safe, and effective operations.
- Coordinate the receipt, sorting, safe storage, and redistribution of surplus/recycled paint and decorating materials.
- Manage the Decorating HUB’s trade counter and workshop space, ensuring it’s welcoming, well maintained, and functional.
Emmaus Colchester is a charity that empowers people to overcome homelessness. We provide the foundation of a safe home and a life-changing package of tailored support. Through our residential community and thriving social enterprises across the city, we offer stability, purpose, and a route to rebuilding lives.
Emmaus is a unique, secular organisation supporting people affected by homelessness and social exclusion. There are currently 29 Emmaus communities across the UK, stretching from Glasgow to Dover and Norfolk to South Wales. Collectively, the Emmaus Federation supports more than 1,000 people with experience of homelessness.
To apply for this role, download the recruitment documents below and then complete the job application form you will find this below or by clicking the ‘apply now’ button on the right of this page. Please return your application form via email to Darren Scott at darren@emmauscol.org or post it to: Darren Scott, Emmaus Colchester, 175 Magdalen Street, Colchester, CO1 2JX.
Closing date 25 September 2026
Interviews will be held on 30th September
Emmaus UK provides equal opportunity for all job applicants and employees and is committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination. We are dedicated to an inclusive culture, and we strive to create a workplace where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, perspectives, ideas, and experiences work together. We welcome applications from all individuals irrespective of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, marital status, or parental responsibilities.
To ensure fairness and consistency in selecting the best candidate for our roles, all our applications are anonymised until an interview has been confirmed so that shortlisting is based solely upon the suitability of the candidate’s experience.