CS/1381 - Community Lead Co-ordinator
£27,041 to £29,577

Ballard House Fixed term contract*Secondment until 31 March 2023 37 hours per week Grade F (£27,041 - £29,577) per annum

Community Lead Co-ordinator - Role profile

* This vacancy may be available as a secondment opportunity for internal Plymouth City Council employees please refer to the internal jobs page for further information before applying.

If you are applying internally for a secondment, you must be employed on a permanent contract working continuously for 12 weeks or more.  If you are currently on probation, you will be expected to complete your probationary service in the new role.   (insert if secondment advert going out internally)  If you are applying for this role as an internal candidate as a secondment,  your current line manager must also be in agreement with your application (please refer to the Secondment policy for further information).  

This role will be within the Skills Team of the Education, Participation and Skills Department. The team’s work focuses on making sure people have the right skills they need now and in the future to enter into and progress in work and employers have the people with the right skills they need for growth.


This role is part of a two-year project funded by European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg Channel programme (FCE) until 31 March 2023.

C-Care is a partnership of four English & three French organisations along with a much wider network of stakeholders and previous Interreg projects from the FCE area who have developed a unique and ambitious package of targeted support in response to some of the socio-economic impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Covid-19 has affected every area of life in the FCE area and the C-Care project aims to address issues where the impacts have been the greatest.

C-Care consists of four work packages aimed at supporting individuals at risk of exclusion and businesses at risk of closure in order to reverse some of the negative impacts of the pandemic.

We are recruiting a Community Lead, as part of a wider team. This post will focus on skills and employment, working across some of the most disadvantaged communities in the city, and with some of the most vulnerable groups. Supporting Plymouth’s long-term employed (6 months+),most disadvantaged and vulnerable residents, to progress into education employment or training opportunities through a targeted multi-agency approach supported through a range of interventions, with extensive pre-employment support.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate impact working with long-term unemployed and vulnerable people and have knowledge of barriers to work.

The projects contribute to the delivery of the Resurgam Charter, which is part of Plymouth’s Resurgam programme for economic recovery.

You will work with C-Care Partners and Skills Launchpad Plymouth (Youth and Adult Hub Coordinators and DWP Work coaches) to understand COVID impact and response and apply that to delivery in Plymouth. Delivery consists of support to individuals and businesses. You will work as part of a delivery team and work with specialist teams elsewhere in the council and with wider partners.

Please contact Tina Brinkworth, Head of Skills and Post 16 for more information or an informal chat on 01752 307840

Closing date: Wednesday 9 June 2021

Vacancy Description
Ballard House Fixed term contract*Secondment until 31 March 2023 37 hours per week Grade F (£27,041 - £29,577) per annum
 
Community Lead Co-ordinator - Role profile

* This vacancy may be available as a secondment opportunity for internal Plymouth City Council employees please refer to the internal jobs page for further information before applying.

If you are applying internally for a secondment, you must be employed on a permanent contract working continuously for 12 weeks or more.  If you are currently on probation, you will be expected to complete your probationary service in the new role.   (insert if secondment advert going out internally)  If you are applying for this role as an internal candidate as a secondment,  your current line manager must also be in agreement with your application (please refer to the Secondment policy for further information).  

This role will be within the Skills Team of the Education, Participation and Skills Department. The team’s work focuses on making sure people have the right skills they need now and in the future to enter into and progress in work and employers have the people with the right skills they need for growth.


This role is part of a two-year project funded by European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg Channel programme (FCE) until 31 March 2023.

C-Care is a partnership of four English & three French organisations along with a much wider network of stakeholders and previous Interreg projects from the FCE area who have developed a unique and ambitious package of targeted support in response to some of the socio-economic impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Covid-19 has affected every area of life in the FCE area and the C-Care project aims to address issues where the impacts have been the greatest.

C-Care consists of four work packages aimed at supporting individuals at risk of exclusion and businesses at risk of closure in order to reverse some of the negative impacts of the pandemic.

We are recruiting a Community Lead, as part of a wider team. This post will focus on skills and employment, working across some of the most disadvantaged communities in the city, and with some of the most vulnerable groups. Supporting Plymouth’s long-term employed (6 months+),most disadvantaged and vulnerable residents, to progress into education employment or training opportunities through a targeted multi-agency approach supported through a range of interventions, with extensive pre-employment support.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate impact working with long-term unemployed and vulnerable people and have knowledge of barriers to work.

The projects contribute to the delivery of the Resurgam Charter, which is part of Plymouth’s Resurgam programme for economic recovery.

You will work with C-Care Partners and Skills Launchpad Plymouth (Youth and Adult Hub Coordinators and DWP Work coaches) to understand COVID impact and response and apply that to delivery in Plymouth. Delivery consists of support to individuals and businesses. You will work as part of a delivery team and work with specialist teams elsewhere in the council and with wider partners.

Please contact Tina Brinkworth, Head of Skills and Post 16 for more information or an informal chat on 01752 307840

Closing date: Wednesday 9 June 2021