Maternity Engagement Officer

1 week ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Maternity Engagement Action CIC Full time

We are seeking a people person, who is passionate about amplifying the voices of Black birthing women, has good leadership skills, actively listens, compassionately communicates, and connects from the heart with volunteers, Black maternal women, and the wider perinatal community.

**MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Stakeholder Engagement**
- Lead the MAC volunteer Steering Group
- Organise safe spaces for local mums to share their experiences.
- Develop new resources and community-based activities in dialogue with the community, and in a way that enables others to lead initiatives.

**Event Coordination & Management**
- Identify opportunities and organise engagement activities.
- Organise training such as Safeguarding and Health and Safety.
- Contribute to income generation strategy and implementation.
- Attendee and database management

**Project Management**
- Deliver project reporting and evaluation.
- Effectively manage time and budget for events and sessions
- Recruit, develop and manage the Maternal Ambassador (MAC) volunteers.
- Ensure that our MACS have meaningful opportunities to actively contribute to MEA CIC business plan, our values, and our aims for supporting the Black perinatal community for better maternal outcomes.

**Administrative Duties**
- Team and MAC meeting attendance and coordination
- Manage and develop content for all MEA CIC social media such as blogs, IG, Facebook, LinkedIn, website, etc.
- Build links with other groups and agencies supporting Black maternal wellbeing.
- Contribute to outcomes-based evaluation, learning and monitoring systems.

**REQUIREMENTS**
- Demonstrable understanding of the impact of Black perinatal health inequalities to include maternal and infant mortality.
- Black wellness practices.
- Engagement with individuals and/or communities: 1 year
- Working with and supporting volunteers: 1 year
- Organising and supporting events: 1 year (preferred)
- Data collection and analysis: 1 year (preferred)
- Engaging with stakeholders across a variety of levels and audiences.
- Ability to use imaginative strategies to engage with the Black perinatal community.
- Ability to work with and relate to the Black perinatal community that may also include diverse and multi-generational communities, with language or cultural differences.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Competent in IT and social media platforms

**Salary**: £20,320.53-£29,120.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- What makes it so much harder for some people to be connected and feel supported in their community than others? What should be done to make this situation better and where can you, in this role, make the biggest difference to these issues?
- We will be delivering community initiatives within six months, we’re a very small team, relatively new. What challenges do you expect to face in this role and what experience and skills do you have that will help you?
- Please tell us about a time when you have had a really positive impact on a project in your local community or your place of work? How did you work with others including internal and external stakeholders in the design, delivery and management of the project to make it successful? What impact did the project have and what did you learn?
- Describe the key factors contributing to the high black maternal morbidity rate and the initiatives or strategies that have been proposed to address it.

Ability to Commute:

- Birmingham (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Birmingham

Expected start date: 02/01/2024



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