Community Development Officer

Community Development Officer
37hrs/week
Salary Scale: £32,913 - £42,964pa
Job Reference: CDO2/4950/0426

Choice Housing is seeking a Community Development Officer. You will play a key role in building thriving, inclusive and sustainable communities. This is a varied and rewarding position where you’ll lead on developing partnerships, delivering impactful community initiatives, and supporting tenant engagement across our housing areas.
Working as part of a proactive team, you’ll help shape and deliver innovative programmes that enhance participation, improve access to opportunities, and respond to local needs. From managing community hubs and supporting resident groups to securing funding and driving new projects, this role offers the opportunity to make a real difference at both an individual and community level.

Our employees have access to a range of benefits:-

• 22 days annual leave plus an additional 5 days after 5 years’ service, and 12 public holidays,
• Flexible/Hybrid working opportunities,
• Excellent work-life balance: we support flexible working e.g. accruing an extra 2 days annual leave per month through flexitime, starting hours between 8am and 10am and finishing between 4pm and 6pm
• 6% pension contribution,
• Learning and Development opportunities to include paid courses relevant to your role,
• Paid maternity and paternity leave,
• Bereavement leave,
• Death in service benefit x3 annual salary,
• Health cash plan to include annual routine dental treatments, dental accident & injury, yearly optical, specialist consultations, diagnostic tests and scans, complementary therapies e.g. physiotherapy, acupuncture, osteopathy and chiropractic treatments, alternative therapies e.g. reflexology, head massage, allergy testing, and yearly health screening.

Completed application forms should be returned by 11.30pm, Wednesday 29th April 2026.

If you have any disability which prevents you from completing the online application form, please contact me to discuss what further assistance you require.

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details.

*If shortlisted you will be sent an email inviting you for interview, please check the email address you have provided on the application and also your junk mail folder*

Please note, the Association reserves the right to create a reserve list following the interview process.

The successful candidate will be required to provide proof of essential qualifications and also provide documentary evidence of their eligibility to work in the United Kingdom. We are also committed to adhering to the Access NI Code of Practice/Service Level of Agreement in relation to requesting disclosure checks where appropriate and processing information in accordance with the code. Choice has a policy on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders and it is available upon request (email: recruitment@choice-housing.org)

“Choice Housing Ireland Limited is an Equal Opportunities Employer”