Consultation and Engagement Lead
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Job Summary
Discover yourself in Lewisham where what you do makes a difference to our vibrant and culturally diverse communities!
We have a rich history of welcoming people from all over the world and are proud to be recognised as the UKs first Borough of Sanctuary for our work in championing the rights of refugees and migrants.
Introduction
Are you passionate about strengthening community voice and shaping meaningful public engagement Lewisham Council is seeking a Consultation and Engagement Lead to provide expert guidance drive highquality engagement activity and ensure resident insight informs Council decisions.
About the Role
As the Consultation and Engagement Lead you will provide legally robust expert advice to services across the Council ensuring engagement activity is accessible representative and impactful. You will develop and manage the Councils engagement framework tools and processes lead priority campaigns and promote best practice across the organisation. The role also includes evaluating engagement activity producing highquality analytics and supporting strategic partnership work to strengthen collaborative approaches across Lewisham.
Whats in it for you
Excellent training and development opportunities plus a range of benefits including:
- Generous holiday allowance
- Local Government Pension scheme
- Flexible working and family friendly policies
- Season ticket and bicycle loans
- A range of staff discounts including local subsidised gym memberships
- Supportive staff networks
What were looking for
Were looking for a skilled consultation and engagement professional with extensive experience leading highquality engagement programmes and applying a wide range of methods effectively. The ideal candidate will be confident advising on complex policy statutory and legal requirements while ensuring GDPR accessibility and equality compliance. They will bring strong analytical and evaluation skills to interpret data and demonstrate impact alongside excellent stakeholder management and the ability to work collaboratively with partners senior leaders and diverse communities
Location
The job is primarily based in Laurence House Catford but will require working from locations across the borough along with hybrid working from home.
Special conditions
Occasional evening and weekend working is required for this job
The recruitment process is anonymous and we dont accept CVs.
For an informal discussion about this job please contact Rachel Pierce (@)
Please click here to view the Job Description and Person Specification
Salary
55353 - 57495 per annum (P05)
N.B: All appointments will be offered at the minimum spinal column point (SCP) for the grade of the role. The only exception to this will be when matching current salary (up to the maximum of the scale) which is subject to evidential proof.
Diversity
Lewisham Council is a Disability Confident employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme further details are available at Council has a dedicated employment support service Lewisham Works which offers Lewisham residents guidance in relation to applying for jobs. If you want to join Lewisham Works please emailJobsAndSkills@ an advisor will be in touch with you.
The Council reserves the right to close adverts early if there is a large response.
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Key Skills
- Business Development
- Employee Orientation
- Public Health
- Account Management
- VersionOne
- Conflict Management
- Project Management
- Relationship Management
- Team Management
- Customer relationship management
- Human Resources
- Public Speaking
