Community Mobiliser - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

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Expiry date:
17:59, Tue, 21st Feb 2023
Location:

Liverpool

Salary:
£26, £30,502.

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Community Mobiliser

Salary:
£26,396 - £30,505 per annum pro rata

Part-Time (28 hours), fixed term appointment to 30th November 2023

Based in Liverpool

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Community Mobiliser to join us to work within the International Public Health department at LSTM.

As the first institution of its kind in the world, dedicated to education and research in tropical diseases, it's an exciting time to join LSTM as we enter our 125th anniversary year in 2023.

The Community mobiliser will support a portfolio of health equity projects in Liverpool.

You will be the community liaison person on two projects and provide support person to a third project as follows:

A 9-month project to build a research consortium around storytelling and improving health equity (ReCITE);
A research study examining the impact of COVID on migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the City.
Part of the role will be to support the Senior Community Mobiliser in establishing, training and mentoring multidisciplinary community innovation teams, working on themes such as uptake of immunisation and cancer screening as part of a third project with interventions funded by Liverpool City Council.

Key responsibilities are (but not limited to):

Interact with target populations to gain insight into health inequalities
Work with the Senior Community Mobiliser and Community Innovation Teams to identify key informants and research participants
Feedback on research findings and insights as they emerge to enable effective decision making
Contribute to reports, briefing papers and presentation for internal and external audiences
Support and participate in training of trainers for rollout of training to newly established Community Innovation Teams
Organise venues for project meetings, key informant interviews and focus group discussions and ensure refreshments organised where appropriate
First degree in social science, Humanities and Social Sciences, Arts or Health related discipline (desirable)
Able to easily communicate messages verbally to lay audiences, and with BAME community, migrant, asylum seekers and refugees
Good facilitation or training skills
Ability to write technical reports, press releases and project blogs
Strong organisational skills and ability to effectively handle multiple tasks to meet deadlines.
Experience in grassroots community organisation (desirable)

- (For a full list of essential and desirable criteria please refer to the job description and person specification)_

Additional benefits of joining LSTM:

30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, plus Christmas closure days
Generous occupational pension schemes
Affiliated, discounted staff membership to the University of Liverpool Sports Centre
Plus, a host of additional family friendly policies

Closing Date: 21st February 2023
Inclusion is central to our values at LSTM

About LSTM

Founded in 1898 and the oldest of its kind in the world, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for teaching and research in tropical diseases.

Through the creation of effective links with governments, NGOs, private organisations and global institutions and by responding to the health needs of communities, LSTM aims to promote improved health, particularly for people of the less developed/resource poorest countries in the tropics and sub-tropics.

**LSTM actively promotes Equal Opportunities and Safeguarding Policies