Community Projects Manager

The Vacancy

Full Time – 37 Hours per week – Permanent

We have a fantastic opportunity for you to join our friendly and welcoming Communities Team as the Community Projects Manager.

About the Role

The successful applicant for this role will be responsible for the management of the WestRaven Café and Garden partnership including day-to-day customer service and coordination of activities and services. They will also lead on applying for and delivering externally funded projects that meet the aims of set charitable objectives.

Key Responsibilities (include but are not limited to):

Day to day management of the WestRaven Café and Garden partnership, in accordance with partnership arrangements, including direct line management for employees delivering the services. Responsibility for managing employee absence, performance and compliance with agreed processes. Project manage WestRaven community café and garden events, activities and funding bids including leading on the co-ordinating and planning of events and activities. Write and submit funding bids for WestRaven Community Café and Garden.Ensure compliance and monitoring relating to WestRaven Community Café and Garden projects and funding streams is completed to deadlines given. Work on the monitoring of budgets and spend in relation to WestRaven Community Café and Garden.Development and promotion of services offered working with the Communications and Marketing team. Supervision of Volunteers and partnerships that support WestRaven activities. To proactively safeguard children and adults by assessing needs and making decisions about timely referrals to statutory agencies where vulnerability has been identified.

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check

Use of a car and a clean licence essential as there will be a requirement to move between two local locations.

What We're Looking For:

We are looking for someone who has relevant experience to undertake this really important role, preferably in communities or front line delivery. You also will have experience of working in partnership with other agencies at operational levels.

You will have demonstrable knowledge and experience of obtaining external funding through funding bids and delivering projects delivering agreed outcomes.

Essentially you will also have the ability to lead and motivate people, monitoring employee performance and identifying and prioritising individual and team workloads.

Please see the attached job description for full details of the role. 

If you have the experience and drive to help us achieve our vision, and a desire to make a difference to our residents lives, we’d love to hear from you!

We reserve the right to close this advert early if sufficient interest is received. Therefore, if you are interested in the role, we encourage you to apply without delay!

No agencies please.

The Company

A commercial business with a social heart, our vision is to create opportunities that change lives through our drive, expertise, resources and passion. 

Our dynamic approach has made us one of the region’s leading providers of affordable homes for rent and sale. Developing new homes across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, and the surrounding area, we’re committed to increasing the supply of affordable homes in the communities where they are needed most. Agility and innovation are central to our approach to adapting to change, and we’ll continue to grow our business in today’s fast-paced operating environment. 

There’s more to building communities than building houses. In addition to providing quality homes and delivering excellent landlord services, we also provide care at home and at our two extra care communities in Peterborough as well as around the clock support through our LifeLine personal alarm service. Our community investment programme sees us working with specialist partners to bring a range of employment, wellbeing and family-friendly services to the heart of our communities, with a rapidly expanding digital support offer too. 

You can find out more and the on the CKH website.

Putting People First

CKH actively seeks to continue to build an inclusive environment for its employees and the communities it serves and welcomes applications from people from all backgrounds.

At CKH, everything we do is about the people who live in our homes and access our services. So, we know we need the best people to deliver the outstanding services and support our communities deserve. No matter where your career with us takes you, you’ll be part of a team that makes a difference and creates opportunities that change lives. 

As well as working to create sustainable, prosperous communities, we’re also keen to build a workplace community where you can feel supported by colleagues and enjoy your time at work. With a broad range of backgrounds and experience, our team is united by our shared values: action, commitment, excellence, integrity and teamwork. If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. 

Benefits

We know we need to provide a great working environment to attract the best people. Our offer includes:

A great pension scheme: we will double your contribution up to a maximum of 10% and include Life Cover

Generous holiday entitlement; 25 days plus bank holidays increasing with time

Flexible family friendly and carers policies that allow a range of paid and unpaid leave

CKH Rewards benefits platform including cashback on purchases, instant vouchers and reloadable gift cards

Westfield Health, giving access to a range of benefits such as 24 hour DoctorLine, Employee Assistance Programme, money back for glasses and dental treatment (after probation)

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