Location Birmingham, UK Type Freelance Salary £28,800 Hours 27 hours per week Closes 2 November 2026
As part of our team, you'll play a key role in leading community engagement, building strong partnerships and delivering impactful programmes that empower communities and influence better maternity care. If you're passionate about equity, community leadership and creating lasting change, we'd love to hear from you.
Job Description
We’re looking for an experienced community engagement professional who can lead and support a team, build strong relationships and work collaboratively with communities. You’ll be proactive, self-motivated and confident working independently while supporting others to deliver inclusive, community-centred work.
About Maternity Engagement Action (MEA) CIC
Maternity Engagement Action (MEA) CIC supports Black and Black mixed-heritage women and families during the perinatal period. We challenge systemic inequities in perinatal health and wellbeing by creating safe spaces for the birthing community to share their experiences through storytelling, community-led research, lived-experience data and co-creation to influence change.
Based in Birmingham, we support the Black perinatal community locally, regionally and nationally.
About the role
The Engagement Team Manager will lead the planning, coordination and day-to-day work of MEA’s community engagement and outreach team. The postholder will provide leadership and support to the team, strengthen community partnerships and ensure that the voices, experiences and insights of the communities we serve inform MEA’s work and organisational priorities.
The role combines team leadership, community engagement, relationship-building, community development, and monitoring and evaluation. The postholder will help ensure MEA’s work remains community-centred, inclusive and responsive to the needs of Black and Black mixed-heritage women and families.
What you’ll be doing
Your responsibilities will include:
- Leading, managing and supporting the community engagement and outreach team, including team development.
- Coordinating the team’s community engagement activities and outreach work.
- Building and maintaining meaningful relationships with community members, partners and stakeholders.
- Ensuring community voices, lived experiences and insights inform MEA’s work and organisational priorities.
- Supporting the team to engage with communities in an inclusive, culturally safe and responsive way.
- Overseeing monitoring and evaluation to support reporting, accountability and continuous learning.
- Using community feedback and data to inform decision-making and strengthen MEA’s work.
- Promoting MEA’s activities and working in accordance with the organisation’s policies and procedures.
- Undertaking other reasonable duties required to fulfil the responsibilities of the role.
Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for an experienced community engagement professional who can lead and support a team, build strong relationships and work collaboratively with communities. You’ll be proactive, self-motivated and confident working independently while supporting others to deliver inclusive, community-centred work.
You’ll understand the importance of anti-racist, trauma-informed and culturally safe practice, with a commitment to improving outcomes for Black and Black mixed-heritage women and families. You’ll value lived experience, recognise the importance of listening to communities and be able to ensure their voices help shape MEA’s work.
Applicants must have:
- A minimum of two years’ experience in community engagement or community development.
- Experience managing staff, volunteers or community teams.
- A commitment to upholding and promoting anti-racist, trauma-informed and culturally safe principles in decision-making and practice.
- Strong communication and facilitation skills.
- Experience working within community, health, charity or voluntary sector environments.
- Experience producing reports and monitoring outcomes.
- Knowledge of safeguarding and community-based working.
- A valid driving licence and the ability to travel across Birmingham and work in different community settings.
- Experience developing and maintaining partnerships and stakeholder relationships.
- A Level 5 or Level 6 qualification in leadership and management, community development, or health and social care management.
- Knowledge of local maternity networks.
- Strong relationship-building skills.
- Problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Personal attributes
You’ll be/have:
- Experience/ddeveloping and maintaining stakeholder relationships.
- Experience/d and skillsin leadership and management, community development, or health and social care management.
- Knowledge of localand regional healthnetworks.
- Excellent relationship-building skills.
- Problem-solving and decision-making skills.
What we offer
- A part-time freelance/consultancy role working 27 hours per week.
- Hybrid working across home, office and community settings.
- Meaningful, values-led work supporting Black and Black mixed-heritage women and families.
- The opportunity to lead community engagement, develop programmes and contribute to MEA’s work to challenge inequities in perinatal health and wellbeing.
- A supportive, Black women-led working environment, with guidance from experienced Directors.
- Opportunities for learning and professional development.
- Regular team reflections and event debriefs.
Working arrangements
The role is based in Birmingham and requires travel across the city and work in various community settings. A valid driving licence is essential.
The postholder must be available to attend events and work outside regular office hours, including evenings and weekends, as required. Freelancers are expected to participate in team reflections and event debriefs.
The successful applicant will be subject to a DBS check.
Maternity Engagement Action CIC is an organisation supporting and empowering Black women and Black mixed heritage women of African descent in Birmingham and beyond, throughout their pregnancy, birth and postnatal journey.
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