Green Community Hubs Manager
- Recruiter
- Groundwork Cheshire, Lancashire & Merseyside
- Location
- Lancashire
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 27 Jul 2022
- Closes
- 23 Aug 2022
- Sectors
- Travel & Tourism
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Are you passionate about green initiatives and community development?
We have a fantastic opportunity to manage an exciting new project. As the Green Community Hubs Manager, you will lead on the development and creation of a network of green community hubs across the North of England.
A green community hub is a physical space that a local community has the responsibility for managing. They bring other services together and offer a broad range of activities that build resilience and reduce health inequalities in communities.
Examples include community gardens, food growing projects, woodlands or parks.
You will lead a team of six staff members, including five Community Hub Facilitators supporting projects on a local basis and a Marketing and Communications Officer providing support across the region. Your role will be to develop green community hubs across the region and lead on the development and coordination of a centralised training programme, available for each locality to support them in establishing and developing their projects.
Background
The Green Community Hubs Manager will lead a team of six staff members on the creation of a network of green community hubs across the North of England.
Green community hubs are natural spaces that act as a base for community activities. They might be community gardens, parks, nature reserves, or a small pocket of land on a housing estate. Green community hubs form part of the social infrastructure of a neighbourhood - the places and spaces that enable social connections to flourish. Activities delivered at green community hubs will vary based on the assets within each community but could include volunteer development, education programmes, physical activity programmes or biodiversity and conservation projects.
This post will spearhead the Green Community Hubs: Northern Network project funded by the National Lottery Community Fund. This programme is of national importance to Groundwork as we seek to influence policy with the long term aim of creating green community hubs in every neighbourhood across the country.
Scope of role
The role will involve managing a team of staff to develop five test and learn green community hub projects across the region. These test and learn projects have already been identified as part of the programme development phase.
In addition to this, the role will lead on developing a support and resource programme available to a further 30+ organisations yet to be identified. The aim of this is to provide external organisations with the knowledge of how to set up and run their own green community hubs. This will be delivered through a centralised training programme, available for each locality.
The successful candidate will have a passion for green initiatives and community development. They will be experienced in sharing good practice and facilitating co-production. The role will include identifying potential funding streams and sources of income to support the long-term sustainability of new green community hubs.
The Green Community Hubs Manager will lead a team of six Groundwork staff members including five Community Hub Facilitators supporting projects on a local basis and a Marketing and Communications Officer providing support across the region.
Hours of work: Full time 36.25 hours per week
Type of Contract: Permanent
Pattern of work: Monday to Friday - Flexible start and end times to be agreed with line manager
Salary: GBP27,110 - GBP33,854 per year
Based: Home based or based at one of Groundwork s core offices (Occassional travel to various sites acrodd the North of England)
Closing date: 22nd August at 5pm
Interviews: W/C 5th Septemeber
The full Job Description and Personal specificastion can be found in the supporting documents.
We have a fantastic opportunity to manage an exciting new project. As the Green Community Hubs Manager, you will lead on the development and creation of a network of green community hubs across the North of England.
A green community hub is a physical space that a local community has the responsibility for managing. They bring other services together and offer a broad range of activities that build resilience and reduce health inequalities in communities.
Examples include community gardens, food growing projects, woodlands or parks.
You will lead a team of six staff members, including five Community Hub Facilitators supporting projects on a local basis and a Marketing and Communications Officer providing support across the region. Your role will be to develop green community hubs across the region and lead on the development and coordination of a centralised training programme, available for each locality to support them in establishing and developing their projects.
Background
The Green Community Hubs Manager will lead a team of six staff members on the creation of a network of green community hubs across the North of England.
Green community hubs are natural spaces that act as a base for community activities. They might be community gardens, parks, nature reserves, or a small pocket of land on a housing estate. Green community hubs form part of the social infrastructure of a neighbourhood - the places and spaces that enable social connections to flourish. Activities delivered at green community hubs will vary based on the assets within each community but could include volunteer development, education programmes, physical activity programmes or biodiversity and conservation projects.
This post will spearhead the Green Community Hubs: Northern Network project funded by the National Lottery Community Fund. This programme is of national importance to Groundwork as we seek to influence policy with the long term aim of creating green community hubs in every neighbourhood across the country.
Scope of role
The role will involve managing a team of staff to develop five test and learn green community hub projects across the region. These test and learn projects have already been identified as part of the programme development phase.
In addition to this, the role will lead on developing a support and resource programme available to a further 30+ organisations yet to be identified. The aim of this is to provide external organisations with the knowledge of how to set up and run their own green community hubs. This will be delivered through a centralised training programme, available for each locality.
The successful candidate will have a passion for green initiatives and community development. They will be experienced in sharing good practice and facilitating co-production. The role will include identifying potential funding streams and sources of income to support the long-term sustainability of new green community hubs.
The Green Community Hubs Manager will lead a team of six Groundwork staff members including five Community Hub Facilitators supporting projects on a local basis and a Marketing and Communications Officer providing support across the region.
Hours of work: Full time 36.25 hours per week
Type of Contract: Permanent
Pattern of work: Monday to Friday - Flexible start and end times to be agreed with line manager
Salary: GBP27,110 - GBP33,854 per year
Based: Home based or based at one of Groundwork s core offices (Occassional travel to various sites acrodd the North of England)
Closing date: 22nd August at 5pm
Interviews: W/C 5th Septemeber
The full Job Description and Personal specificastion can be found in the supporting documents.