Jospeh Rowntree Housing Trust’s (JRHT) role in Hartlepool is key to work in the town to develop locally owned and driven solutions to poverty. The Hartlepool Action Lab’s approach of identifying and drawing together assets, ideas, energy and resources is an important contributor to change in the town.

Their work aims to be agile and creative in addressing problems, and to catalyse and support communities to find and implement local solutions to poverty. Since 2016, this has created six locally driven projects working on issues ranging from housing, volunteering, community development, benefits and the cost of energy and food.

The post offers an exciting opportunity to work alongside others – local residents, voluntary organisations, the public sector and businesses – in shaping and supporting actions that make a genuine impact on poverty and build the strengths and resources of those involved.

Details:

Salary – £20,748 per annum
Hours – 35 hours per week
Location – Hartfields, Hartlepool
Term – Permanent

About you:

You will possess excellent interpersonal skills and your ability to build and maintain effective working relationships will be at the forefront of everything you do. As someone who is able to plan effectively, you will have experience of working in a collaborative and community based way.

If you have experience of working with diverse groups and communities and are able to take raw data and use that to inform thinking then we would love to hear from you.

About them:

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) is an independent social change organisation working to solve UK poverty. The JRHT is a registered housing association and care provider in Yorkshire and the North East. JRF and JRHT are two important influencing organisations with an ambitious agenda for inspiring positive change in the UK in line with our vision of a prosperous and poverty free UK.

How to apply:

Visit their website to download and complete the simple application form along with an equal opportunities monitoring form and email to recruitment@jrf.org.uk

Closing date for applications is Sunday 9 September 2018

Interviews will take place week commencing 24 September 2018

Diversity monitoring

At JRF/JRHT we believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.