Company Description
Community Links is a hub tackling health and social inequality in East London and beyond. We work alongside the community helping people of all ages reach their full potential. We take our local knowledge of what works to influence national decision making. We are proud to be part of Catch22.
Catch22 is a social business which design and delivers services that build resilience and aspiration in people and communities. We believe that people can thrive when they have a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose. We call these our '3Ps'.
If you share our values and commitment to transforming people's lives, get in touch!
Job Description
A full job description can be accessed here.
Community Links is embarking on an exciting new chapter. With funding secured to deliver a pilot over the next 12 months, we are committed to building a vibrant new team dedicated to shaping place-based, community-driven support across East London.
As the Community Engagement Manager, you will lead this newly formed team, providing vision, direction, and energy to ensure our initiatives are genuinely co-designed with residents, local organisations, and partners. Your leadership will be central to fostering safety, belonging, and agency for everyone within our communities, both within Community Links' walls and throughout Newham.
In your role as Community Engagement Manager, you will champion the empowerment of local voices and ensure the community is directly involved in decision-making. By supporting and resourcing community-led programmes, you will help establish Community Links as a true hub: a space where residents access meaningful opportunities, strengthen social ties, and help build a resilient, inclusive neighbourhood for all.
Qualifications
The person specification setting out the essential and desirable qualifications, experience, knowledge, and skills and abilities can be found here.
Additional Information
Place of work: Community Links offices (105 Barking Road) and within the wider and immediate community / borough.
Hours of work: Part-time, Permanent, 18.5 hours per week (0.5FTE)
Salary/Grade: £22,875 per annum pro rata (£45,750 FTE) / People Manager
Reports to: Facilities Manager
Level of screening: Enhanced DBS
*This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
*In part, this is a community-based role, with travel across various delivery and sites across London.
Remote working: Please note, in the main, remote working does not apply to this role.
Benefits:
Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.
At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.
Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.
Community Links is a hub tackling health and social inequality in East London and beyond. We work alongside the community helping people of all ages reach their full potential. We take our local knowledge of what works to influence national decision making. We are proud to be part of Catch22.
Catch22 is a social business which design and delivers services that build resilience and aspiration in people and communities. We believe that people can thrive when they have a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose. We call these our '3Ps'.
If you share our values and commitment to transforming people's lives, get in touch!
Job Description
A full job description can be accessed here.
Community Links is embarking on an exciting new chapter. With funding secured to deliver a pilot over the next 12 months, we are committed to building a vibrant new team dedicated to shaping place-based, community-driven support across East London.
As the Community Engagement Manager, you will lead this newly formed team, providing vision, direction, and energy to ensure our initiatives are genuinely co-designed with residents, local organisations, and partners. Your leadership will be central to fostering safety, belonging, and agency for everyone within our communities, both within Community Links' walls and throughout Newham.
In your role as Community Engagement Manager, you will champion the empowerment of local voices and ensure the community is directly involved in decision-making. By supporting and resourcing community-led programmes, you will help establish Community Links as a true hub: a space where residents access meaningful opportunities, strengthen social ties, and help build a resilient, inclusive neighbourhood for all.
Qualifications
The person specification setting out the essential and desirable qualifications, experience, knowledge, and skills and abilities can be found here.
Additional Information
Place of work: Community Links offices (105 Barking Road) and within the wider and immediate community / borough.
Hours of work: Part-time, Permanent, 18.5 hours per week (0.5FTE)
Salary/Grade: £22,875 per annum pro rata (£45,750 FTE) / People Manager
Reports to: Facilities Manager
Level of screening: Enhanced DBS
*This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
*In part, this is a community-based role, with travel across various delivery and sites across London.
Remote working: Please note, in the main, remote working does not apply to this role.
Benefits:
- 28 days annual leave (pro rata for part time staff) + bank holidays, rising to 33 days with service.
- Pension scheme with matching contributions of up to 4%.
- Discounted shopping opportunities.
Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.
At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.
Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.