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Community Engagement Officer

Southern Housing
locationHastings, UK
PublishedPublished: Published today
Temporary
The role

Southern Housing are looking for a dedicated individual to maintain community engagement partnerships and projects across Southern Housing communities across Shoreham and wider neighbourhoods, working collaboratively with our contractors, reporting to our Places and Community Partnerships Manager.

In this position, you'll develop an understanding of community needs in Southern communities in the area, with a particular focus on cost of living challenges. With the aim build sustainable communities and support local initiatives, leaving behind a legacy of your work for the community.

You can be based at our Hastings office, Muriel Matters House.

Please note this is a fixed term contract until 31/03/2026

What you'll need
  • Knowledge and experience of the issues faced by communities and groups heavily impacted by cost of living
  • Demonstrable experience of successful neighbourhood based community/regeneration work
  • Experience of budget management
  • Experience of working in partnership with external organisations
  • Good written and oral communication skills
  • Highly motivated with enthusiasm, flexible, self motivated and well organised
In your supporting statement, it is important that you address how you meet the above criteria providing examples.

Closing Date: 12th December 2025 at 23:59

(We reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a suitable number of applications).

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About us

At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own!We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people's lives.

A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.

What's in it for you

Pension

Life
assurance

Healthcare cash plan

Eyecare & dental

Birthday
leave

Retailers discounts

Cycle
to work

Buy & sell
annual leave

Season ticket loan

In-house academy & career development

Flexible working

Inclusion & Diversity

We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it's about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual.

We're all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.