Project Coordinator (Growing Communities) - Temporary | Belfast City Council

Linenhall Street, Belfast City Centre BT2 8BP (projects across the city)

£18.85 per hour (PAYE)

37 hours per week

Starting Monday 2 November 2026

Hatched Recruitment Group is recruiting a Project Coordinator to join Belfast City Council's Community Parks Outreach team on the Growing Communities programme. You'll coordinate community growing projects across the city, getting residents, community groups and partners involved in parks, allotments and green spaces.

What you'll be doing:

• Coordinating the overall management of community growing projects
• Building community involvement, from information and education through to participation and ownership
• Planning work programmes and monitoring and evaluating project progress
• Organising events, educational visits and activities, working with Marketing and Communications
• Coordinating and supervising horticultural tasks on site, working with parks management
• Training facilitators to deliver sessions to schools, community groups and prospective allotment holders
• Building partnerships with external organisations to deliver projects
• Managing project budgets and reporting to the budget holder
• Managing staff, volunteers, tools and equipment, and carrying out risk assessments

What you'll need:

• Experience of environmental, horticultural or community growing projects (the client has asked for this specifically)
• At least 1 year's experience in each of the following:
• managing projects or services, including events, to tight deadlines
• community engagement or involvement work, and developing networks or partnerships
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
• Experience leading and motivating teams
• Budget and resource management skills
• The ability to handle sensitive issues with elected members and partners

Two or more years' experience in each area, five GCSEs (A-C) including English, and a degree in a business or horticultural subject are all desirable.

What's on offer:

• £18.85 per hour, paid weekly
• Holiday pay accrued in line with statutory entitlement
• Pension auto-enrolment (subject to eligibility)
• A rewarding role helping communities grow across Belfast

You must be eligible to work in the UK.

Interested? Send your CV - Early applications are encouraged.

Hatched Recruitment Group is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy.