Senior Officer (Health Community Engagement Roadshow)

• Working with the HCE Manager as one of the day-to-day contacts for the logistics agency we work with for Roadshow activity, attending meetings, overseeing and regularly sharing the activity schedule with all relevant stakeholders, and escalating issues where necessary

• Managing the overall planning and agenda for campaign meetings, working with the wider Roadshow team and consulting with other internal stakeholders

• Responsible for the monitoring, quality control and annual content review of Roadshow materials to ensure that they meet the needs of the team and activity, and high standards are maintained

• Responsible for managing the relationship with the Regional Press team and overseeing all related press activity, working with the HCE Manager and Senior HCE Manager

• Being responsible for the recruitment, training and ongoing management of the team’s Health Awareness Volunteers, and for evaluation and ongoing development of the programme

• Contributing to the planning of the team’s public-facing community engagement work and input into wider plans for the HCE team

• Representing the work of the team internally and externally as required., Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that’s impressive.

• Excellent organisation and time management skills with proven ability to juggle multiple tasks, prioritise work and meet multiple deadlines

• Flexibility to accommodate changing demands

• Good interpersonal skills, with proven ability to build and maintain good working relationships with a range of internal colleagues and external stakeholders

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Eye for detail, ability to spot opportunities for improving ways of working and processes, and proactive in driving these changes

• Interest in health promotion and cancer, and in tackling health inequalities

• Good basis of understanding of evaluation and reporting methods

• Willing to travel for regional activity, meetings and conferences, as deemed appropriate.

• Employee discount, In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.

Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.

We review pay annually and aim to recognise individual performance and achievements.

We don’t forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.

Our work – from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy – will change the world. It’s exciting to be part of our team.

For more information on this career opportunity please visit our website or contact us at recruitment@cancer.org.uk ., We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk or 0 20 3469 8400 as soon as possible.