Community and Social Value Officer

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Community and Social Value Officer to join our team at Enable!

About Us: Enable is a charity dedicated to improving people's wellbeing and strengthening local communities. We work with councils, charities and other local organisations to deliver health, leisure, community services and events that enrich people’s lives and strengthen our local community. At Enable, we value our employees and our culture, focusing on embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive, flexible and fun environment for employees to perform at their best.

On top of a competitive salary and flexible working environment, employees will also receive:

• 30 days of annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays)
• Life Insurance
• Reward Schemes (RewardHub Membership, wellbeing budgets and cycle to work)
• A variety of social and wellbeing activities each month
• Mental Health & Wellbeing Perks (Monthly talks, Wellbeing Hour, etc)

Role Overview: Reporting to the Community and Social Value Manager and joining the Community and Social Value Team, the postholder will work internally to support Enable services’ community work and externally to develop relationships and build capacity. Internally, you will be working alongside Heads of Service and managers to support and expand the community work and social impact in services. This includes developing new projects, supporting volunteering, and leading on demonstrating Enable’s social impact in the community. Externally, you will develop relationships and partnerships with a wide range of voluntary and community organisations, corporate businesses and statutory organisations helping to link to Enable’s services and build capacity in the community.

Main Duties/Responsibilities:

• Supporting Enable Services – working directly with each service to add capacity and expertise to develop and improve Enable’s community impact.
• Social Value and Impact Measurements – leading the improvement of our social value and impact measurement work, in particular how our services measure impact, using different data collection techniques and developing regular case studies.
• Developing data capturing techniques to regularly record data and track the organisations social value impact.
• Volunteering – leading Enable’s volunteering offer including Enable’s staff volunteering programme, Community Enablers. In addition to increasing volunteering opportunities across each service including the creation of volunteer roles and being a key resource for centralised support for recruitment, training and volunteer reward and recognition.
• Community Engagement – developing relationships with local voluntary community sector organisations and understanding local need, challenges and inequalities.
• Capacity Building – support the development and delivery of Enable’s capacity building support to small charities and voluntary organisations, including advice, funding support, monitoring and working closely with the local voluntary sector partnership.
• Innovation and research – develop new ideas and initiatives to improve Enable’s impact and ability to connect communities. Support Enable’s strategy and ambitions to grow by highlighting our impact, providing case studies, supporting funding applications and tenders.
• Lead the writing and production of the annual Impact Report.
• Champion community and social value work within the organisation.
• Represent Enable at conferences and events and confidently presenting Enable’s work.
• Any other relevant duties as described by the Community and Social Value Manager.

Skills and Experience:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience networking and forming meaningful working relationships, with the ability to motivate and engage staff and relevant stakeholders.
• Understanding of social value and impact measurement.
• Ability and confidence to build rapport and develop relationships and partnerships.
• High level problem solving and decision-making skills with the ability to prioritize effectively.
• Experience working with voluntary groups and an understanding of their challenges.
• Experience working with volunteers (managing volunteers desirable).
• Excellent writing skills for a wide range of needs e.g. report writing, newsletters, case studies etc.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to communicate a vision simply and effectively.
• Ability to work independently and manage own workload.
• Experience in/understanding of local authorities and the community sector.
• A passion for community and genuine desire to make a positive impact on the local Wandsworth community.
• Understanding of Enable departments and processes (desirable).

This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a company that positively impacts the community around them! If you are someone that is motivated by a desire to enrich the lives of others and make a genuine difference, then please Apply Now and follow the prompts.

If this role is not quite right, however you are still interested in working at Enable then we encourage you to get in touch today on hr@enablelc.org.

Equality and Diversity: Enable is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.