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Community Engagement Trainee

Contract Type: Temporary
Working Pattern: Full time
Advert End Date:08/02/2026 23:59
Salary: Grade 2 £24,796 to £25,185 per annum
Hours per week:37
Employment Location: North Pennines National Landscape Offices, Stanhope
Number of posts:1

Further Information
Looking for a traineeship to develop your own skills and knowledge to enable you to assist with the planning, preparation and delivery of community engagement and education projects across the North Pennines? This opportunity could be for you and is for a period of 12 months.

WHAT IS INVOLVED?
You will work on the Land of Lead and Silver project to help deliver a varied and inspiring education, engagement and community event programme to hundreds of people, including young people, in and around the North Pennines.

You will also be enabled and encouraged to influence current and future opportunities to increase this impact, whilst developing your own knowledge and gaining a wide range of skills and experience in engagement delivery and conservation

All trainees will receive a range of development opportunities including an induction programme, on-the-job experience and formal training courses. Each trainee has a training budget which they can choose how best to spend to meet their needs and development interests.

We encourage you to contact Andie Harris, Historic Environment Project Manager via email at andie@northpennines.org.uk to arrange an informal discussion about the role.

We are also running an online Q&A session for anyone who would like to meet the current trainees and other members of the team before deciding whether to make an application. This will be held online at 6.00pm–7.00pm on Wednesday 4th February. If you would like to be sent the link, please email: andie@northpennines.org.uk.

WHAT WILL I NEED?
You will need 4 GCSEs at A*–C, or 4–9, or equivalent.

You will have experience of working or volunteering with members of the public and of working independently and managing own time.

You should have a basic understanding of engaging communities in relevant areas such as nature conservation, outdoor activities, cultural heritage and arts.

This role is ideally suited to someone with their own vehicle to enable them to move around the North Pennines area as public transport is not an option due to it not being joined up across the three counties.

Please refer to the attached person specification for the full criteria.

INTERVIEWS
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 17 February 2026. Please note that a task will form part of the recruitment process.

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that can show they meet all the essential criteria and have indicated they have a disability, are a looked after young person, care leaver or a veteran.

Apply via North East Jobs – Community Engagement Trainee – Durham County Council – North East Jobs

Please visit the below link to see the Rewards and Benefits which DCC offer:
https://www.durham.gov.uk/article/26895/Rewards-and-benefits

As a disability confident employer, we are committed to employing disabled people and people with health conditions making reasonable adjustments to support disabled applicants when required.

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In line with the County Council’s Recruitment and Selection Policy, please note that we are unable to accept CVs. Any information provided on CVs will not be considered for short-listing purposes.

Apply on-line or for further assistance contact the Payroll & Employee Services on 03000 264469/264086/266838 or email PESNCC@durham.gov.uk