Community Engagement Project Officer

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Locality Impact Directorate in the South West of England, covering Cornwall.

Position: Project Engagement Officer (2 roles available various hours)

Location: Home based with regular travel required throughout Cornwall

Hours and Salary: Part time 21 hours per week circa £14,580 per annum or 28 hours per week circa £18,720 per annum

Contract: Permanent. Funding for this role has been provided from The Elwyn Thomas Memorial Fund, funding will expire 31 March 2027.

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: 6 March 2022

Interview Date: 14 March and 15 March 2022

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic interviews may 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 emotional support service manager The Project Engagement Officer will:

• Work with colleagues across Cornwall to promote better mental health outcomes for people affected by stroke.
• Supporting the development of and relationships across the stroke group network
• Manage engagement volunteers and mobilise key stakeholders to campaign and build stroke communities to enable stroke survivors and their carers to rebuild their lives after stroke
• Be responsible for growing and sustaining our community volunteering footprint for the benefit of people affected by stroke
• Provide support and links with the relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Build and report upon a network of local stroke communities by providing local support, regular communications and ensuring national frameworks are embedded.

About You

You will have a proven track record of supporting and developing groups, volunteers and community partnerships. You will also have a good understanding and experience of working in health, social care and/or voluntary sector. 

The use of a car with business use cover and the ability to drive is essential to be able to fulfil the requirements of the role.  The successful applicant must be able to travel independently to carry out the requirements of the post without relying on public transport

To fulfil the role, you must abode within the U.K and have the right to work in the U.K

Please submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.  Please state the reference to the role you are applying for.

Ref: S851 salary circa £14,580 per annum (21 hours per week)

Ref: S852 salary circa £18,720 per annum (28 hours per week) 

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.

When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.

We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.

We’re working to improve the diversity of our team.  Because we know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for those affected by stroke.

We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. And we’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities. 

Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.

In 2019, we developed a bold new corporate strategy so that we can rebuild more lives after stroke and make a bigger difference to people’s lives. To help us deliver our strategy and make a real difference, we are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles. If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!

You may also have experience in areas such as Community Officer, Impact Officer, Engagement Officer, Impact and Engagement Officer, Community Impact Officer, Community Engagement Officer Community Engagement, Community Relationship Officer, Volunteer Management, Volunteer Engagement, Volunteer Manager, Community Partnerships Officer, Community Partnerships Manager, Community Partnerships.