Brent Hubs Coordinator
Focusing on our Residents and Our Community
Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent’s diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here.
The council is pursuing a far-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community so it is an exciting time to join us.
The Post
The Brent Hubs Coordinator will play a key role in delivering a programme to extend, develop and coordinate a network of community hubs across the borough. This will include building relationships and working closely with the local community and voluntary sector, community / resident groups and statutory partners to ensure the effective running of the hubs; bringing together a range of council services and local organisations to work together under one roof offering support and advice to local residents, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable.
The Person
The ideal candidate will have an excellent record of engaging with a wide range of stakeholders, including the voluntary and community sector, and building and maintaining productive working relationships. They will have a passion for delivering the highest standard of customer care and experience of coordinating, supporting and supervising multi-disciplinary teams to achieve successful outcomes.
Closing date: 3 December 2023 (23:00)
Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent’s diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here.
The council is pursuing a far-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community so it is an exciting time to join us.
The Post
The Brent Hubs Coordinator will play a key role in delivering a programme to extend, develop and coordinate a network of community hubs across the borough. This will include building relationships and working closely with the local community and voluntary sector, community / resident groups and statutory partners to ensure the effective running of the hubs; bringing together a range of council services and local organisations to work together under one roof offering support and advice to local residents, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable.
The Person
The ideal candidate will have an excellent record of engaging with a wide range of stakeholders, including the voluntary and community sector, and building and maintaining productive working relationships. They will have a passion for delivering the highest standard of customer care and experience of coordinating, supporting and supervising multi-disciplinary teams to achieve successful outcomes.
Closing date: 3 December 2023 (23:00)
Additional Information
Location: Civic centre and other locations in Harlesden; Kilburn; Willesden; Wembley; Kingsbury and St Raphael's
If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the "Apply Now" button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the Person Specification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.
Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.
We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.
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Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.
As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including “non-visible” disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on recruitment@brent.gov.uk