Engagement Officer

We are looking for two enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join the North West Locality Impact team. Engagement Officers support the North West work with colleagues across the locality, with stroke communities and health care systems and in supporting people affected by stroke to provide the voice of lived experience.

Location: Home-based, North West England. Frequent travel will be required as part of this role (includes team meetings and other external work related meetings).

Hours: 2 x 24.5 hours per week positions available.

Salary: £20,202 per annum (FTE circa £28,800 per annum).

Contract: Permanent.

Benefits: 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent), cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 21 April 2025. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

Interview Date: 8 or 9 May 2025 (to be confirmed). Interviews will be held in person at a North West location or will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.

The Role

Reporting to the Engagement Lead, the Engagement Officers will work with colleagues to deliver against planned activities, and continue building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders. You will be 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 North West 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.

About You

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 North West 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.

When you click to apply, you will be able to see the full responsibilities and person specification for further information on the role. 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.

Finding strength through support

The organisation is the only charity in the UK providing lifelong support for all stroke survivors and their families. Providing tailored support to tens of thousands of stroke survivors each year. This support includes one-to-one and group support, funding vital scientific research into stroke prevention, acute treatment, recovery and long-term care, and campaigning to secure the best care for everyone affected by stroke. They are here for stroke survivors and their loved ones, from the moment they enter the new and frightening post-stroke world, supporting them every step of the way as they find their strength and their way back to life.

It’s only thanks to the generosity of supporters and donors that they can provide vital support. The Association is driven by an ambition to improve the lives of everyone affected by stroke. This means they’re determined to create an equitable and inclusive workplace that benefits from the difference, and thrives on the diversity, of our people. Guided by an approach to solving inequity in stroke, the team are prioritising listening to, and learning from, lived experience across the charity. The charity are working to improve the representation of this lived experience at all levels within the Association and are eager to recruit applicants from a variety of communities and backgrounds. We are keen to receive applications from people affected by stroke, people of colour, members of LGBT+ communities, and disabled people because these identities and experiences are underrepresented and would add enormous value to how the organisation works.

A Disability Confident employer, the organisation is making great progress focusing on flexible working, reasonable adjustments and access to work. The charity has a variety of staff network groups and are committed to continuously improving diversity and inclusion efforts. If you have questions, or access needs, we’re happy to discuss any support and adjustments we can make throughout the recruitment process so that you’re able to contribute your best in a way that meets your needs.

You may also have experience in areas such as Care Coordinator, Stroke Support, Stroke, Care, Care Worker, Support Worker, Carer, Care Team Leader, Support Team Leader, Volunteering Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Support Group, Support and Advice, Social Care, Carer Support, Support Service.