Engagement Officer - Dorchester, United Kingdom - Dorset Councils

Dorset Councils
Dorset Councils
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Description
Organisation

  • Dorset Council
  • Location
  • Dorchester, United Kingdom
  • Reference
  • Occupational group
  • Health and Social Care
  • Adults
  • Salary details

- £24,496 - £28,37
  • Job term
  • Full Time
  • Appointment type
  • Permanent
  • Contact
  • Samuel Poole
  • Contact
telephone


  • Closing Date
  • 03 September :30 PM

Engagement Officer:


37 hours flexible working considered:


Salary £24,496 - £28,371:

County Hall, Dorchester, combined with home-working


What's in it for you:

Dorset is a stunning corner of the UK, regularly featuring amongst the most beautiful of counties.

We have a population, on average, much older than the rest of the country:
a fantastic body of energy for vibrant community activities across our towns, villages, coastline and countryside. But of course, that's a population that also needs support with ageing.

Together with a significant population of adults of working age with support needs, Dorset is a place where getting the right support, at the right time, and in the right place, is absolutely fundamental to helping all of our people to live their idea of "A Better Life" - and that's why we built our adult social care strategies on that vision.


What you can expect to be doing:
Coproduction and engagement needs to be at the heart of what we do.

As a result, we have increased resource within this area with the addition of an 'Engagement Officer' who will help drive forward a coproduction and engagement programme across the organisation supporting the development of a culture that engages with communities, partners and staff when designing services, strategy or policy.


About you:


We are looking for colleagues who are highly motivated and enthusiastic in their approach to supporting and coordinating coproduction activity.

You will need strong verbal skills with the confidence to liaise and coordinate with colleagues from across all areas of the business and with our partners.

You should have excellent organisational and planning skills and able to collaborate and build good working relationships. Experience in project management, community engagement, partnership development, or related roles may be beneficial in this role.


Dorset Council:

A great place to work:
We're passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.


At Dorset Council we:
- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success


You will:
- have access to a range of employee benefits
- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

See our adult safeguarding policy.

This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.

This post involves working with children and/or vulnerable adults and/or having access to significant information about them.


This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.

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