Community Projects Officer

Make a Difference in Lancaster

Join us as a Community Projects Officer and play a vital role in delivering the Holiday Activities and Food Programme, supporting children and families during key holiday periods.You’ll contribute to enhancing community health and wellbeing by working closelywith partners and helping shape the Healthy Communities Strategy. Your workwill ensure safeguarding and high-quality services that make a real differenceacross Lancaster.

What You’ll Be Doing

You will manage the day-to-day running of the Holiday Activities and Food Programme, acting as the main contact for Lancaster City Council and liaising with delivery partners. Your responsibilities include contract administration, monitoring project performance, conducting quality assurance checks, and leading safeguarding efforts. You’ll also design communications to raise awareness, identify development opportunities, and support community and stakeholder engagement initiatives.

You’ll Fit Right In If…

You have experience ingrant funding and coordinating programmes, with strong skills in multi-agencyworking and communication. Attention to detail and the ability to prioritise your workload are key. You’ll thrive working collaboratively, showing ambition and pride in delivering excellent community services, while taking ownership of your role. Your approach will reflect our values of Working Together, Ambition,Pride, and Ownership.

Ready to Join Us?

If you’re passionate about making a positive impact in Lancaster and want to be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team, we’d love to hear from you. Find out moreabout what it’s like working with us, our benefits, values and culture, byvisiting lancaster.gov.uk/sites/recruitment.

Why Work With Us

Our Benefits

• Generous annualleave

• Local GovernmentPension Scheme

• Discounted gymmembership

• Cycle to Work scheme

• Car purchase scheme

• Lifestyle savings

• Health Care CashPlan

• Volunteering days

• Wellbeing support

Flexible working friendly

We welcome discussions about flexible working and may be able to offer hybrid working, a generous flexi-time scheme, and agreed working hours to support work–life balance.

Inclusive employer

We welcome applications from all parts of the community and are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

We guarantee interviews for applicants with a disability and armed forces veterans who meetthe essential criteria.

Local Government Reorganisation

The Government hasconfirmed that local government across Lancashire will be reorganised, with thecurrent 15 councils being replaced by four new unitary councils covering North,South, East and West Lancashire from April 2028.

If you are successfulin your application, you will initially join Lancaster City Council. However,as part of the planned transition, your employment will transfer to one of thenew unitary councils from April 2028, subject to the implementation of the reorganisationand relevant employment legislation.

Throughout thisperiod, our focus remains on delivering excellent services to our communities.By joining us now, you'll play an important role in shaping the future of localgovernment and helping to build a strong new organisation that will serve residentsfor years to come.