Community Engagement Officer, North
St Marys Church Shrewsbury - Stained Glass
© CCT
Duration: 12 months – Fixed term contract
Hours: 36 hours net per week - includes occasional evenings and weekends
Salary: £28,300 per annum, plus pension and benefits
Location: Home-based within 45 minutes travel time of Leeds or North Manchester.
Overall job purpose
This is a fundamental role within our North regional team, internally the role is known as
Local Community Officer.
The future of CCT’s outstanding collection of historic churches depends on communities supporting their local CCT church with funds, events, inspiring interpretation, visitor services and preventive conservation. The Local Community Officer will engage and support communities and volunteers to care for 23 historic churches across Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, W. Yorkshire, N. Yorkshire (part), ensuring each site achieves agreed standards.
Key relationships
You will work closely with the Lead Local Community Officer (North), regional and national colleagues, volunteers, community groups and other local stakeholders.
We would be delighted to hear from you. If you’d like to talk to us about this role before you apply please contact Anthony Willder, Head of Region, North, at Awillder@thecct.org.uk
If you would like to apply for this role, please visit our visit our recruitment portal to begin your application. You will be asked to submit a CV and a short supporting statement (max 2 sides A4) outlining why you’d like to apply and how you fulfil the person specification for this post, so you’ll need to refer to the job description.
If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment@thecct.org.uk
The closing date for receipt of applications is 8am on Monday 28th April 2025.
The interviews will take place in Leeds on Wednesday 7th May 2025. Please note that the interview date and location have been specifically chosen according to the availability of the panel.
We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the job will be offered an interview.
If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us.
We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities to all regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We are not a licensed sponsor at this time. Any offer of employment will be made subject to valid right to work in the UK being provided.