Location: Dorset – Hybrid working home and office base (Beech House, Poole)

Hours: Full or part-time (negotiable)

Salary:  £27,500 (full time for 37 hours/week)

Contract length: Permanent (Funded to March 2027)

Closing date: 10am, Friday 8 March 2024

Interviews: Monday 18 March 2024 at Beech House, Poole, BH15

Would you like to help us, and our partners, to work with local ethnically diverse community (EDC) groups to be stronger, thriving and more sustainable?

We’re looking to employ a team of workers with a balance of skills, expertise and knowledge to engage and work with local EDC groups to build their capacity through developing their leadership, governance, volunteering, fundraising, communications and networking. The team will initially be employed by CAN but seconded to Dorset REC.

You’ll be joining at an exciting time as we with our partners (Dorset REC, Dorset Community Foundation and BCP Council) have successfully attracted funding from the National Lottery Community Fund for three years to help develop the local EDC sector.  

About you

You will have relevant experience of ethnically diverse communities. With a range of skills and expertise to engage with new and existing EDC groups and develop a good and trusted working relationship. Then working with them to:

  • Identify their strengths and weaknesses
  • Develop an action plan
  • Use your skills and knowledge to help them implement their actions or broker such support from others in the team, partners and others.

You are not expected to have all the skills, expertise and knowledge groups need as we will be appointing a team with a good balance that can best support groups.

You will be committed to empowering groups and inclusion. With excellent interpersonal skills with empathy and a willingness to engage. Also a passion to succeed and to take others with you.

What we can offer in return

In return we offer a competitive salary and great benefits, including contributory pension scheme, 25 days holiday (pro-rata) plus all bank holidays, season train ticket loan, flexible working and much more.

For an informal discussion, please contact Steve Place at steve.place@can100.org or 07966742933.

Available documents on our website: https://can100.org/vcs-jobs/

  • Together We CAN Plan 2020 2025
  • CAN our values
  • Capacity Building Officers Job Pack
  • Application form

Our values underpin all our work – we strive to be

collaborative – compassionate – inspirational- have integrity and show respect