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Become a Community Outreach Coordinator!
What is the role?
Community Outreach Coordinator
Salary Range: £15,000 - £18,000 (£25,000 – 30,000 pro-rata basis)
Reporting to: Director of Impact
Line Management: This post has no direct reports
Budget Responsibility?
No
Contract: This is a part time (60%), 3-year fixed-term role
Where will I work?
This hybrid position will be based at Habitat for Humanity Great Britain’s ReStore Community Hub in Romford, with the option to work remotely 2 days per week.
BACKGROUND
Habitat for Humanity Great Britain (Habitat GB) is part of the international Habitat for Humanity network.
We address housing poverty worldwide by partnering with communities and families to help them achieve their dreams of safe, decent housing.
Learn more about our work at
Purpose of The role
We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Community Outreach Coordinator to join our growing, dynamic team.
This role will support the development of a community hub attached to our charity retail “ReStore” in Romford—the first of its kind in the UK.
Globally, over 1,000 ReStores operate with the mission of upcycling unwanted home materials to support low-income households and promote a circular economy.
Beyond being a retail space, our ReStore aims to become a community hub offering additional targeted activities and services to those most vulnerable to housing insecurity.
Our pilot programme will focus on supporting women recovering from domestic abuse or trafficking.
These women will access free essential goods from the store, and benefit from workshops and courses such as upholstery, upcycling, art therapy, employability, confidence-building, and practical life skills.
Main Responsibilities
We are looking for a self-motivated and enthusiastic individual to design and maintain all community outreach activities.
The Community Outreach Coordinator will represent Habitat GB, working with the leadership team to develop and implement initiatives that increase the community hub’s visibility and impact.
This position will:
Person Specification
You will play a key role in developing and implementing community hub services and outreach efforts.
You must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to adapt your approach to meet the needs of the people we support.
This role is ideal for someone with a background in community outreach or social care, though we welcome applicants with relevant transferable experience and skills.
Skills and competencies:
The ideal candidate will possess:
The role and responsibilities will be carried out in a way which reflects:
This is not intended to be an exhaustive list.
Job descriptions may be subject to change.
Flexibility
Habitat GB is seeking to rapidly expand its activities and impact to fight poverty across the world.
This means that the organisation must be adaptable and flexible and have an ambitious, dynamic and flexible team.
It is a requirement of the post holder to be flexible in terms of location (within reason), line management, and duties and responsibilities.
This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.
Start your Habitat journey
We want the recruitment process to give you the opportunity to share your skills and experience, and to find out more about Habitat.
You are welcome to get in touch and arrange an informal chat with a member of the team before submitting an application.
To apply for the role, please send us your CV and a cover letter telling us about yourself, how you meet the person specification, and your motivation for applying – we don’t expect this to be more than two sides of A4.
Email it to
The deadline for applications is 21 July 2024 (at 11:59 pm).
Interviews will take place online from the week beginning 29 July 2024.
Selected candidates will be contacted to agree a suitable time for interview.
Please note that we do not reimburse any expenses incurred during interviews.
We’d prefer to hear directly from applicants – we won’t be working with third party recruiters on this role.
This post profile is not set in stone.
It gives insight into the main purpose of the role, and expected responsibilities, but it might be reviewed in the future to meet the changing requirements of Habitat for Humanity GB – any changes will be made in discussion with the post-holder.
Habitat for Humanity requires that all employees take seriously their ethical responsibilities to safeguard our intended beneficiaries, their communities, and all those with whom we work.
Managers at all levels have responsibilities to support and develop systems that create and maintain an environment that prevents harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, safeguards the rights of beneficiaries and community members (especially children), and promotes the implementation of our code of conduct.
The employment of this position will be subject to a satisfactory reference check and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
At Habitat for Humanity GB, we aim to build, develop and retain a talented workforce that represents a variety of backgrounds, skills and experiences.
We welcome and actively encourage applications from anyone who feels they’d be a good fit for our organisation, regardless of race, religion, colour, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, neurodiversity or any other protected characteristics.
Unfortunately, because of high volume of applications we will not be able to contact unsuccessful applicants.
If you haven’t heard from us within a month of the application deadline, please assume that your application has not been successful.