At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead community engagement and communications for the One You Kent service.
- Company: Join ABL Health Ltd, a dynamic community health organisation making a real difference.
- Benefits: Flexible working hours, professional development, and a supportive team environment.
- Other info: Opportunity to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, innovative setting.
- Why this job: Make an impact on community health while developing your skills in a vibrant role.
- Qualifications: Experience in communications or community engagement is essential; passion for health is a plus.
The predicted salary is between 30600 - 37400 £ per year.
The Communications and Engagement Officer will lead on community engagement, partnership development and communications activity for the One You Kent Service across a defined locality (East or West Kent), supporting county-wide priorities where required. The postholder will work at neighbourhood and community level to build strong, lasting relationships with local partners, raise awareness of the service and increase appropriate referrals. This includes engagement with a wide range of stakeholders such as local authorities, primary and secondary care, PCNs, leisure services, community and voluntary sector organisations and local residents.
Alongside face-to-face engagement, the role will take responsibility for delivering effective digital, marketing and media activity to promote One You Kent, ensuring consistent, engaging and accessible communications across all channels. The role supports ABL's strengths-based, asset-based approach, focusing on partnership, co-production and innovation rather than duplication of existing provision. This is a varied, dynamic role requiring flexibility, organisation and confidence in working independently and collaboratively. No two days will be the same.
Main duties of the job include:
- Supporting the delivery of the ABL Community Engagement Strategy across designated service areas.
- Building strong relationships with local partners, GP practices, and Primary Care Networks to increase awareness of One You Kent and strengthen referral pathways.
- Representing the service at local forums, events, and community meetings.
- Contributing to co-production activities and maintaining accurate partnership records and databases.
- Managing One You Kent's social media platforms and digital communications.
- Creating engaging and accessible content across websites, social media, email campaigns, and marketing materials.
- Working closely with ABL's central communications team to support campaigns and maintain digital platforms.
- Identifying opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement.
- Supporting media and promotional activity by identifying opportunities, drafting press releases and case studies.
- Monitoring and reporting on engagement, referral, and digital performance activity.
About us: ABL Health Ltd is a dynamic, fast-growing community health organisation with an ambitious vision to create healthier lives and stronger communities. As an experienced, CQC-registered provider of community health and wellbeing services, we are proud to deliver evidence-based, innovative and person-centred care that makes a real and lasting difference. We work in partnership with individuals, communities and system partners to design and deliver services that are locally rooted, strengths-based and responsive to need. Everything we do is driven by a commitment to reducing health inequalities, improving outcomes and ensuring people have access to the right support at the right time. ABL is a values-led organisation where people matter. We invest in our teams, encourage innovation and collaboration, and create an environment where ideas are welcomed, and professional development is supported.
If you are passionate about improving population health, enjoy working at pace, and want to be part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team that shares a genuine commitment to making a difference, we would love to hear from you.
Person Specification:
- Qualifications
- Essential: Relevant experience working in communications, engagement, community development, public health or a related field.
- Desirable: Relevant qualification or training in communications, marketing, public health, community development or similar.
- Job Specific Requirements
- Essential: Ability to travel independently across Kent as required.
- Willingness to work flexibly, including occasional evening or weekend work to support events and engagement activity.
- Willingness to undertake an Enhanced DBS check.
- Experience
- Essential: Experience of working within or alongside health, wellbeing, public health or community services.
- Experience of engaging with communities, partners or stakeholders to promote services or initiatives.
- Experience of working in a community or place-based setting.
- Desirable: Experience of working with lifestyle services such as smoking cessation, weight management, physical activity or behaviour change programmes.
- Experience of developing and delivering communications, marketing or engagement campaigns.
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