Community Engagement Manager - Innovation & Pilot Delivery
Community Engagement Manager - Innovation & Pilot Delivery
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Job Description
Our Future Health will be the UKs largest ever health research programme bringing people together to develop new ways to detect prevent and treat diseases. Diseases like cancer dementia diabetes and heart disease affect the lives of many people in our communities. Our goal is to create a world-leading resource for health research to improve our understanding and spot the patterns of how and why common diseases start so treatments can begin sooner and be more effective.
The ambition of Our Future Health differs from other large UK population cohorts in terms of scale and the aim to recruit much higher numbers of participants from groups who are not well represented in research i.e. ethnic minorities younger people and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
Were hiring aCommunity Engagement Managerto collaborate effectively with stakeholders across the organisation to develop and implement scalable community engagement pilots to reach and support these diverse communities.
This work will be central to our outreach work. Using data and insights you will take a test and learn approach to understand what works for different communities to help us develop a multi-layered approach to enhance our diversity efforts.
As our Community Engagement Manager - Innovation & Pilot Delivery you will be responsible for:
Pilot design and development:
- Working closely with internal stakeholders and external partners lead on the implementation and delivery of community engagement pilots to effectively reach engage and support underrepresented groups
- Take a test learn and iterate approach scaling up pivoting or stopping pilots when needed
- Utilise data and insights to identify barriers and challenges that underrepresented communities experience and work with impacted communities and stakeholders to develop solutions
- Foster innovation by collaborating with stakeholders to conduct ideation workshops exploring new approaches to enhance our diversity initiatives
- Work with Science colleagues to put effective evaluation mechanisms in place
Project management and reporting
- Ensure projects are delivered on time within scope and within budget.
- Manage project teams and coordinate with internal and external partners.
- Prepare detailed reports and presentations for stakeholders and senior management.
Advocacy and outreach
- Advocate for the needs and interests of underrepresented communities within the organisation.
- Represent the organisation at community events and forums.
- Share insights and learnings across the organisation from your engagement with communities to help improve programme design.
- Researching and understanding the key communities we are trying to recruit and engage with
Team support
- Work collaboratively with the Community Engagement management team to continuously improve how the team works together and operates
Requirements
- Be able to design and develop engagement pilots based on data and insights delivering innovative and cost-effective solutions
- Understand how to evaluate monitor and assess pilots
- Have experience and understanding of working with under-represented and diverse groups
- Be collaborative and be able to build effective working relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders at all levels and from all backgrounds
- Have a dynamic flexible approach with excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
- Be someone who works well in a busy changing environment with tight deadlines and takes pride in the little touches that make for strong relationships and excellent events
- Have excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate complex messaging clearly and in a way that is meaningful for different groups of people.
Lets prevent disease together.
You may work remotely from anywhere within the UK with quarterly travel to London for team days.
Closing date for applications : 21st August.
We recommend you apply as soon as possible as occasionally due to high volumes of applications we need to close our postings early.
At Our Future Health we recognise the importance of having a diverse workforce and ensuring that all candidates regardless of their background have equitable access to our application process. We proactively encourage applicants who identify as having a disability neurodiversity or long-term health conditions to let us know if they require any reasonable adjustments as part of their application process.
If you do require any reasonable adjustments please email us at
Benefits
- Salary from 48000.
- Generous Pension Scheme We invest in your future with employer contributions of up to 12%.
- 30 Days Holiday pro rata Bank Holidays Enjoy a generous holiday allowance with the flexibility to take bank holidays when it suits you.
- Enhanced Parental Leave Supporting you during lifes biggest moments.
- Cycle to Work Scheme Save 25-39% on a new bike and accessories through salary sacrifice.
- Home & Tech Savings Get up to 8% off on IKEA and Currys products spreading the cost over 12 months through salary sacrifice
- 1000 Employee Referral Bonus Know someone amazing Get rewarded for bringing them on board!
- Wellbeing Support Access to Mental Health First Aiders plus 24/7 online GP services and an Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family.
- A Great Place to Work We have a lovely Central London office in Holborn and offer flexible and remote working arrangements.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
