Health Inequalities & Community Engagement Officer
Voluntary Action Harrow is looking for a Health Inequalities & Community engagement Officer to work within our Stronger Communities team. Stronger Communities aims to remove barriers to accessing healthcare, increase community engagement and co-production and reduce health inequalities in the borough of Harrow. We are particularly interested in increasing engagement from communities in deprived areas and encourage applications from those who might be under-represented in our work.
Responsibilities
To create and share accessible information resources for community groups and individuals.
To manage and update social media channels and our easy-to-use website, creating accessible graphics that help promote the work we are doing.
To deliver and attend community events, aiming to raise awareness about health issues and making sure communities have access to accurate information.
To carry out light-touch research, so we are able to feed-back the views of communities to policy makers. .
To develop positive working relationships and clear communication with other local voluntary & community sector (VCS) organisations and healthcare providers.
To help other VCS organisations improve awareness and engagement of health inequalities and disparities.
To organise and support representation at community meetings, forums and networks, encouraging attendance.
To develop and deliver on-the-ground awareness, focusing on areas with high footfall, such as train stations, supermarkets etc.
To utilise and support management of volunteers in facilitation of role.
To support the creation of reports, presentations and feedback
To support and communicate campaigns through newsletters and communication channels.
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 our database.
Application Process
Please email jobs@vah.org.uk with:
CV outlining related work experience, responsibilities and qualifications
Cover letter covering why you want to work with us and the skills and knowledge in the job description.
If these documents are not received we will not be able to progress with your application.
