Partnership & Engagement Lead

Aspire Recruitment; St Helens; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspire Recruitment is seeking a Partnership & Engagement Lead to work from home with regular travels to Liverpool, St Helens and regional offices. The role focuses on building strong partnerships with Local Authorities, GPs, and community organisations to drive referrals into employment and health programmes.

You will promote services, organise community events, and support partners with information and outcomes while traveling across the Liverpool City Region.

Qualifications

• Experience engaging with a range of agencies/organisations to promote services and generate referrals.
• Experience organising promotional or community engagement events.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and promotional skills to build relationships.
• Experience working toward KPIs in a performance-driven environment.
• Understanding barriers faced by people facing multiple employment challenges.

Responsibilities

• Develop local integration plans to increase referrals across designated areas.
• Build and maintain relationships with GPs, Local Authorities, Jobcentre Plus and VCFSE organisations.
• Promote services to local organisations to generate referrals.
• Organise and deliver community engagement events and focus groups.
• Coordinate with partners to ensure referrals are accurate and eligible.
• Deliver welcome sessions for new participants when required.
• Provide partners with updates and positive participant outcomes.
• Work flexibly from partner locations across Liverpool City Region.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Partnership development

Communication skills

Event coordination

Referral generation

Targeted outreach

Job description

Partnership & Engagement Lead

Home based with regular travel to Liverpool, St Helens and other regional offices

Circa £32,000

Full time - Permanent

We are recruiting for a Local Integration Lead to develop strong relationships with local partners and drive referrals into employment and health programmes across Liverpool City Region. You will work closely with Local Authorities, GPs, Primary Care Networks, Jobcentre Plus and voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations, building effective referral pathways and increasing engagement with services.

This is a varied, outward-facing role suited to someone who enjoys partnership working, community engagement and building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

The role involves:

• Developing local integration plans to increase referrals across designated areas.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with GPs, Primary Care Networks, Local Authorities, Jobcentre Plus, VCFSE organisations and other referral partners.
• Promoting services to local organisations, agencies and community groups to generate referrals.
• Organising and delivering community engagement events and participant focus groups.
• Liaising with referral partners to ensure referrals are accurate and eligible.
• Delivering welcome sessions for new participants where required.
• Providing partners with relevant information, updates and positive participant outcomes.
• Working flexibly from partner locations across Liverpool City Region.

You’ll need:

• Experience of working with a range of agencies or organisations to promote services and generate referrals.
• Experience of organising and coordinating promotional or community engagement events.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and promotional skills with the ability to build strong professional relationships.
• Experience of working towards challenging targets and KPIs in a performance-driven environment.
• Knowledge of the barriers faced by people experiencing multiple challenges to employment.
• Strong organisational and IT skills with excellent attention to detail.
• A flexible approach, including the ability to travel across the area and work outside standard office hours when required.
• A warm, outgoing and approachable manner with the ability to engage effectively with partners and participants.

Due to the nature of this role, you will be required to complete an online Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and you will have access to your own vehicle.

Aspire Recruitment is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.