Community Engagement Team Leader Full Time Temporary

Community Engagement Team Leader needed in Bedford £18.00ph PAYE – Reference: 5180059

Ideally candidates will:

• Maintain a good working knowledge of health and aspects of public health protection especially in relation to Covid-19.
• Have an aptitude for learning and information retention. They will need the ability to grasp new complex issues quickly, and have the ability to determine the key points.
• Work in an agile way and lead in building meaningful relationships in the community which help to meet the priorities of this role.
• Demonstrate both flexibility in adapting to changes in procedures and requirements and good customer care

This role will involve: 

• To build relationships in the community that will support the delivery of essential Covid19 and health and wellbeing messages that will keep the whole community safe.
• Seek to bring about behaviour and lifestyle changes that will have long-term positive outcomes for our community.
• To reduce Covid19 infection rates, increase vaccination take up and encourage use of community testing services.
• Provide leadership to drive improvement in health outcomes and the reduction of health inequalities in relation to COVID-19
• Building understanding of the Council’s overall health and wellbeing issues, based on data and insight, and establishing the pressing health inequalities facing those communities.
• Lead on engaging with underserved communities to increase understanding of Covid-19 guidance, maximise vaccine take up, increase community testing take up and to ensure council communications address these issues in a range of ways.
• Raising awareness on infection prevention and improving minority ethnic groups and hard to reach communities’ understanding of Covid-19 messaging, building relationships to support the health inequalities work.
• Creating a network of informal community advocates that can make a valuable longer term contribution to tackling health inequalities post Covid-19 and to champion positive health and wellbeing.
• Targeting spikes and hotspots quickly and effectively with tailored messages.

This is working full time hours on a temporary contract basis 

If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to katie@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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