The role will be home-based with extensive travel across the south England region and regular travel to other regions and BookTrust offices in England.
Reading for pleasure has a dramatic impact on educational outcomes, wellbeing and social mobility, and is also a huge pleasure in itself. We are committed to starting children on their reading journey and supporting them throughout.
Our England Partnerships Team support our wide range of partners in a place-based way, working in and with local communities and the children and families most in need of support.
As a Community Engagement Coordinator, you will work within the regional partnerships team to support projects, pilots and pieces of learning to build greater place-based working with the BookTrust partner network.
The role will be expected to live within, and be able to travel throughout, the South region. The South region includes the areas of Kent, London, Berkshire, Wiltshire, South Gloucestershire and all areas south of these.
Working with the Partnership Team, and colleagues from across BookTrust, support a caseload of community work to support programme delivery, partnership network development and bespoke pieces of learning and development. Create excellent links into and understanding of the issues facing local communities and stakeholders to support BookTrust development work, and place based, community led initiatives.
PLEASE NOTE: Applying as soon as possible is advised, as the vacancy may close early, due to the high volume of applicants.
Want to join us? Find out more about who we are via our website.
To apply, please send a copy of your CV along with a covering letter showing how you meet the person specification and your motivations for applying for the role. Your covering letter should not be longer than 600 words.
Closing date: Friday 21st March 2025 at 5pm.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusivity
We aim to provide an inclusive recruitment process and actively welcome applications from diverse talent pools: minority ethnic candidates, candidates with disabilities and long-term conditions and candidates from underrepresented communities.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and want to ensure we have an accessible application process for all candidates. If you need any reasonable adjustments or would like us to do anything differently during the application process, please contact our HR team to discuss your requirements further (contact details can be found on our website).
BookTrust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The recruitment and selection process reflect our commitment to safeguarding therefore, the suitability of all prospective employees will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment, and pre-employment checks.
