Community Engagement Lead

Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 FTE, dependent on skills and experience

Hours: 30 - 37.5hrs per week (open to flexible working)

Location: Bath (Hybrid)

We are looking for someone to increase engagement with our flagship service, the Wizzybug Loan Scheme, expanding the reach of the scheme and ensuring that all children who could benefit from early years powered mobility are aware of the loan scheme and how to apply.

Job Description

This new role, partially funded by the National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund, builds upon the work of the previous Partnerships and Engagement Officer role with an expanded focus on reaching people from multiple marginalised communities.

The main focus of this role will be to increase engagement with our flagship service, the Wizzybug Loan Scheme, expanding the reach of the scheme and ensuring that all children who could benefit from early years powered mobility are aware of the loan scheme and how to apply. Following a gap analysis of existing service users in 2024, this role will seek to create new partnerships and inclusive marketing and communications that will help us reach families with whom we are not currently engaging.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our dynamic team at an exciting time of growth across our charity, and to make a meaningful difference through our work supporting disabled people to live with greater independence.

You will be experienced in building partnerships across organisations, charities, local authorities, professional bodies and community groups, understanding how they may need to tailor information about our service to their audiences. You will provide them with the information and tools they need to confidently talk about Designability and how people can engage with us further. This will also include establishing a network of volunteers embedded within multiply marginalised communities who can support families to apply to the Wizzybug Loan Scheme.

You will be driven by achieving excellence in your work, living and breathing the Designability behaviours every day; Reflective, Tenacious, Collaborative, Curious and Honest.

Essential criteria for the role:

• Commensurate experience in an applicable role.
• Relevant experience in community engagement, partnership working and building networks.
• Experienced networker able to identify new prospects and establish relationships with a focus on long term support.
• Experience of recruiting and managing volunteers.
• Experience of partnership and stakeholder management.
• Experience of working with or delivering services for multiply marginalised communities.
• Experience of booking and managing stands at exhibitions and events.

About our recruitment process:

Designability is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.

We are proud to be a Real Living Wage employer and accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, committed to making reasonable adjustments.

Job timeline:

Closing Date for applications: Tuesday 1 July 2025 at midnight, however we will close the vacancy if we have received sufficient applications, so please apply at your earliest convenience.

Interview dates: Early July at our offices in Bath.