Job Description:

Job information Community Engagement Coordinator from the Company Kier Group, this latest Community Engagement Coordinator job vacancy is located in the city Newton Abbot TQ located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Engineering field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

We're looking for a Community Engagement Coordinator to join our Construction team, on an exciting project at HMP Channing's Wood Prison.

Location: Newton Abbot, South Devon

Contract: Permanent - Full Time

What will you be responsible for?

Within this key role as a Community Engagement Coordinator, no two days are the same, you will be responsible for the coordination of all community engagement activities and for our large site, based in South Devon.

Your day to day will include:

• Being the main point of contact for feedback, be responsible for signposting, recording all enquiries and follow up responses.
• Sending out quarterly newsletters.
• Updating the microsite.
• Maintaining the local contacts directory.
• Developing relationships with local stakeholders.

Who are we looking for?

As a Community Engagement Coordinator, will have previous experience within a social value role and be fully conversant with MS Office packages. You will be required to have strong organisational skills with the ability to effectively communicate with both internal and external stakeholders.

In addition to the above, this role is great for you if you can:

• Deliver sustainable employment opportunities and supporting prison leaver retraining.
• Plan and deliver educational sessions in local schools and colleges.
• Build relationships with the local community, charities, and other relevant organisations to identify and deliver community projects.
• Work closely with Kier and the supply chain to influence suitable training to achieve social value targets for apprentices, trainees and workers on site.
• Create case studies/best practice to the wider team and create end of project social value case study.

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete an Enhanced Level 1 (EL1) check (applicants with criminal convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any offences disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier

Keywords : Newton Abbot jobs
Closed Date : 2025-08-29