Annual Salary
£23,000 to £32,000
Average UK salary in 2023 was £34,963
(source Office for National Statistics)
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Community education co-ordinators organise education, training and recreation courses to meet the needs of the local community.
Average UK salary in 2023 was £34,963
(source Office for National Statistics)
You could work: evenings / weekends; flexibly
There will be
4% more Community education co-ordinator jobs in 2027.
As a community education co-ordinator, you could:
You could work in an office, in the community, at a school or at a college.
You can get into this job through:
You could do a foundation degree or degree in a subject like:
You'll usually need:
You could do a college course which might be useful when applying for a trainee job. Courses include:
You could start by doing a Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship as a:
These apprenticeships can take around 1 year and 6 months to complete.
You'll usually need:
You could become a community education co-ordinator though volunteering.
Volunteering is a good way to get practical experience, meet new people and develop your network of contacts. This might help you when looking for a job in community education or development.
You can find volunteering opportunities through The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) and Do It.
You could apply directly for community education co-ordinator jobs.
You'll need paid or voluntary experience of working in the community such as in:
You'll also find it helpful to have experience of working with disadvantaged or vulnerable groups.
More information
You can find your local council to get more details about working in your community or learn about working in community education through Locality.
You'll need to:
With experience, you could:become a manager and get involved in developing policy; specialise in working with particular groups or types of training; become freelance and do consultancy work; move into related areas like adult education, social work, teaching or charity work
Community Education Co-ordinators are needed to plan training and courses for local communities to build 'Green Skills' and to access 'Green Jobs' to work on low carbon projects in the West of England region.
There are several different routes you can take to get into working as a community education co-ordinator which you can explore further in the 'Routes into this job' section above.
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Click here to view a profile of Alice Lowe, Climate Action Engagement & Training Manager at the University of Bath.
You'll need: