Community Engagement Navigator

Date: 04-12-2025

Title: Community Engagement Navigator

Salary: £24,378 - £25,655 per annum FTE - Depending on Skills and experience

Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: Sandwell

Ideal for All is looking for a passionate and proactive Community Engagement Navigator to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in Sandwell’s diverse communities by promoting inclusion, independence, and access to services for all, regardless of age, ability, or background.

In this role, you’ll coordinate and facilitate peer support groups and condition management activities that empower disabled people, carers, and families. You’ll deliver interventions that enhance wellbeing, reduce isolation, and help people connect with each other and local opportunities.

What you’ll do:

• Build strong relationships within the community and raise awareness of Ideal for All and partner services.
• Facilitate co-production meetings, outreach events, and forums to ensure service users’ voices shape our services.
• Provide navigation support, including assessments, SMART goal planning, and warm handovers to local services.
• Coordinate peer support groups and inclusive activities that promote mental wellbeing and social connection.
• Support volunteer development and membership engagement, creating a welcoming and empowering environment.

What we’re looking for:

• Experience in community engagement, peer support coordination, or similar roles.
• Strong communication and organisational skills, with the ability to build rapport across diverse groups.
• Knowledge of disability issues and commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• Flexibility to work some evenings and weekends to meet community needs.

If you’re committed to making life better for disabled people and their families, and you thrive in a role that values creativity, collaboration, and meaningful engagement, we’d love to hear from you.

How to apply: Send your CV and a covering letter outlining your suitability for the role to recruitment@idealforall.co.uk or call

0121 558 5555 (option 4)for more information.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we will only be able to contact candidates who have been selected for interview.

You are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time once we have received sufficient applications .