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Community Engagement Officer

Job type - Part time, Permanent

Salary - £24,376 per annum, pro rata

Hours - 20 hours per week

Location - Hertfordshire

Do you have what it takes to seize opportunities and deliver results? Can you think differently, pursue creative ideas, and provide reliable support to other people?  And are you ready to make our society fairer and more inclusive for some of its most vulnerable members?

Then it is time to build on these strengths as part of the thriving Nacro team.

We positively change lives, strengthen communities, enhance social inclusion, and reduce crime and offending behaviour across the country. What is more, growing demand for our services means that we can offer you a career environment of exceptional variety and potential.

Who are we looking for?

An inspirational Community Engagement Officer who will support the Management Team with engagement into the wider community, through developing and maintaining partnerships and identifying opportunities for collaboration with partners to meet the needs of our clients. You will also oversee a team of mentors and volunteers who provide support to our clients who are serving and recently released from prison, with the aim to help them overcome multiple barriers and ensure a smooth and healthy re integration into community. 

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

To support the Management Team with engagement into the wider community, including developing and maintaining partnerships, identifying opportunities for collaboration with partners to meet the needs of our service users.

To implement a consistent volunteer recruitment and training model across the region. 

To oversee a team of mentors and volunteers to support serving and recently released prisons and those serving community sentences to overcome multiple needs as they move between prison custody and into the community. 

Our ideal candidate will be familiar with the local area, has a positive, flexible, and can-do attitude. Good IT skills are essential as is the ability to communicate with potential volunteers and the wider community. Successful applicants will need to demonstrate a commitment to, and an understanding of equal opportunities, diversity and safeguarding. Additionally, effective training delivery skills will be required, as well as the ability to design and evaluate effective VPS approaches/packages.

Travel will be required in this role,

A DBS check will be required for this role.

Prison Clearance will be required for this role.

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