Community Engagement Officer

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Role Purpose: You will be the Community Engagement Officer, covering Stockport for Your Health Stockports Health Improvement and Weight Management Service. You will be expected to lead on community engagement and drive awareness of the service through our promotions, social media and engagement activities. You will be expected to increase referrals into the service by promoting community engagement and building long-lasting relationships with local partners and other varied stakeholders. This will involve being responsible for developing and maintaining strong, positive and long-lasting relationships with a wide range of stakeholder groups, including but not limited to leisure services, the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprises (VCFSE) sector, and community services as well as GP practices and childrens services.

You will be a motivated, passionate, organised and proactive communicator, with experience of working in a community setting. ABL take a strengths-focused, asset-based approach to community delivery, looking to innovate and partner, not replicate existing delivery. The role will require dynamic working which embraces the vision and values we wish to establish for the IWS supporting people to achieve healthy lifestyles. No two days will be the same in this varied and flexible role.

If you are as comfortable spending a day with the team as you are working independently and confidently with new people and are highly organised this could be the job for you. This is a demanding job, but you will not be on your own. ABLs highly experienced and friendly multi-disciplinary team of Health and Social Care professionals, Business Intelligence, Service Development, Governance, Finance and Business Development are there to support. Additionally, existing experienced delivery teams will be available to support you to drive the Service forward.

Main Duties and responsibilities: This position supports the effective promotion and development of the Your Health Stockport service through community engagement, partnership building, and contribution to service delivery. Implement the ABL Community Engagement Strategy and contribute to the Communications Plan with support from the communications team. Build and maintain relationships with local services and partners to raise awareness, generate referrals, and explore co-production opportunities. Collaborate with Project Leads and operational teams to support referral activity and identify new referral routes.

Represent the service at local meetings and events, occasionally presenting to groups. Input into service development using data, feedback, and engagement insight. Maintain the partnership database and provide regular engagement updates in team meetings and reports. Support communications efforts such as public events, training sessions, and social media, with some evening or weekend availability as needed.

Work flexibly across the wider Your Health Stockport team, including support with service delivery if required.