Are you an experienced community engagement or partnership professional who can build trust, bring people together and turn local insight into action?
Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority is looking for a Lead Officer – Place-based Engagement to help develop and deliver the Mayor’s Community Team.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead a new place-based approach to community engagement across Hull and East Yorkshire, ensuring residents, young people, businesses, community groups and local partners have meaningful opportunities to shape priorities, influence decisions and develop local solutions.
About the Role
As Lead Officer – Place-based Engagement, you will lead and coordinate community engagement activity across the HEYCA area. You will work directly with residents, voluntary and community organisations, businesses, young people, public sector partners and local stakeholders to build trusted relationships and strengthen local participation.
You will establish and support local community boards, stakeholder forums and place-based partnerships, including work and health boards, youth voice forums, community wellbeing boards and business engagement networks.
A key part of the role will be gathering community insight and lived experience, then using this evidence to shape Mayoral priorities, policy development, service design and delivery planning. You will also support Directors and senior leaders to understand local community feedback and embed it across the organisation.
You will -
- Manage the Mayor’s Community Fund, ensuring it is delivered fairly, transparently and in line with HEYCA policies, funding criteria and governance requirements.
- Support community groups and local organisations to understand funding opportunities and develop strong applications.
- Act as a key liaison point for grant-funded programmes, supporting funded partners to meet delivery, monitoring and impact requirements.
- Develop creative and inclusive approaches to engaging young people in local decision-making.
- Build relationships with local businesses and employers, identifying opportunities for them to support community wellbeing, employment, skills, mentoring, volunteering and local investment.
- Support the development of community development strategies, delivery plans and local action plans.
- Prepare briefings, reports, presentations and engagement summaries for senior officers, elected members, the Mayor and partners.
- Line manage Community Development Officers and support them to deliver high-quality engagement activity.
About you
We are looking for someone who is confident working in community settings, politically aware and able to operate effectively in a Mayoral and public sector environment.
You will have experience of community engagement, stakeholder engagement, community development or place-based partnership working. You will be able to build trust with a wide range of people and organisations, including residents, young people, businesses, voluntary sector organisations, public services and underrepresented communities.
You will also have experience of developing plans, coordinating boards or forums, managing projects or programmes, and working with funding, grants or community investment activity.
You will bring -
- Strong relationship-building and facilitation skills.
- Experience of engaging diverse communities and supporting meaningful participation.
- The ability to establish and coordinate boards, forums, networks or partnership groups.
- Experience of managing projects, programmes, funding information, monitoring returns and reports.
- A good understanding of community development, lived experience and place-based delivery.
- The ability to analyse feedback and turn community insight into practical recommendations.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing reports, briefings, presentations and case studies.
- A commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion and improving outcomes for people and places across Hull and East Yorkshire.
Why Join HEYCA?
This is a unique opportunity to shape how the Mayor’s Community Team works with communities across Hull and East Yorkshire.
You will be at the heart of a new approach that connects local voices with decision-making, supports community-led action and helps ensure Mayoral priorities are informed by the people and places they are designed to serve.
You will play a leading role in building stronger partnerships, supporting local boards, developing community insight and helping communities access funding and opportunities that make a real difference.
How to apply
To apply, please send a copy of your CV and a supporting statement to careers@hullandeastyorkshire.gov.uk.
Deadline
Friday 29 May 2026 at 12:00pm