We're looking for a brilliant, warm all-rounder who will thrive in our busy Community and Family Hub. Someone who enjoys building relationships, has good organisational skills and is happy to get involved wherever they are needed.
The Community Development Worker plays a vital role in making our community hub a vibrant, welcoming and well-used space, combining hands-on community centre service delivery with practical coordination. You'll engage with families( and their children) and community members, support volunteers and help deliver our frontline community activities. You'll also drive our wish to increase the range of activity provided by other organisations from our centre, support the day-to-day running of the centre and maintain strong relationships with local partners and organisations using our spaces.
You'll be an approachable presence around the centre, helping people feel welcome and supporting the groups and organisations delivering services here. You'll enjoy keeping track of practical arrangements, following up enquiries and working with colleagues to resolve everyday issues.
Your role will include:
- Helping deliver welcoming community activities and services with adults and families that respond to local needs.
- Delivering form filling / light touch advice sessions
- Developing new types of provision that you may run along side volunteers
- Getting out into the community, building relationships and encouraging more people to get involved with Manchester Settlement.
- Listening to community voices and helping local people shape what happens at the centre.
- Supporting and encouraging volunteers to contribute their skills, build confidence and get involved in delivering sessions
- Building strong relationships with partners and supporting organisations using our spaces.
- Increasing and improving partnerships with organisations that can deliver an increasing range services and activities from our community hub
- Being a welcoming presence around the centre and helping with the practicalities of day-to-day delivery.
- Keeping records of activity, participation and feedback to help demonstrate the difference our work makes.
Wednesdays and Thursdays will be important working days, when you'll provide regular support and cover for our community services. Access to a car is essential on Thursdays.
You'll need:
- A sense of humour
- An authentic, caring nature Plenty of initiative
- Good organisational skills and attention to detail
- Energy and the ability to roll with the unexpected
- Confidence talking to people from all walks of life
- A willingness to muck in, whatever the task
- Experience of working face to face with people in providing caring support/ services/programmes
- Able to build warm, trusting relationships with people from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures.
- A good listener who helps people share their ideas and get involved.
- Able to communicate clearly with the public, colleagues and partners, in person and in writing.
- Well organised: able to manage bookings, follow up enquiries, keep accurate records and prioritise in a busy setting.
- Confident using email, online calendars, spreadsheets and other digital tools.
- Able to use your initiative to solve everyday problems, working on your own and as part of a team.
- An understanding of community development: building on people's strengths and ideas.
- An understanding of the inequalities people in our community face, and a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
- An understanding of safeguarding, confidentiality and professional boundaries, including when and how to report concerns.
- Experience of outreach or encouraging people who don't usually use services to get involved.
- Experience working with families/ parents alongside their children.
- Experience of supporting adults or families, including giving information, advice or help with forms.
- Experience of gathering feedback and recording the difference activities make.
- Experience of running a community space, co-ordinating room bookings or working with partner organisations.
- Knowledge of local support services, trauma-informed practice or food safety.
Other requirements
- Available to work on Wednesdays and Thursdays, with occasional evenings and weekends.
- A full UK driving licence and access to an insured vehicle on Thursdays to collect food supplies. If this is a barrier because of a disability, please talk to us about reasonable adjustments.
- An Enhanced DBS check and other safer recruitment checks (identity, right to work, employment history and references). We will arrange the DBS check.
- Closing Date: Monday 9th November 2026 at 12:00pm
- Closing Time: 9AM
- Employee Benefits: Membership of Health Assured - Employee Assistance Programme.Ongoing professional development.Cycle and tech loan schemes.Company pension scheme
- Working Pattern Details: 1 year fixed - with the potential for extension
Monday - Friday
Wednesdays and Thursdays will be important working days, when you'll provide regular support and cover for our community services. Access to a car is essential on Thursdays. - Would You Consider A Job Share For The Role?: Yes
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Community Development Worker in Manchester employer: Action Together
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