Community Development Assistant in Newport

As our Community Development Assistant, you’ll play a hands-on role in bringing The Hive to life — supporting local people, volunteers, and groups to shape vibrant, welcoming, and community-led activity. This role, which is proudly funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, is all about building relationships and helping create a space where everyone feels valued and included. From supporting activities and coordinating volunteers, to ensuring the space runs safely and smoothly, you’ll be a vital part of a team making a real difference. If you’re friendly, proactive, and passionate about empowering communities, we’d love you to be part of our journey.

This is an 18-month fixed-term role, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, working 37 hours per week. You’ll play an important role in supporting the day-to-day running of The Hive. The Hive operates Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm, and the majority of your hours will be based on-site, with only occasional evening or weekend work required. You’ll play a vital hands-on role in coordinating sessions, preparing spaces, supporting the kitchen and food offer, and working alongside colleagues to keep the centre clean, organised, and compliant. You’ll also help recruit, guide, and support volunteers, building their confidence and skills as part of our growing community network.

This role is perfect for someone who thrives in people-focused, community-driven environments — someone friendly, proactive, organised, and passionate about helping individuals and groups build on their strengths. We’re looking for someone who brings hands-on experience from community or customer-facing roles, with confidence supporting activities, programmes, or group sessions. Experience working with or alongside volunteers is essential, and any background in community food projects or supporting people facing disadvantage or barriers would be highly beneficial. You’ll be friendly, approachable, and community-minded, with the ability to build positive, trusting relationships with customers and volunteers. Strong organisational skills are a must, along with the ability to manage day-to-day priorities in a busy environment. You’ll have confident written and verbal communication skills and solid IT skills for record-keeping. You’ll hold a relevant qualification in community development, youth work, or bring equivalent transferable experience. Food preparation or food hygiene training is desirable, but not essential as we can offer this training!

At Codi, our values are Compassionate, Authentic, and Progressive. When you join us, you’ll embrace these principles and thrive in an environment shaped by them.

Pay: £29,201.00 (for part time roles include both full time equivalent and pro rata salary for reference)

Pension Choices: Defined Contribution (DC) Scheme with matched contributions up to 10%. Or, Defined Benefit (DB) 1/80th of final salary for every year of service. 3 x Life Cover linked to pension membership. Saving scheme with competitive interest rate. Give As You Earn scheme for tax efficient charity donations. From 1st April 2026 the option to be either weekly or monthly paid.

Time off and Flexibility: 26 days holiday, pro rata entitlement plus Bank holidays. Rising to 31 days with an extra day for each full year of service. Flexible working opportunities dependent on role. Maternity & Adoption Leave: 20 weeks. Paternity Leave: 3 weeks.

Wellbeing: Sick Pay, rising with length of service up to 6 months full pay after 4 years. Eyecare: Up to £100 reimbursement towards eye tests and glasses. Free counselling, coaching, wellbeing team, and OH service to all colleagues. Annual Health Check. Health Cash Plan.

Getting Around: Mileage paid at 45p plus 5p per passenger per mile. Salary sacrifice Electric Vehicle Lease Scheme (subject to eligibility). Cycle to Work Scheme.

Personal Development: Continuous professional training and development. Leadership development programmes. Professional memberships needed for your role are reimbursed. Career coaching. Support with funding and time for qualifications.

Perks and Recognition: Long Service Awards. Blue Light Card Eligibility giving discounts at 15,000 brands. Colleague Discount platform.

At Codi Group we are guided, in all that we do, by a group of principles that we call FREDIE: Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement. This means that whatever your background, you will have an equal opportunity to rise with us and we encourage you to apply now.

If you would like any support with your application or to discuss any adjustments that you may require to support you to application process, please contact talent@codigroup.co.uk or 0300 373 5262.

If you have the skills and experience required, please follow the prompts to apply now. Interviews are planned for 17th April 2026 at The Hive, so you can see the great work that goes on there! We may close this advert before this date if we receive a high volume of applications, so don’t delay in applying. Please note, while this role is 37 hours, we are open to a job share, so please specify the number of hours you’d like to work in your application form. We welcome applications on a secondment basis from existing Codi employees.