Part-Time Health Inequalities & Community Engagement Officer
Job Description
Job Description
Prevent Breast Cancer Charity is looking for a Health Inequalities & Community Engagement Officer to lead an ongoing campaign to remove the barriers to screening and encourage uptake among women living in deprived areas and from ethnic communities. Research has revealed that women from these groups are less likely to attend screening appointments.
The role requires excellent communication skills to be able to engage with people from different communities throughout Greater Manchester. The Health Inequalities Officer must be proactive and confident when approaching community groups and individuals, as well as able to forge strong relationships and work collaboratively with the Greater Manchester Breast Screening Programme (GMBSP) team, especially the Cancer Screening Improvement Leads (CSILs), and local organisations such as Answer Cancer. Good research and team-working skills are also essential to this role.
About the Charity
Prevent Breast Cancer is the only charity in the UK entirely dedicated to the prediction and prevention of breast cancer. Across the UK over 55,900 women develop breast cancer each year; tragically 11,500 do not survive.
Our purpose is simple: to create a future free from breast cancer, where there is no before or after diagnosis. And thanks to better predictive tools and early intervention, we truly believe that for future generations, breast cancer will be a thing of the past. This means acting now, to help more people live a life that’s free from the disease. It means funding research aimed solely at preventing breast cancer. And it means creating a world where thousands of people are spared from ever experiencing the pain and suffering it causes. Put simply, our purpose is in our name.
About the Job
Hours: 22.5 hours per week on 2-year fixed term contract
Responsible to: Chief Executive Officer and Head of Communications and Campaigns
Annual leave: 33 days including Bank Holidays (pro rata)
Location: Hybrid working / The Nightingale Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, M23 9LT
Salary: £32,000 (pro-rata)
Responsibilities
- To create and implement a strategy to remove health inequalities and disparity in health outcomes by improving awareness and engagement with breast screening services.
- To work collaboratively with other local charities, grassroots organisations and healthcare providers, mainly the Greater Manchester Breast Screening Programme (GMBSP), to ensure clear communication and networking to encourage breast screening uptake.
- To carry out research into which communities/areas of Greater Manchester have the lowest screening uptake.
- To develop relationships with community groups and key contacts to deliver a sustainable campaign and activities throughout the 24 months.
- To deliver breast screening awareness sessions/stalls, aiming to raise awareness about the importance of screening and dispel any myths/preconceptions that women may have.
- To develop and deliver an on-the-ground screening awareness campaign, focusing on areas with high footfall, such as train stations, supermarkets etc.
- To create and disseminate accessible information resources for community groups and individuals.
- To report and feedback to the Health Inequalities Committee on a quarterly basis and update the committee on work carried out to reach communities living in deprived areas and ethnic groups and encourage breast screening uptake.
- To work with the Communications Team to update communications and social media about our health inequalities work.
- To build and maintain relationships with people from different communities who are willing to share their stories to be used as case studies to promote our work.
- To maintain and update records on the Prevent Breast Cancer database.
General
- Able to work some out of hours including attending events, attending some early/late meetings, and monitoring social media.
- Communicate in a persuasive and compelling way, building content and messaging with the target audience in mind.
- Adhere to Prevent Breast Cancer policies and procedures, including safeguarding and data protection.
- Embrace digital technology and keen to keep up with developments that will help the charity in its aims.
- Attend relevant training and development courses as required.
- Feel passionately about breast cancer prevention and promoting the charity at a local and national level, speaking with authority about our research, aims and fundraising campaigns and highlighting the importance of The Nightingale Centre.
- Any other reasonable duties deemed necessary by the management team.Person Specification
| Education/ Qualifications | |
| Relevant health care qualification or qualified by experience | Essential |
| Experience | |
| Experience of carrying out community outreach/engagement work within different communities | Essential |
| Experience working to address health inequalities | Essential |
| Experience communicating and dealing with individuals from varied backgrounds | Essential |
| Managing stakeholder relationships | Essential |
| Collating, analysing and interpreting information with a view to developing recommendations | Essential |
| Experience in project managing and delivering on multiple projects at one time. Delivering them to a high standard, within budget and working to a brief | Essential |
| Experience using social media in a project or work-related setting | Desirable |
| Ability and experience preparing and delivering presentations | Essential |
| Experience working in a team, working to tight deadlines, and meeting targets | Essential |
| Experience working to budgets and reporting on campaigns ensuring accurately tracked and presenting results to wider team | Essential |
| Experience copy writing and proof reading, with a keen eye for detail | Desirable |
| Abilities / Skills | |
| A natural communicator, ability to nurture existing relationships and develop new relationships with a wide audience | Essential |
| Strong understanding of health promotion, and community development and participation | Essential |
| Highly organised and able to multi-task projects and administrative duties | Essential |
| Prioritising tasks and organising them in a way that pays attention to detail | Essential |
| Highly computer literate and proficient with Microsoft Office | Essential |
| Experience using a database | Desirable |
| Experience using social media and an interest in technology | Desirable |
| Other commitments | |
| Committed to Prevent Breast Cancer’s cause | Essential |
| Full driving license and car owner | Essential |
| Able to work flexible hours and attend events outside of office hours and at weekends | Essential |
| A forward-thinking person able to work on own initiative and as part of a team | Essential |
| A willingness to undertake jobs that are not outlined on job description as and where necessary | Essential |
Why work with us?
You will have the chance to be part of a team of dedicated and passionate professionals working towards the prediction and early prevention of breast cancer. The role of Health Inequalities and Community Engagement Officer is a role that will help us to broaden our reach, deepen our understanding of the barriers that exist to prevent people from accessing screening and help to overcome those barriers.
Benefits:
Prevent Breast Cancer offers the following benefits to employees:
- 25 days holiday plus 8 public holidays (pro-rata for part-time employees)
- Enhanced sick leave
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity leave
- An additional day off per year for birthdays
- Access to Perkbox – a benefits and rewards platform offering freebies and discounts in retail, entertainment and restaurants, online wellbeing clases, confidential support and more)
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
- Quarterly team wellbeing sessions (yoga sessions, team walks, escape rooms etc)
- Time off in Lieu
- Hybrid Working
- Death in Service benefit
- NEST pension scheme
How to Apply
To apply, please send in your CV and a covering letter to info@preventbreastcancer.org.uk, explaining your interest in the role and outlining how you meet the role requirements. Please also submit an equal opportunities form along with your CV and covering letter, the form can be downloaded from our website here. If you have any questions about the role or about working with Prevent Breast Cancer, please email info@preventbreastcancer.org.uk or call us on 0161 291 4400. Applications must be submitted by midnight on Sunday 11th February. Prevent Breast Cancer is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.286 total views, 0 today