JOB ROLE – WELL TOGETHER COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDER
21hrs p/w (3-days) – £17,808 (£29,680 FTE) per annum

Community First Oxfordshire is committed to building a culturally diverse workplace and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds, particularly from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic candidates and people with disabilities, as they are
currently underrepresented within our organisations.

Job details

Community First and Oxfordshire Community Voluntary Action (OCVA) invite applications for a Community Capacity Builder.

This is a 1-year position designed to support the ongoing work of the Well Together programme in Oxfordshire, an innovative approach to tackling health inequalities through developing community and voluntary sector activity. Funding for this initiative has been made available via the Integrated Care Board (ICB).

The Well Together programme has provided substantial prevention funding directly to existing and new organisations and groups in the 10 priority areas in Oxford, Banbury and Abingdon.

As the local Community Capacity Builder, you will play a supportive, capacity building role in delivering this initiative, connecting with local stakeholders and community groups as well as place-based community and voluntary sector groups and local health partners to develop and deliver a community-led plan of actions which will address health inequalities at a hyper local level.

What we’re looking for

We are looking for a connected and organised individual who can proactively support the Well Together programme in the targeted areas in Banbury/Abingdon/Oxford. You will need to be a person who can creatively find a balance between delivering health inequality impacts via grassroot groups and organisations in these areas with a sensitive and strengths-based approach. You will also need to be self-motivated, resilient and be able to multi-task, working as a team with your fellow Community Capacity Builders and supporting the Programme Manager.

Experience of community development work and/or volunteering or working with community groups at a hyper local level would be beneficial. Training and support are available for the role. You also won’t be alone – CFO and OCVA staff work as a team to support one another.

Please see this document for a more detailed job description and person specification: Community Capacity Builder Job Pack April 2025

How to apply

Applications should be made by submitting a CV and cover letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) explaining how you meet the person specification and job criteria. Please include the names and addresses of two referees.

Completed forms can be sent to the attention of Emily Lewis-Edwards at: [email protected] or send to Community First Oxfordshire, Worton Park Farm, Worton, Witney,
OX29 4SU

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Emily(email above or phone 01865 883488)

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS – 8PM ON TUESDAY 29 APRIL

INTERVIEWS – FROM 30 APRIL

This year’s Village Hall’s week is focused on celebrating all of the Village Hall’s amazing volunteers.

There was a good turn-out at The Stewart Hall,  Brightwell Cum Sotwell, on 18^th March for a Village Halls Week event.

A presentation was made on the major refurbishment project at Stewart Hall by Annette Kilworth (Chairperson of the Hall Committee ), followed by a presentation made by Tessa Hall, Community First Oxfordshire, focused on ‘How to recruit and retain volunteers’. Some very useful discussions were held during and after each presentation.

‘Very many thanks for organising this afternoon’s event, it was both useful and informative and I know from conversations held after the formal presentations, so did others’.

Neil Sutherland, OBE DL. Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.