About the role

ID: 1731 Community Engagement and Volunteer Coordinator
Birmingham Food and Wellbeing Club

Salary: £25,221 - £27,780 FTE per annum - (Pro-rata amount for part-time hours £5,044 - £5,556)

Hours: 7.4 hours per week on Tuesdays (Part-time)
Location: Nechells Community Hub, 42 Crompton Rd, Birmingham B7 5SN
Contract: Temporary until the end of March 2027

We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.

Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.

We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.

The postholder will support the Club to achieve its aims:
• encourage families to access local support services and be signposted to other agencies
• provide regular access to a sustainable supply of food to people at risk of food insecurity
• increase disposable income for local families to improve life chances and wellbeing
• reduce the amount of food being sent to landfill in the UK by utilising surplus food


Main Responsibilities:
• The postholder will lead on engagement with the community and partner organisations, creating collaborative opportunities that have a positive impact for those who live and work in the Ladywood area of Birmingham.
• The postholder will also lead on volunteer recruitment, supporting local people to develop their skills and confidence.
• The postholder will line manage the Birmingham Food and Wellbeing Assistant.
• They will work within the national FOOD Club team and liaise closely with other local Birmingham staff, as well as recruiting and supporting local volunteers.

Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
• You may have previous experience in retail, health & safety, environmental health, education or social work. Previous experience of working with families is desirable.
• You will have the skills to arrange a wide range of activities such as establishing focus groups, organising partner organisations to visit the club, arranging community events and taster volunteer days.
• You will be passionate about supporting members of the community to access low-cost, high-quality food and engage in local projects and services. You will be enthusiastic about delivering engaging activities that involve and make a difference to the local community.
• Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service – ENHANCED

Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays / of 30 working days plus bank holidays
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.

To Apply:
• Click the ‘Apply’ link below and fill out our digital application form
• Closing Date: 2 weeks from posting date

Interviews are scheduled to take place from wb 30th March virtually, with slots throughout the working day and early/late slots available.
For any queries, or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or the potential for flexible working, please email: Pete_godden@family-action.org,uk

All appointments with Family Action are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates. We are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action because we know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and we strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support.

All candidates with a disability are welcome to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and request priority consideration for an interview, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role.

To help remove financial barriers to working with us, we will reimburse reasonable travel costs if you are invited to attend an interview in person.

*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.