Community Outreach Officer
William Hulme's Grammar School, Manchester, M16 8PR23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
13 September 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
20 August 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £29,778.00 - £42,493.00 Annually (FTE) £25,694 - £36,666 Actual for Term Time Only
Community Outreach Officer job summary
Full time, Permanent, commencing as soon as possible
Salary - The role is part of the Pastoral and Student Welfare Job Family and is placed in Pay Band 3 (Professional) and has a minimum starting salary of £29,778.00 per annum (Full Time Equivalent), £25,694.00 (Actual). The salary is pro-rata’d for Term Time Only and paid evenly over 12 calendar months, irrespective of when school holidays fall.
Thank you for your interest in joining William Hulme’s Grammar School as our new Community Outreach Officer.
This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive, highly motivated and compassionate individual to help shape the next phase of our work with families and the wider community. Based primarily within our Secondary Phase, you will be at the heart of strengthening the relationship between home, school and community, ensuring that pupils and families feel known, supported and able to thrive.
As Community Outreach Officer, you will be a visible, approachable and trusted point of contact for parents and carers. You will build positive relationships, listen carefully to families and provide practical, targeted support to help overcome barriers to attendance, engagement and wellbeing. This will include one-to-one casework, family action plans, workshops, home visits where appropriate, and close collaboration with our attendance, pastoral, safeguarding and SEND teams.
A central part of the role will be helping to develop and coordinate the WHGS Community Hub. You will bring together families, local services, charities, businesses and cultural organisations to create opportunities that respond to the needs of our community. From parent workshops, adult learning and family activities to food pantry provision, uniform and equipment initiatives, enrichment and real-world learning experiences, you will help turn strong partnerships into meaningful support and opportunity.
No two days will be the same. One day you might be supporting a family whose child is struggling to attend school; the next, you could be coordinating a community event, welcoming a new partner, leading a parent workshop or evaluating the impact of a new initiative. Throughout, you will be an ambassador for our values of Ambition, Respect and Compassion, helping every family feel that they belong and have a valued part to play in school life.
We are looking for someone who combines empathy with initiative, and warmth with professional determination. You will be an excellent communicator and organiser who can build trust across a diverse community, work confidently with external agencies and remain calm when situations are sensitive or challenging. Most importantly, you will share our belief that strong relationships between school, families and the community can transform outcomes for young people.
If you are excited by the opportunity to build something purposeful, develop lasting partnerships and make a direct and visible difference to pupils and families, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Closing date: Sunday 13 September 2026 11:59pm
Interviews: Thursday 17 September 2026
The school is fully committed to the safeguarding of children and all staff will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and full child protection/safeguarding training. United Learning is an equal opportunities employer.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About William Hulme's Grammar School
- Organisation type
- Academy, Christian, ages 3 to 18
- Education phase
- All through school
- Size
- 1542 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 18
- Ofsted report
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William Hulme’s Grammar School is the second most over-subscribed school in Manchester and one of the most successful comprehensive schools in the country. WHGS is an all-through (3-18) Academy of over 1450 pupils with a wide range of abilities, ethnicities and backgrounds.
The Academy has a relatively new Sixth Form Centre, a two-form entry Primary Phase and has specialist rooms in the Secondary Phase, including fully equipped science labs, a library, ICT resource centre, music practice rooms, design, technology and art rooms. There is also a sports hall with changing facilities, along with full kitchen and dining facilities in the Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form.
Inspectors judged the school to be Good in all phases in its most recent inspection, May 2019
William Hulme’s Grammar School is a vibrant, multicultural school that welcomes children from all backgrounds and beliefs. We are committed to ensuring that all children receive a first class education that prepares them thoroughly for the future and allows them to play an active role in the life of the school and wider community. The school encourages staff to organise events and trips (home and abroad), extra-curricular and subject enrichment activities, to develop the whole child, to prepare him/her for the challenges of the modern world.
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