Traveller Liaison Team Manager

Job introduction

Are you passionate about promoting equality and inclusion for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities?

Do you have the skills to to lead a team on the management of the Travellers site and the council’s response to unauthorised encampment to ensure a fair and consistent approach.

We are seeking a Travellers Liaison Manager to lead our work in supporting Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities across Brighton and Hove. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact by helping to shape services, ensuring fair treatment and access to housing, health, education, and welfare.

For an informal discussion, please contact Chloe Mclaughlin - Housing Estates Manager on chloe.mclaughlin@brighton-hove.gov.uk

About the role

We are looking for a Traveller Liaison Manager to lead a dedicated team who provide advice and support to Travellers on housing, welfare, and access to essential services. Additionally, you will coordinate multi-agency responses to complex cases and encampments.

You will act as the primary point of contact between the council and Traveller communities.

You will lead a team on the management of the council’s Traveller site, and the council’s response to unauthorised encampments, ensuring a fair and consistent approach.

A key part of the role involves developing and maintaining strong relationships with community representatives, support agencies, and internal departments to support joined-up working.

• You need to have proven experience working with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities or other marginalised groups.
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation including equalities, and safeguarding.
• Ability to manage sensitive situations with empathy and professionalism.
• Commitment to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion.

We are proud to be an inclusive employer and are especially keen to receive applications from individuals within the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities. Lived experience, insight, and cultural knowledge are invaluable in shaping services that are fair, respectful, and responsive to community needs.

Please read our Apply for a job at the council pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to upload your CV and a supporting statement. Your supporting statement is the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (CV guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) and (Supporting statement guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).