Public Partnerships Officer - Twickenham, United Kingdom - LGC Group

LGC Group

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Twickenham, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Part time

Description

Are you an enthusiastic and proactive individual with excellent organisational skills?

Are you looking for a part time role, with opportunity for growth?

Are you passionate about ensuring patients and the public can shape health and care research?

We're looking for a Public Partnerships Officer to join the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) in a diverse and stimulating role.

You will be part of a small, friendly and dynamic team ensuring NIHR works effectively in partnership with people and communities.

Key responsibilities

The Public Partnerships Officer will report to a Senior Public Involvement Manager, and work closely with the NIHR Deputy Director of Public Partnerships, and Dissemination and Knowledge Mobilisation, Communications and Engagement colleagues, and the rest of the small Public Partnerships team.

Coordinate project/s or specific elements of projects, in collaboration with internal and external partners
Coordinate information gathering exercises and provide analysis which supports the design and delivery of projects
Maintain key databases and/or online records (e.g information about stakeholders) which help the Public Partnerships team to support project and service delivery
Support the team to develop and manage stakeholder relationships and contribute to engagement and communications activity
Contribute to the development and updating of resources, guidance and tools, including updating of websites
Gather and assess suitability of content to be uploaded onto websites
Perform assigned website tasks, liaising with website developers where necessary.

Working arrangements

Person Specification:

Educated to Alevel standard (or equivalent) or above
Experience of the coordination or delivery of projects/ activities which involve a range of different people or organisations
Experience of working with public contributors or volunteers, or a demonstrable understanding of the role they play and value they bring to research or in service design or delivery
Effective planning and organisational skills, with the ability to support others and gain cooperation in managing competing priorities and meeting deadlines
Excellent communication skills orally and in writing, including the ability to convey complex material which is tailored to the needs of different audiences
Information gathering (e.g. survey design) and analytical skills, with the ability to design effective and proportionate data capture methods and produce reports
Commitment to equality diversity and inclusion and an understanding of how it applies to public partnerships, and the work of NIHR
Collaborative and inclusive working style, within and across teams and partnerships
Able to competently and flexibly employ the various functions of Microsoft/Google packages; especially PowerPoint/Slides, Word/Docs, Excel/Sheets, Outlook/Gmail