Community Welfare and Inclusion Officer

Job Title: Community Welfare and Inclusion Officer

Department: Health & Wellbeing

Location: Various locations across Burnley and Pendle

Salary: £25,000 - £27,500 per annum

Contract Type: Fixed-Term until 30th June 2027

Working Pattern: 35 hours per week (Mon – Fri), with flexibility required to work occasional evenings to meet the needs of the role.

Closing Date: Friday, 18th September 2026

Burnley FC in the Community (BFCitC) is the award-winning official charity of Burnley Football Club. Driven by our mission to empower, connect and inspire people to thrive, we deliver life-changing programmes and services that make a lasting difference across Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Ribble Valley and West Yorkshire.

Through the power of football and the strength of our communities, we support thousands of people of all ages each year to improve their health, wellbeing, education and life opportunities. Our passionate and dedicated team works across a wide range of projects, creating positive change where it is needed most.

We believe Burnley and the surrounding areas are home to exceptional people and vibrant communities. If you're looking for an opportunity to make a real impact while working for an ambitious, values-driven organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

Join our team and be part of something bigger.

At Burnley FC in the Community, you'll have the opportunity to make a genuine difference to people's lives every day. You'll join a supportive and ambitious team that is passionate about creating positive change, while benefiting from opportunities for professional development.

To deliver across our busy and diverse Community Welfare and Inclusion department which delivers programmes, projects and sessions across the Burnley, Pendle and East Lancashire area. In this role you will use the influence of sport to deliver positive change in the lives of under-represented or vulnerable groups and individuals within the local community.

• To engage, inspire and empower people to reach their full potential.

• To support a number of programmes with their delivery, namely our Veterans Programme, Health and Wellbeing programmes, Targeted Intervention programmes, and our Youth Engagement programmes.

• Work with individuals and/or groups from a range of diverse backgrounds.

• Promote all projects in schools and in community settings across, Burnley, Pendle and East Lancashire to ensure that projects achieve their Key Performance Indictors (KPI’s).

• Generate new ideas as to how the Community Welfare and Inclusion department can be developed further, whilstensuring high quality of delivery.

• Target areas of greatest need, working with colleagues to identify and respond to the need.

• To build and maintain strong partnerships with local, regional and national organisations to enhance programmes.

• Promote Burnley FC in the Community in community settings across Burnley, Pendle and East Lancashire to ensure a diverse range of participants attend programmes, and the projects achieve their Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s).

• Consider equality, diversity and inclusion in all activities linked to projects with particular focus around female engagement, SEND, and ethnically diverse communities.

• Consider equality, diversity and inclusion in all activities linked to Social Inclusion and programmes with a particular focus engaging with under-represented communities.

• Support the department to ensure all activities are correctly monitored with the appropriate risk assessments, safeguarding and health and safety procedures in place.

• To lead on data collection, ensuring Salesforce and other reporting platforms are consistently up to date.

• To understand and implement the Charity’s Safeguarding policy, procedures, and best practice guidelines in your role. To use this understanding to ensure safe working practices, appropriate reporting of concerns and contribute positively to a safe environment.

• To be able to work flexible hours where the…