Vacancies

• Salary: £25,000 – £27,000
• Hours: 37.5 hours
• Location: LifeLine House, 25 Neville Road, Dagenham, Essex RM8 3QS
• Duration: Contract

This role is in the centre of a fast-moving, developing organisation – dedicated to strengthening our team, supporting member organisations on the frontline, and assisting with our policy and influencing work as we amplify the voices of faith communities to local and national government.

This is a dynamic role, offering practical support to the FaithAction team in local and national health policy influencing. Working across FaithAction’s Barking and Dagenham Healthwatch and VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance projects, you will need a passion for and interest in health and care policy, as well as a drive to see health inequalities reduced. Healthwatch exists to ensure the voice of residents is fed into local health and care decision making, whilst the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance facilitates strategic input into national health policy via the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England. The role therefore allows a unique view of the development and implementation of health policy in a range of contexts, as well as insight into how this affects patient experience.

The role includes undertaking engagement activities and supporting the team in the development and completion of several health, care and wellbeing related projects. This will be achieved through seeking the views and experiences of stakeholders including residents, community groups, faith organisations, seldom heard communities, NHS and local authorities. This role requires the post holder to capture people’s needs and feedback using several engagement tools and techniques so that these can effectively drive improvements and be used as evidence.