Exciting Opportunity in our Kirkdale store in Liverpool

Join the Community Shop Revolution: Make a Real Impact as our Lead and Shape the Future

About the role: This position has responsibility for the delivery of Community Hub’s programmes and community based initiatives that align in responding to a community needs. You will need to have the potential to solve community-based problems, be ready and willing to create positive changes in our community and to question and rethink concepts, assumptions and practises.

You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders demonstrating your leadership, initiative, ability to problem solve and capacity to respond flexibly to unexpected demand.

Accountabilities and Responsibilities Operational

Ensure that all Health, Safety & Environmental policies and practises are upheld

Locally lead and deliver Community Hub’s Social Impact and Development services including the promotion and support of communities through development and engagement initiatives

Ability to deliver membership drives to broaden Community Hub’s Social Impact

The delivery of in-house training and development programmes

Delivery of effective social programmes with housing providers and more widely across the not-for-profit, social enterprise, public and private sectors – with the aim of taking forward new social impact opportunities that maximise the synergistic and financial benefits of joint working

Implement, data gather and formulate bespoke projects including the project design, setting budgets, managing resources, and ensuring good knowledge transfer alongside Regional Social Impact & Development Manager





Build understanding within both the social sector and beyond Community Shop to developing social impact business offer, continuing to consolidate with Social Impact & Development department

Deliver and develop effective Membership practises to ensure access and promotion for service users to Community Shop

Colleagues

Engage your team both within your department and within other departments to support cross functional and positive working relationships

Employ a supportive and high performing culture with consistent delivery, through excellent leadership and motivation, that fully utilises and develops your teams’ skills and capabilities

Keep up to date with information relevant to your department and cascade this accordingly to your team

KPIs

Consistent and effective membership drive to maximise utilisation of services through Community Store, Hub and Kitchen (35 per week)

Written material of good quality standard

Good standard effective communication with team regarding implementation of social programmes

Electronic and paper filing systems are well organised and maintained

All sensitive / confidential information managed with integrity and maturity

Skills and experience Essential :

Lead by example and uphold Company Shop Group values at all times

To be flexible and adaptable to support the needs of the business





Solution focused mind-set; bringing solutions and opportunities

A desire to continually focus on your own continued professional development

Sound understanding of and experience in social change objectives and strategies

Ability to deliver effective training and development programmes

Experience in implementing and administering data collection tools

Demonstrated capacity to work at a community level; working with multi-faceted, integrated team operational environment.

High level experience in shared implementation of social programmes with relevant multi-disciplinary organisations.

Highly developed communications skills, strong interpersonal skills.

Commitment to achieving high quality, innovative results.

Ability to work collaboratively, flexibly and with initiative to fulfil both individual and team performance targets

Confident presenter and trainer

Confident with Microsoft Office and Excel

Well-developed organisational and time management skills

High level attention to detail.

Ability to simultaneously coordinate multiple tasks and meet deadlines

Excellent interpersonal skills

Desirable

Qualified qualification in community or social science discipline

Awareness of current issues affecting community based working and how these might impact on the profession

Knowledge of recent and relevant educational legislation including related regulations and guidance

Knowledge of social science/community development theories and evidence as applied community based setting

Full driving licence

Why you’ll love Company Shop Group

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📌 Community Wellbeing Practitioner (Liverpool)
🏢 Company Shop Group
📍 Liverpool