Community Partnerships Officer Full Time NEW

Do you want the experience of supporting the Council’s work with our Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) to help overcome some of the biggest challenges in Hackney today? We help create the right environment for partnership working, lead on the VCS strategy and support, and create the frameworks and tools to ensure that equality is embedded into service design and delivery.

We know that the biggest risk to the Council’s long term vision is the way that the pandemic and the subsequent cost of living crisis has led to even greater inequality and poverty, impacting those who were already disadvantaged the most. This has also exposed even more greatly the deep rooted structural and systemic racism in Hackney and in wider society. A refreshed Voluntary and Community Sector Strategy was approved by the Council earlier this year which will help us to tackle the unprecedented challenges we face, setting out how we will work with our communities, and our partners to address these. We are committed to making the transformational change needed, co-producing and co-designing solutions with those residents most impacted by racism and inequalities.

As one of the service’s Community Partnership Officers you will support the development and delivery of responses with our partners in the VCS, including supporting the delivery of the Council’s grant programme and the design of wider Council and partner investment in the sector. With a collaborative, supportive and inclusive approach to your work, you will build a high level of professional credibility, in order to work effectively with colleagues across the Council, Members and partner organisations.

You will draw on excellent strategic, analytic and policy research skills, sound project management approaches and will have good knowledge of co-production, culture change and transformation. You will need to have direct experience of working with the VCS and be flexible and adaptable, able to work on a number of different areas of work at any one time and work to a number of sponsors or senior officers.

Please use the link below to apply. Please respond to the questions, making sure that you refer to relevant examples of your skills, knowledge and experience to demonstrate how you meet the person specification.

Please contact Joanne Blackwood, Community Partnerships Manager for an informal conversation. Joanne.Blackwood@hackney.gov.uk

As a Council, our most outstanding asset is our staff, who are highly dedicated to serving our residents and committed to our goals as an organisation.

If you want to work in a place where you can represent our values so we achieve the best for our residents, please click on the apply button below.

We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Therefore, we do not accept supporting statements or CV’s.

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As part of the application process, you will need to complete a number of competency based questions. These questions allow you to demonstrate your suitability for the role and provide examples of your skills, knowledge and experience outlined in the job description.

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This application process replaces a supporting statement.

Prior to applying for a vacancy for a secondment opportunity, please liaise with your line manager and inform them of your interest in applying for the role.

Closing date for applications: 10 May 2026 (22:59)

Interview date: W/c 01 June 2026

We are also working towards our vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud; a place that celebrates diversity and where everyone can feel valued, included and involved. In order to achieve this, we look for people who are: Proud; Ambitious; Pioneering; Open; Proactive; Inclusive.

Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, as this group is currently under represented in our workforce.

The Council has a dedicated employment support service (Hackney Works), which offers Hackney residents guidance in relation to applying for jobs. If you are thinking about applying for a job, please contact the Hackney Works team to find out what support is available: hackneyworks@hackney.gov.uk