The purpose of this role is to coordinate the Social Homes for Manchester (www.socialhomes4mcr.org.uk) campaign coalition and implement our strategy for strengthening the housing justice movement in Manchester and across GM. You will lead on organising community workshops and events raising awareness about SH4M campaign asks and the Manchester Local Plan consultation process. You will convene workshops and events focused on building the capacity of a network of ward-based community coalitions to understand housing and planning policy and process. This might include how local development applications are compiled, submitted, decided on; and strategies for ensuring appropriate levels of Section 106 contributions and social rent homes are included in development applications. You will work with SH4M Steering Group members and community leaders to provide coordination support to at least one neighbourhood planning process and efforts to encourage community-led housing innovations. You will create a new set of webpages focused on provision of transparent and accessible information on housing need, upcoming developments, and performance against housing targets at ward and city scale.
About you
- You have excellent relationship building skills and experience of working with disadvantaged groups of people to take collective action to achieve positive outcomes for people and communities.
- You enjoy organising activities and events in response to community priorities, interests and needs.
- You have an organised and strategic mindset and the professionalism to foster positive working relationships between community, voluntary, and public sector organisations and representatives.
- You have a basic understanding of housing development and planning application and approval processes and a good understanding of the rationale for increased delivery of sustainable social rent homes.
- You have some experience of web development or website administration and editing combined with the ability to engage digitally excluded groups of people in understanding technical information.
Please email a personal statement of no more than 3 sides of A4 size 12 font and a CV of no more than 2 sides of A4 size 12 font to recruitment@class-uk.com by 5pm on Monday 12th January. You can view more details and download the Application Pack here: https://communitysavers.net/engage/vacancies-volunteering/
- Your personal statement should set out how your skills, experience, and personal qualities make you a good candidate for this role, addressing the criteria outlined in the person specification for this role (p 5-6).
- Your CV should include a chronological history of your relevant work experience (paid or voluntary) with dates clearly showing the duration of any positions you have held. It should also include a chronological history of any relevant education, training and qualifications.
- We are more interested in candidates with relevant skills and experience than relevant formal qualifications.
- 28 days annual leave pro rata in addition to Public Holidays (most charities include public holidays within their 28 day leave allowance).
- Flexible working pattern including potential to carry out some work from home.
- 10% Employer pension contribution
- Cyclescheme (loan-based system where we buy your bike and you pay us back in instalments through salary sacrifice)
Salary scale is negotiable depending on a candidate's level of knowledge, skills and experience in relation to the main duties and responsibilities and the Person Specification which can be found in the Application Pack.
