Guidant Global is working with the UK's busiest airport, who seeks an experienced Community Investment Co-ordinator to support and deliver the Communities and Sustainability Team's community investment activities for Heathrow Airport.

As a Community Investment Co-ordinator, the successful candidate will work collaboratively across various teams at Heathrow and in the local community with local groups, charities, councils, and organisations to support causes that will deliver a long-term social impact.

What you'll get to do as a Community Investment Co-ordinator:

For Heathrow, being a responsible neighbour is a priority. The Heathrow community must share the benefits of the airport with the communities, families, and organisations that live or operate locally.

The Heathrow community have ambitious goals for more than one million residents to benefit from their community investment programmes by 2030. They will achieve this through community investment activities like their Heathrow Community Rangers, their local primary school partnerships, community volunteering, and supporting local charities and community groups through the Heathrow Community Trust.

Responsible for supporting the successful delivery of Heathrow's Responsible Schools programme - building relationships with local schools and our delivery partner to plan volunteering activities at local schools for Heathrow colleagues to participate in.
Responsible for managing and administering small donations through our Neighbouring Villages Fund to be utilised for the benefit of the most local communities closest to Heathrow Airport.
Responsible for tracking and monitoring our Heathrow Rangers activities and supporting the delivery of colleague community days.
To support Heathrow's partnership with the Heathrow Community Trust with events planning and local engagement.
Support with identifying community investment projects through working with stakeholders, partners, and local community representatives
Work closely with the internal & external comms teams to raise awareness internally and externally, compiling good news stories on Heathrow's community investment for colleague channels and local media.
Support promotion of Heathrow's community investment work on social media by working with the social media team
Capture and record stakeholder feedback and share it with the broader team to resolve issues and improve our community investment activities.
To provide administrative support to the Community and Charities Partnerships Manager, such as the Giving Back Steering Group and Communities and Charities Committee meetings.
Be a productive and supportive member of the Communities and Sustainability team and the broader function with Adhoc work/ projects/ events as and when required.
Excellent skills in community understanding, knowing what good engagement looks like, and learning how to deliver this.
Excellent team working and interpersonal skills are essential in this role - collaborating comfortably with stakeholders, taking ownership of local projects, and providing support in other areas of the Communities and Sustainability Team's work plan if needed.

What we're looking for:

Graduate and/or post-graduate qualification
Experience of working in a community engagement role with communities and knowledge and understanding of the community engagement landscape and Heathrow's local community
Experience in capturing and saving information to undertake analysis and measure the effectiveness of community engagement and communications activities
Exceptional attention to detail.
Strong organisational skills and a completer/ finisher mindset
Strong inter-personal, negotiating and influencing skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Knowledge and understanding of the full mix of communication channels used to achieve two-way communication with communities, including traditional, digital, and social.

Guidant Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.