Community Engagement Officer

Salary

£28,598 - £31,022

37

Full time

Rotherham

Museums

23/02/2026

REQ
22339

Directorate - Regeneration & Environment

37 hours per week, temporary, fixed until March 2027

Rotherham Museum, Arts and Heritage has a mission to spark imagination, curiosity, and roots through the celebration of Rotherhams people, stories, spaces and collections. This mission is underpinned with five values of generosity, quality, inclusivity, wonder and resilience. In 2023, Rotherham Museums, Arts and Heritage became an Arts Council funded National Portfolio Organisation. This funding focuses on delivering high quality programme and engagement across the service venues, collaborating with communities, artists and creative practitioners.

Rotherham Museums, Arts and Heritage are looking for an experienced Community Engagement Officer to join the team. They will become part of the Community Engagement Team and develop, implement and evaluate an outreach and engagement programme for key target audiences, including intergenerational families, global majority communities and adults over 55 including residents in care homes and older adults in community settings.

We are looking for an individual with a passion for ensuring inclusive and collaborative community engagement practices.

This post is funded through the Arts Council NPO and is fixed until March 2027. There is a possibility of extension to March 2028 once the funding for this extension year has been approved by Arts Council.

Interviews are expected to take place w/c 16th March 2026 at Clifton Park Museum.

To find out more information about the role, please contact Hayley Beecher Community Engagement Manager. This post will have access to the Public Services Network, if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at the Basic level (unspent criminal convictions). Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.

The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview.

For further information, please visit our website.