Sefton CVS Heritage Development Officer – closing

Sefton CVS Heritage Development Officer – closing Monday 2 February 2026 Job Title: Heritage Development Officer
Salary: £26,000 pro rata
Hours: 21 hours a week
Term: Fixed Term (12 months)
Location: Based at Sefton CVS Burlington House, Waterloo L22 0LG

Benefits:Your health and happiness are important to us; we offer a comprehensive staff wellbeing package, generous holidays, life assurance and income protection along with flexible working.

Our vision is to develop a vibrant voluntary, community and faith sector that encourages and supports independent, resilient and sustainable communities.

Job Purpose:

Hearts of Gold Sefton is a Sefton CVS project designed to engage, involve and celebrate Sefton’s People, Places and Events funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The project uses Sefton’s recent golden anniversary, marked in 2024, as a focus of activity to raise awareness and establish a platform for continued community development. To date the project has given out £50,000 in grant funding developed a vibrant programme of local heritage activity and it has designed and created three community trails across the borough.

The Heritage Development Officer will drive voluntary, community and faith group participation and coordinate this project including the following core project areas:

Heritage Trails
Three locally based trails, which have now been established in Bootle, Netherton and Formby. The first task will be to raise the levels of awareness and engagement of these trails, with organisations in the voluntary, community and faith sector as well as connecting with local schools.

Hidden Heroes in Sefton
The project will conduct research with community members to identify key people, places and events to commemorate Sefton’s rich heritage. Local heroes will be uncovered and shared through exhibitions, digital platforms and celebration events.

Exhibitions and Promotion
Working with the libraries, community centres and the grantees from the project, the Heritage Development Officer will coordinate an exhibition to tour ten venues across the borough. This will be an opportunity to showcase the stories uncovered and the rich heritage of Sefton in the last 50 years.

Capacity Building Training
With support from the Localities team, the Heritage Development officer will deliver a programme of workshops for volunteers and partner organisations. The activity will help develop new skills and establish a legacy of increased heritage awareness and knowledge, within the borough’s extensive network of voluntary, community and faith groups.

Heritage Project Development
Through a series of one-to-one and bespoke capacity development sessions the officer will help to initiate and support additional heritage project development across Sefton.

The closing date for applications is11:59pm, Monday 2 February 2026.