Community Empowerment and Engagement Officer - Waverley Court - _

Salary: £40,501- £47,639 (pro rata for part-time)

Hours:

18 per week, 52 weeks per year

• Provide support to local community and third sector participation in empowerment and engagement activities including community planning and delivery activity arrangements. This will involve assisting in the design, organisation and delivery of events, issuing and publishing of papers and promotion/awareness raising.
• Contribute to the provision of support for community centre management committees . Support the implementation of Health & Safety responsibilities for a number of community centres across the city pending a review of these arrangements by the Council
• Support the arrangements for delivering community planning priorities, projects and programmes of action at a locality level in line with the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 with particular emphasis on collaboration, consistency, coordination and public engagement
• Attend and contribute to the activities of steering groups, representative forums and review groups at a locality level to support the work of the Edinburgh Partnership in addressing its priorities and targets as required.
• Contribute to the support of individual partnerships/groups across a range of functions as required to ensure that the decision-making and business processes operate efficiently and effectively, and appropriate linkages are identified/achieved.
• Support engagement and dialogue with a wide range of locality representatives including but not limited to;
  Neighbourhood Networks , Community councils, tenant and resident's groups, friends of groups, community centre management committees, the local voluntary sector and other community planning partners to support the collation of local interests and priorities in response to a wide range of Council initiatives.
• Work in partnership with key stakeholders within local communities to promote & support the development of a network of contacts to develop community capacity enabling residents to take leading roles in the development of their communities.
• Work in partnership to support the implementation of the Edinburgh Partnership governance framework and work programme.
• Support and contribute to the review and refresh of Locality Improvement plans along with other relevant community planning partners/lead partners
• Assist in monitoring and administration of the locally devolved Community Grants Fund budget Assist in supporting/enabling community involvement/influence in the decision-making processes associated with the expenditure of the above and any other devolved Council budgets.
• Undertake any administrative duties as deemed necessary in the execution of the above tasks/activities. Work closely with local Elected Members, senior officers and external agencies to represent the Council's interests.
• Assist in the preparation and content of reports, strategic plans, other documents, briefings, presentations and FOIs for Council meetings, external agencies, senior officers, including the Council Management Team and the relevant committees as well as business and stakeholder groups.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented.

All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an…