Senior Community Partnerships Officer
We are recruiting a Senior Community Partnerships Officer to join our award-winning Community Partnerships Team within the Housing & Regeneration Directorate of the council. It’s an exciting time to join the service as we are transforming the way we engage with and deliver services to our 22,000 tenants and leaseholders, following the in sourcing of the housing management services back into the council.
We want to make sure our residents are at the heart of shaping our housing management services, providing them with the tools and resources to make their engagement with us meaningful.
We are looking for an experienced and confident community engagement and community development professional, who is highly creative and motivated individual, committed to developing and delivering innovative programmes to meet the needs of our diverse communities. Experience of working in a diverse inner-city area and a good understanding of socio-economic challenges faced by our residents is important.
Some key areas of responsibility will include:
· Working with residents and internal and external stakeholders develop Neighbourhood Action Plans for each of our 27 neighbourhoods and work collectively to deliver the actions.
· Work closely with the Community Partnerships Officers to provide support to the 31 Tenants and Residents Associations, including around their governance and capacity building.
· Work with internal and external partners to deliver our emerging residents engagement Strategy, putting residents at the core of our service delivery.
· Manage and oversee the Financial Health Centre, which is a key hub in the borough providing advice and support to residents experiencing financial hardship and challenges.
Closing date: 26th May 2024 at 23:59
The recruitment process will include an assessment and panel interview. Details will be confirmed with candidates once shortlisting has taken place.
Further information
For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact:
Fokrul.hoque@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Additional Details
Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.
Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.