We are recruiting for a Community Buildings Adviser

Annual Salary – £24,000 to £26,000
35 hours per week (fewer hours considered) – based in Lewes but with travel across mainly West Sussex 
28 days annual holiday and contributory pension scheme 

Action in rural Sussex is seeking a customer-focused, friendly Adviser to join our expanding community buildings team.

Community halls form a vital part of thriving communities, especially in rural areas, providing inclusive, accessible local spaces for a wide range of wellbeing, educational, and recreational activities. They contribute to community health and wellbeing, help overcome isolation, reduce car travel and impact on the environment, and strengthen community cohesion.

Our community buildings team works with community spaces across Sussex, particularly charitable village halls, providing managers and trustees with specialist advice and information via our information portal, online discussion forum, newsletters, training and networking events, and bespoke individual support.

We would welcome applications from individuals who have experience and knowledge of running community buildings, as well as the ability to put together lively, readable newsletters, web and social media content to keep halls up to date with current developments.

If you share our vision of active, thriving communities, full of choice and opportunities for everyone, regardless of their circumstances., then we would love to hear from you.

Full details, including job description and person specification can be downloaded HERE

• Please send your CV and a covering letter outlining why this is the role for you to: recruitment@ruralsussex.org.uk
• Closing Date: Monday 21st April 2025
• Provisional Interview Dates: 6th, 7th, 8th May 2025
  (We reserve the right to close this application process early if a suitable candidate is identified).

Action in rural Sussex is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. To help us honour this commitment we would ask you to complete the following two surveys:

Equal Opportunities Survey (just over 1 minute to complete)

Recruitment Survey (Less than 1 minute to complete)

Registered name: Sussex Rural Community Council, Charity No: 1035401