Community Engagement Coordinator
Live Here Love Here
Location: Hybrid – Home working and Belfast office, minimum 2 days per week
Salary: £30,935 per annum
Contract: Permanent, subject to funding
Hours: 4-day working week
This position is funded through the DAERA Environment Fund.
About Live Here Love Here
Charity Jobs NI is delighted to be working in partnership with Live Here Love Here, formerly Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful, to recruit an organised, energetic and community-focused Community Engagement Coordinator.
Live Here Love Here is an independent environmental charity dedicated to connecting people with nature through education, engagement and empowerment. Its community programmes encourage people across Northern Ireland to care for their local environment through volunteering, clean-ups, biodiversity initiatives and community-led action.
The Role
The Community Engagement Coordinator will play a central role in planning, coordinating and delivering Live Here Love Here’s community engagement activity, ensuring programmes run effectively from initial development through to delivery, reporting and evaluation.
This is a varied role combining programme coordination, community engagement, events and workshops, stakeholder relationships, team coordination, data and resource management. You will work closely with internal teams and external partners to deliver an annual programme of engaging environmental activities while ensuring projects remain on time and within budget.
The role also includes coordinating Field Officers supporting programme delivery and line managing the Community Engagement Officer, making this an excellent opportunity for someone ready to combine hands-on community engagement with increased responsibility for people and programme coordination.
This opportunity may particularly appeal to candidates currently working as a community engagement officer, programme coordinator, community development coordinator, environmental engagement officer, volunteer engagement coordinator, community programmes officer or project coordinator.
Key Responsibilities
Community Engagement and Programme Delivery
- Design, develop and deliver engaging workshops, events and activities focused on community engagement and environmental action.
- Coordinate projects from initial planning through to delivery, reporting and evaluation.
- Manage programme logistics, resources and budgets effectively.
- Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to deliver an annual programme of community engagement activities.
- Represent Live Here Love Here at events, conferences and external meetings.
Team Coordination and Management
- Coordinate Field Officers supporting the delivery of community engagement activities.
- Establish and maintain clear programme deliverables and reporting structures.
- Provide line management to the Community Engagement Officer.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across Live Here Love Here to support effective programme delivery.
Administration, Data and Communications
- Maintain project workbooks, databases and other programme records.
- Gather, analyse and report programme data.
- Support the development of newsletters, social media and myEARTH content.
- Liaise with the Communications team to promote community engagement activity.
- Support colleagues with programme planning, communications and wider project-related activity.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
- Educated to degree level or able to demonstrate at least three years’ relevant experience.
- At least two years’ project management or coordination experience.
- At least one year’s staff supervision experience.
- Developed ICT skills, including Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
- Experience of data collection, analysis and reporting.
- Experience developing effective working relationships with a wide range of organisations and individuals.
- Full current driving licence and access to suitable transport.
Desirable
- Grants administration experience.
- Experience using Canva, Mailchimp, Eventbrite, content management systems and project management software.
- Experience working within the voluntary sector.
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential
- Knowledge of environmental matters.
Desirable
- Knowledge of behaviour change.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Professional approach with a high level of integrity.
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a wider team.
- Energy and drive to deliver high-quality work.
- Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.
Why Join Live Here Love Here
- Meaningful impact: Help communities across Northern Ireland take positive action for their local environment and create lasting change.
- 4-day working week: Enjoy full-time pay while working 30 hours over 4 days, with a paid non-working day every week. Staff are contracted to 37.5 hours per week but benefit from this enhanced working pattern.
- Leadership opportunity: Coordinate programme delivery, support a team of Field Officers and gain direct line management responsibility.
- Flexible working: Hybrid working with a minimum of 2 days per week in the Belfast office, alongside travel to community projects, events and meetings.
- Professional development: Access Carbon Literacy training and opportunities to develop your experience across programme management, engagement and environmental action.
- Supportive culture: Join a collaborative and purpose-led organisation working with communities throughout Northern Ireland.
How to Apply
If you’re passionate about bringing people together, delivering meaningful community programmes and inspiring positive environmental action, we’d love to hear from you.
Simply apply now with your CV to register your interest. A member of the Charity Jobs NI team will be in touch to discuss your application and guide you through the next steps of the process.
Closing Date: Monday 9th November 2026
Interviews: Tuesday 17th November 2026, in person in Belfast
Live Here Love Here asks applicants not to rely on AI tools when preparing their application. Any responses required during the recruitment process should reflect your own experience, voice and understanding of your suitability for the role.
If you have any questions about the role or the application process, please contact the Charity Jobs NI team. We’re here to help.
Charity Jobs NI is proud to be supporting Live Here Love Here with recruitment for this vacancy.
