Clase4All Community Development Officer

Clase4All Community Development Officer Role Profile (final)

POST TITLE: Community Development Officer

LOCATION:     Hybrid/Clase

RESPONSIBLE TO: CEO YMCA Swansea and Clase4All Committee

HOURS: 37.5 hours per week (FT) or 2 x 18.75 hours per week

SALARY: £27000 pa (full-time or pro rata)

Closing Date For Applications: 5pm Friday May 30th 2025

Background:

Invest Local is a Big Lottery funded, 10-Year initiative targeting 13 deprived communities in Wales. The community of Clase in Swansea, is one of the thirteen communities chosen to receive 1 million pounds over a 10-Year period.  Invest Local will be completed by 2028. The Community is now ready to move into the next phase which will be the delivery of the projects and finalising all funding allocation. The Community recognises that to derive optimal benefits from each project it is essential to appoint a Community Development Officer who will be employed by Swansea YMCA yet directly responsible to the Community Forum Clase4All. The successful candidate will have a remit to help drive projects as well as address the key priorities of:

  • Environment and physical appearance of Clase
  • Community Hub Space
  • Community Engagement for wellbeing
  • Community Safety

You will be legally employed by YMCA Swansea to work with Clase4All. Your place of work will be within the Clase community with the support of YMCA Swansea team.

Duties

  1. To adopt an Asset Based Approach to Community Development.
  2. To map the existing local services and activities in the local community and wider area of Swansea. To Engage effectively with residents in the local area and continuously assess priorities in order to promote further well-being.
  3. Build and maintain positive relationships with residents, local service providers, relevant Businesses / Employers (both within and outside the Community) and all other stakeholders to ensure a coordinated and connected approach.
  4. Be Responsible for developing and supporting the delivery of  local partnership initiatives, priorities and projects
  5. To collect evidence and report appropriate monitoring and outcomes data as and where required by the Invest Local partnership and/or other stakeholders
  6. Assist connect community activity to good practice and networks that may support its development, ambitions and sustainability.
  7. Communicate the vision and objectives of Clase4All to residents and work with them positively towards achieving shared goals.
  8. To support residents, volunteers and local groups to deliver and develop high quality, sustainable projects as identified through consultation and Driving Change Plans.

For the full role profile, please click on the link here.

To apply please forward your CV and covering letter to:

Richard Williams

YMCA Swansea, 1 Kingsway, Swansea. SA1 5JQ

recruitment@ymcaswansea.org.uk

The covering letter should act as a supporting statement as to your suitability for the role of Community Development Officer, specifically addressing your fit with the role specification.

Closing date for applications 5pm Friday 30th May 2025 (with interviews planned for Thursday 19th June). 

This role profile is available in Welsh in required. Please email for a copy.