Community Outreach Officer

Funded until April 2023

This pivotal role will engage voluntary and community sector organisations working with families living on low incomes across London to connect them with the 4in10 network and its services, as well as feeding back their knowledge and expertise to the 4in10 team.

The Community Outreach Officer is the initial point of contact for network members and will work to establish and fulfil 4in10s plan for member recruitment and outreach to strengthen the collective voice of those working to tackle child poverty.

This is a 21-hour-a-week role The salary is £33,200, pro-rata, plus a 9% employer’s pension contribution.

Key Responsibilities & Tasks 

• To establish relationships with organisations that work with low-income families across the capital, in particular grassroots services and local activists who work with those most affected by poverty such as families with a disabled member, single parents and many BAME families to raise awareness of the network and our services, connecting people to the training and development opportunities within the network.  
• To support capacity building and community empowerment for 4in10 members and the families they work with and to work with members and people with lived experience of poverty to have their voice and expertise heard in both 4in10#s projects and wider London decision making. 
• To manage the network membership data and regular member communications, sourcing and creating high quality content to share. 
• To co-ordinate recruitment, retention and engagement of 4in10 members across the Capital 
• To facilitate information and best practice sharing between network members  
• To identify practice and policy concerns from 4in10 members and share them with the team 
• Work with the team to engage members in campaigning work, including London Challenge Poverty Week.