Engagement and Co-Production Lead

The Role

The purpose of this role is to facilitate the development of relationships with key stakeholders, with a view to implementing our engagement framework and developing our co-production approach to support NHS Lanarkshire's delivery of our strategic vision through Our Health Together. The role-holder will design and facilitate opportunities for staff and stakeholders to develop a vision for co-production based on available research and benchmarked practice, converting that vision into a strategy and action plan for NHS Lanarkshire. The post holder will require to work across our system to build skills and capacity for co-production with NHS and HSCP colleagues. The role-holder will work in close collaboration with NHS Lanarkshire staff, North and South Lanarkshire HSCP, and the organisation's key stakeholders, including service providers and service users. The successful candidate will need to be proactive about building these relationships, securing their input to support and implement co-productive approaches across NHS Lanarkshire's health and social system. Whilst the post holder will report to the Head of Planning and Development the focus of their work will also be influenced by the engagement activities within the Communication and Quality Directorates to ensure a connected approach to engagement. The role will have primary responsibility to advise and support the strategic direction and performance management of the public and our staff involvement agenda including strategic frameworks, strategies The post holder will produce reports for NHS Lanarkshire and monitor and evaluate involving people activity. The post holder will be required to provide an expert, strategic leadership role to ensure that NHS Lanarkshire meets its legislative duties to involve people in decisions affecting NHS Lanarkshire's services locally and regionally. The post holder will provide leadership to ensure that involving people duties and responsibilities are adhered to when designing, developing and delivering services across NHS Lanarkshire.

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring

• Educated to Postgraduate Degree at Masters Level, or equivalent.
• Experience of engaging and involving service users and/or stakeholders in activities to inform organisational change and/or co-production (could be in public sector or charity/third sector)
• Evidence of a substantial understanding of the concept of co-production
• Quantitative and Qualitative research methods and statistics
• Training/experience of Marketing and/or public Communication/ stakeholder engagement
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills - an ability to work with people from different backgrounds and experiences
• Experience of planning and providing advice and challenge to senior leadership
• Developing and maintaining working relationships with community/voluntary groups
• Ability to manage and develop complex stakeholder relationships to achieve consensus and action
• Previous roles demonstrating experiences making complex information and processes engaging and easy to understand for a range of audiences
• Experience of working within the Diverse communities served
• Previous experience facilitating and organising meetings, events, training and workshops
• Ability to innovate within a challenging and changing landscape
• A genuine interest in making a difference and delivering change for the people

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Contract type

Permanent

Full time

37 hours

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in Interface within Kirklands - NHSL Headquarters.

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Looking to find out more?

If you're looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you

Please contact Claire Ritchie, Director of Hospital Services UHW, Hospital Management on

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Gemma Irwin, Recruitment Administrator on (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire's benefits include:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
• A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
• Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• Occupational health services
• Employee counselling services
• Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you're looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

Additional Information for Applicants

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NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent—regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

• Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children's settings.

Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.

Right to Work within the UK

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.

We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at

Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.

Please note that all Band 1 and Band 2 posts are not eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route.

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