We’re pleased to share that we have a vacancy for a Family and Community Connector, based at our Children and Family Centres in the Forest of Dean.
Are you a strong communicator who sees the strengths and potential of people? Do you make things happen whether that is organising an event or activity, setting up a group or course, perhaps getting involved in the community yourself?
About the role:
Family and Community Connectors play the crucial role in creating our open access Children and Family Centres, promoted to local families, and organising a timetable of activities and services that people want. Every day you will be talking to local residents, families, and community partners. You will develop Neighbourhood Family Network groups to ensure that children and families have a voice in how our centres operate and how our funding is spent.
Key skills for this role are:
- Strong communicator and relationship builders
- See the strengths in people and the opportunities they present first
- Make things happen
- Experience of working in diverse communities
The hours advertised are full time, but we can be flexible to a minimum of four days per week or 30 hours over five days, allowing the time to build relationships in your communities. Our Children and Family Centres in the Forest of Dean are in Cinderford (Hilltop) and Lydney (River) but you will also be responsible for making connections across the Forest and working with all organisations who work within Neighbourhoods alongside children and families.
Find out more and apply:
If this role sounds like you, we would love to hear from you. For full details and the Job Description, click here:
If you have any questions about the role, our Children and Family Centres or Gloucestershire Gateway Trust, we would welcome a conversation with you before you apply. Please email our Forest Community Manager Sarah Booth – sarah.booth@ggtrust.org or pop into our River or Hilltop Children and Family Centre.
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: Monday 18th May 2026
