Engagement Officer
| Posting date: | 09 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £23,088 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Inner London weighting £3,160 per annum or outer London weighting £1,820 per annum may be applied in accordance with where you live. |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 26 May 2025 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Fully remote |
| Company: | Stroke Association |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | S11279 |
Summary
Ref: S11279 | Engagement Officer | Home based, London
Frequent travel will be required as part of this role (includes team meetings and other external work related meetings) | This is a fixed-term contract until 31 March 2026.
Salary circa £23,088 per annum (inner London weighting £3,160 per annum or outer London weighting £1,820 per annum may be applied in accordance with where you live) | 28 hours per week
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the London Locality Impact team to support our work with colleagues across the locality, stroke communities and health care system, and in supporting people affected by stroke to provide the voice of lived experience.
Reporting to the Engagement Lead, the Engagement Officer will work with colleagues across the locality to deliver against planned activity and building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders. Engaging with service providers, clinical partners, community groups for stroke survivors and carers in the locality. including managing relationships with voluntary led support groups, developing the London groups network.
Key responsibilities will include:
• Enabling sustainable and supportive stroke communities to flourish in the locality
• Supporting stroke survivors to be able to take part in a range of different opportunities to provide the voice of lived experience.
• Building and maintaining key relationships with key stakeholders.
• Identifying and developing opportunities to connect and facilitate stakeholders to influence and support change to improve the lives of those affected by stroke
• Supporting and developing volunteer led support groups
You will have experience/understanding of:
• Working in partnership with other organisations, including in health and voluntary sector
• Working with and supporting a wide range of stakeholders
• Developing support using co-production with service users
• Supporting groups and developing networks
• Addressing health inequalities and championing diversity, accessibility and inclusion.
This role requires frequent travel across the London geographical region. Candidates must be able to demonstrate how they can meet this requirement of the role.
To fulfil the role, you must be a resident of the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
Please click the website link for further information.
To apply email: BusinessSupport.Recruitment@stroke.org.uk
Please submit your CV and an additional supporting statement of no more than two pages, that explains how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.
Please state any preferences for flexible working options in your statement.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident scheme, please indicate this in your supporting statement, and in the main body of your email when applying for the role.
Closing Date: 26 May 2025 | Interview Date: 11 or 12 June 2025 (to be confirmed)
Please note all roles close at midnight.
Interviews will be held on Microsoft Teams. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Frequent travel will be required as part of this role (includes team meetings and other external work related meetings) | This is a fixed-term contract until 31 March 2026.
Salary circa £23,088 per annum (inner London weighting £3,160 per annum or outer London weighting £1,820 per annum may be applied in accordance with where you live) | 28 hours per week
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the London Locality Impact team to support our work with colleagues across the locality, stroke communities and health care system, and in supporting people affected by stroke to provide the voice of lived experience.
Reporting to the Engagement Lead, the Engagement Officer will work with colleagues across the locality to deliver against planned activity and building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders. Engaging with service providers, clinical partners, community groups for stroke survivors and carers in the locality. including managing relationships with voluntary led support groups, developing the London groups network.
Key responsibilities will include:
• Enabling sustainable and supportive stroke communities to flourish in the locality
• Supporting stroke survivors to be able to take part in a range of different opportunities to provide the voice of lived experience.
• Building and maintaining key relationships with key stakeholders.
• Identifying and developing opportunities to connect and facilitate stakeholders to influence and support change to improve the lives of those affected by stroke
• Supporting and developing volunteer led support groups
You will have experience/understanding of:
• Working in partnership with other organisations, including in health and voluntary sector
• Working with and supporting a wide range of stakeholders
• Developing support using co-production with service users
• Supporting groups and developing networks
• Addressing health inequalities and championing diversity, accessibility and inclusion.
This role requires frequent travel across the London geographical region. Candidates must be able to demonstrate how they can meet this requirement of the role.
To fulfil the role, you must be a resident of the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
Please click the website link for further information.
To apply email: BusinessSupport.Recruitment@stroke.org.uk
Please submit your CV and an additional supporting statement of no more than two pages, that explains how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.
Please state any preferences for flexible working options in your statement.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident scheme, please indicate this in your supporting statement, and in the main body of your email when applying for the role.
Closing Date: 26 May 2025 | Interview Date: 11 or 12 June 2025 (to be confirmed)
Please note all roles close at midnight.
Interviews will be held on Microsoft Teams. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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