Band 6 Community Connexions Development Worker - HELD BY DENTAL - 22.10.2026

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Community Connexions Development Worker. The role focuses on building relationships with local communities to support healthcare priority setting and research engagement, including public health outreach and event coordination.

The post involves working across BCHC and with other NHS Trusts and partners to promote inclusive engagement, bid writing, and regular reporting to funders and committees.

Qualifications

• Experience in community engagement or public health work is desirable.
• Ability to record accurate notes and provide regular reports to funders/partners.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with diverse communities.

Responsibilities

• Lead community engagement activities and interact with local communities and groups across BCHC and partner organisations.
• Organise events online and in person, and conduct home visits when needed.
• Prepare reports and updates for the Research & Innovation team and stakeholders.
• Engage with faith groups and community groups to support priority setting and research engagement.

Skills

Public engagement

Community outreach

Communication

Project management

Job description

Band 6 Community Connexions Development Worker - HELD BY DENTAL - 22.10.2026

Company:

Company: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust

A Vacancy at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

The Research and Innovation team is looking for a vibrant candidate to work in Community Connexions. Community Connexions is a public engagement programme that will build relationships amongst local groups particularly in underserved communities to support healthcare priority setting and research and innovation engagement and address health inequalities. Primary steps include i)engagement ii) priority setting iii) co-creation of new research. Healthcare professionals are welcome to apply, along with individuals with extensive community engagement or public health experience.

The successful candidate should have a good knowledge of general healthcare, have the skills to approach and work with a variety of communities, be articulate and communicate well and have the ability to record accurate notes and provide regular reports. The post holder will work across BCHC and engage with other healthcare providers and community groups across the West Midlands, This may involve working with faith groups, community groups, setting up coffee mornings in supermarkets or visiting individuals in their homes. Engagement will be conducted for a number of different projects, so project management skills and the ability for self-organisation are crucial. Bid writing and report writing are also useful skills.

The successful candidate should have a good knowledge of general healthcare, have the skills to approach and work with a variety of communities, be articulate and communicate well and have the ability to record accurate notes and provide regular reports to the funder at the Clinical Research Network. The post holder will work across BCHC and other NHS Trusts across Birmingham and the Black Country, as well as other providers, such as the local authority, community and voluntary organisations, in a range of settings to build engagement and support health research. This may involve working with faith groups, community groups, setting up coffee mornings in supermarkets or visiting individuals in their homes. Engagement will be conducted for a number of different projects so project management skills and the ability for self-organisation are crucial.

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

Responsible for community engagement, liaising with Community Leaders and organising events online, in person and by questionnaire and generating new contacts.

Represent Community Connexions at local meetings and provide reports to R&I, the Clinical Research Network Equality Diversity & Inclusion Public Research Champions Group and the Community Connexions Steering Committee plus other relevant forums.

Identify challenges/ barriers to engaging in research, alongside identifying strengths and resilience of underserved communities.

To work closely with academic colleagues, e.g. Aston University to develop a framework agreement for community engagement and be instrumental in the development and implementation of community engagement policy using previous policy experience to work in what is a new area for the Trust.

To work with the Research and Innovation (R & I) Team, Trust’s Equality & Diversity Team, Patient Engagement Team, and partner organisations to gather and analyse information about research engagement.

To use data sets to gather information and have the ability to draw conclusions from feedback. For example, demographics, public views on particular topics, to identify areas where the public have indicated priorities.

This advert closes on Friday 30 Oct 2026

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust