Neighbourhood Development Officer

Job Description

Contract Type: Permanent - 4 posts available

Working Hours: 37 per week. Usually Mon-Fri but may include some evening and/or weekend working

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: £40,777 (Level one) rising to £44,075 (Level four) per annum ‘pro rata for part-time’ (pay award pending)

Location: Within the Nottingham City boundary: Locations include - Bulwell, Hyson Green, St Ann's or Clifton

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About The Role

We are recruiting four Neighbourhood Development Officers and are looking for proactive individuals to join our Neighbourhood Partnerships Team. You will work closely with citizens, community groups and partners to ensure communities have a strong voice in place based, community led working - shaping local services and neighbourhood priorities, creating meaningful two-way dialogue between citizens and the Council. The role focuses on promoting community engagement, involvement and empowerment, supporting the development of strong partnerships and delivering co-produced projects and events that strengthen community cohesion.

Working across a wide range of partners including Nottingham City Council services, Nottingham City Housing Services, Community Protection, Nottinghamshire Police, Fire and Rescue Service, the NHS and the voluntary sector, you will demonstrate leadership within neighbourhoods and area-based teams, helping to develop and deliver integrated ward action plans that address local priorities and improve outcomes for residents.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Excellent Community Engagement and Development skills
• Strong understanding of placed based working, community cohesion and community-led approaches
• Partnership working and collaboration experience
• Problem Solving skills
• Evidence of working successfully in partnership across different sectors, building and maintaining good working relationships.
• Ability to develop sustainable solutions to area specific problems through community engagement and by working in partnership
• Ability to performance manage multiple projects with conflicting timescales, ensuring compliance with all financial regulations.

This post is politically restricted.

You can find the job description for this post here.

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what this mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Leigh Plant, Neighbourhood Partnerships Operations Manager by telephone on or by email at

Closing Date: 25th August 2026

Interviews will be held: TBC

About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working – to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.

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