Senior Community Engagement Officer - 12 month FTC

Our Future Health; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health research program is looking for a Senior Community Engagement Officer to foster engagement with underrepresented communities across the UK. This role involves developing tailored content and managing community insights to enhance participation in health research initiatives. Candidates should have strong project management skills and experience engaging diverse communities. The position offers flexibility with remote working and competitive benefits including a £40,000 salary and generous pension contributions.

Benefits

Generous Pension Scheme

30 Days Holiday pro rata + Bank Holidays

Enhanced Parental Leave

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee Referral Bonus

Wellbeing Support

Flexible Working Arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience in communicating and engaging with diverse communities about health.
• Strong project management skills and ability to handle multiple priorities.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead community engagement efforts to improve representation in health research.
• Collaborate with internal teams to enhance product messaging for diverse audiences.
• Communicate visibility of diversity work through various channels.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Organizational Skills

Engagement with Communities

Job description

Our Future Health will be the UK’s largest ever health research programme, bringing people together to develop new ways to detect, prevent, and treat diseases. Diseases like cancer, dementia, diabetes, and heart disease affect the lives of many people in our communities. Our goal is to create a world-leading resource for health research, to improve our understanding and spot the patterns of how and why common diseases start, so treatments can begin sooner and be more effective.

The ambition of Our Future Health differs from other large UK population cohorts in terms of scale and the aim to recruit much higher numbers of participants from groups who are not well represented in research i.e. ethnic minorities, younger people and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

To support the delivery of our diversity work, the Senior Community Engagement Officer will play a pivotal role in developing and implementing approaches to engage underrepresented communities.

As Senior Community Engagement Officer, you will be responsible for:

• Leading on developing, co-creating, and testing bespoke content and promotional assets to make the programme more relatable for underrepresented communities

• Working with Product and Content teams to provide insight and guidance to support the development of alternative approaches to product messaging and language that could help nudge specific communities through the recruitment funnel

• Collaborating with the Product team and providing community insight to guide testing and optimisation of bespoke community landing pages, helping improve conversion rates across diverse groups

• Leading on how we communicate our diversity work and increase our visibility externally via conferences, presentations, events and various communication channels

• Ensuring the diversity / community engagement content aligns with overall communication strategies, making strategic decisions where needed

• Building effective working relationships internally and externally

• Experience of communicating and engaging with diverse communities about health / health research, particularly via digital routes.

• Experience collaborating with internal Product & Content teams to support the product lifecycle and external messaging—by contributing lived experience, community feedback, and engagement insights.
• Have a dynamic, flexible approach, with excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.

• Have strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and works well in a busy, changing environment with tight deadlines.

• Be able to build relationships and work confidently with colleagues and external stakeholders at all levels and from all backgrounds.

• Have good written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate complex messaging clearly and in a way that is meaningful for different groups of people.

• Have the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Let's prevent disease together.

This is a 12 month FTC.

You may work remotely from anywhere within the UK with quarterly travel to London for team days. There may also be project dependent travel required.

Closing date for applications : 1st September.

We recommend you apply as soon as possible as occasionally due to high volumes of applications, we need to close our postings early.

At Our Future Health, we recognise the importance of having a diverse workforce and ensuring that all candidates, regardless of their background, have equitable access to our application process. We proactively encourage applicants who identify as having a disability, neurodiversity, or long-term health conditions to let us know if they require any reasonable adjustments as part of their application process.

If you do require any reasonable adjustments, please email us at [e-mail]

• Salary from £40,000.
• Generous Pension Scheme – We invest in your future with employer contributions of up to 12%.
• 30 Days Holiday pro rata + Bank Holidays – Enjoy a generous holiday allowance with the flexibility to take bank holidays when it suits you.
• Enhanced Parental Leave – Supporting you during life’s biggest moments.
• Cycle to Work Scheme – Save 25-39% on a new bike and accessories through salary sacrifice.
• Home & Tech Savings – Get up to 8% off on IKEA and Currys products, spreading the cost over 12 months through salary sacrifice
• £1,000 Employee Referral Bonus – Know someone amazing? Get rewarded for bringing them on board!
• Wellbeing Support – Access to Mental Health First Aiders, plus 24/7 online GP services and an Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family.
• A Great Place to Work – We have a lovely Central London office in Holborn, and offer flexible and remote working arrangements.