Community Engagement & Events Coordinator

Full time; Paid Role

You will play a vital role in helping Paperweight build and maintain strong relationships with key community partners and arrange events to raise the Charity’s profile.

Location: London Head Office, Hendon
Hours: Full-time (5 days per week)
Pay: £33,000–£35,000 per annum DOE

Closing date for applications: Thursday 3 September 2026

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Main Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain relationships with synagogues, schools, communal organisations, charities, professionals and local community groups, generating outreach across the Jewish community
  • Help to raise awareness by arranging meetings, visits, presentations and other events with such organisations to cement relationships and encourage appropriate referrals, new caseworkers and especially donors.
  • Build strong relationships with our caseworkers within their specific communities with a view to being able to appoint ‘ambassadors ‘when it comes to fundraising / Paperweight Shabbat etc.
  • Creating regular engaging social media video and audio content
  • Develop external local and national community engagement opportunities, such as local authorities etc.
  • Engage with the 20-40 age group to create a Paperweight Young Professionals’ Group that will put on events (e.g. fundraising) and attract the next generation to become involved in Paperweight
  • Planning and delivery of Paperweight events, including community events, awareness sessions, volunteer events, fundraising events and stakeholder briefings, such as (for example only) speaker or panel evenings, professional breakfasts etc.
  • Be actively involved in any major Charity fund-raising events or initiative such as crowd funding campaigns
  • Coordinate event logistics including budgeting, invitations, guest lists, venues, catering, materials, signage and follow-up.
  • Support and help organise attendance at external community events, fairs, conferences and networking opportunities eg by preparing event materials, packs, presentations and promotional content.
  • Ensure collection of contact details of event attendees and that events are followed up properly, including thank-you emails, photos, feedback and next steps.
  • Maintain accurate records of community contacts, events, meetings onto our CRM.
  • Support the organisation and updating of contact lists and mailing lists.
  • Office support such as preparing for meetings taking place in the office.

You may on occasion be required to undertake other reasonable duties out of hours, within the scope of the role and your skills and experience, as requested by the senior management team.

Person Specification

  • A professional and holistic approach to your work
  • Excellent organisational skills and strong attention to detail.
  • Warm, confident and professional communication skills.
  • Ability to build relationships with a wide range of people.
  • Good written English and the ability to write clearly, sensitively and creatively.
  • Comfortable using social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and WhatsApp.
  • Strong IT skills
  • Good time management skills and ability to manage several tasks at once and work to deadlines.
  • Discreet, reliable and sensitive to confidentiality.
  • A genuine interest in Paperweight’s work and the communities we support.
  • Flexible, proactive and willing to get involved in a variety of tasks.
  • At least three years in a similar role within the charity sector.
  • Experience in community engagement, events, communications or charity work.
  • Experience creating social media content.
  • Familiarity with Canva, AI or other simple design tools.
  • Understanding of the UK Jewish community.
  • Experience working with volunteers, donors or community partners.
  • Experience supporting fundraising or awareness campaigns.

Safeguarding & Safer Recruitment
Paperweight is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support. We follow safer recruitment practices and expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including references and an enhanced DBS check where appropriate.

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Applications
To apply, please complete the Paperweight Application Form which includes an upload for a covering letter explaining why you are interested in the role and what you would bring to Paperweight.

For further information, please contact recruitment@paperweight.org.uk

Paperweight reserves the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.