Job title:  Rural Manager ~ £32,000 p/a

Overall purpose of the job is to work with communities to enable the delivery of projects that help to foster healthy sustainable rural communities and help develop rural infrastructure resilience throughout Hertfordshire. To be the voice of rural communities with statutory bodies. 

Main tasks  

1. Operate as the Rural Manager (RM) to support, advise and steer communities, and their town and parish councillors, from their initial interest in providing projects from conception through deliver and into a sustainable state.  

2. Undertake Asset Based Community Development mapping exercise by visiting communities and attending community meetings.  Present the results back to so we fully understand community activity and how to foster healthy sustainable communities. 

3. Build collaborative relationships with key partners including communities, councils and other statutory bodies, other third sector organisations, grant making organisations and businesses, to support effective partnership approaches to enabling projects. 

4. Act as the voice of Rural Hertfordshire to statutory bodies, guiding policy decisions to incorporate and consider the unique needs of rural communities. 

5. Deliver training for local communities, town and parish councillors, local authorities, on community development. 

6. Produce quality communications that raise the profile of rural affairs and Infrastructure including providing content for website pages, using social media and producing case studies.  

7. Attend ACRE training, national meetings and events on rural policy and report back on any important aspects to colleagues.  

8. To write and submit grant applications to develop programmes ensuring rural community projects and infrastructure needs are met, these may include but not limited to, 

9. To manage the Rural Housing and Infrastructure Enabler, ensuring all deadlines and budgets are adhered to. 

Closing Date: Wednesday 11th June 2025 at 11.59pm

Full Job Description can be downloaded

Send CV and Covering Letter to:- Vacancies@CDAHerts.org.uk