Partnerships & Engagement Officer

**Role Purpose**: You will be the Partnerships & Engagement Officer for a specified geographical area for the Your Health Your Way Integrated Wellbeing Service for Nottinghamshire County. You will be expected to engage at neighbourhood and place level to increase referrals into the IWS and build long
- lasting relationships with local partners. This will involve being responsible for developing and maintaining strong, positive and long-lasting relationships with a wide range of stakeholder groups, including but not limited to local authority, primary and secondary care, leisure services and the community and voluntary sector and community services. You will be a motivated, passionate, organised and proactive communicator, with experience working in a community setting.

ABL take a strengths focused asset-based approach to community delivery, looking to innovate and partner, not replicate existing delivery. The role will require dynamic working which embraces the vision and values we wish to establish for the IWS supporting people to achieve healthy lives. No two days will be the same in this varied and flexible role. If you are as comfortable spending a day with the team as you are working independently and confidently with new people and are highly organised this could be the job for you.

This is a demanding job, but you will not be on your own. ABLs highly experienced and friendly multi
- disciplinary team of Health and Social Care professionals, Business Intelligence, Service Development, Governance, Finance and Business Development are there to support. Additionally, existing experienced delivery teams will be available to support you to drive the Service forward. Duties and Responsibilities This post will work under the line management of ABLs Head of Strategic Partnerships.

The role will be varied, challenging and rewarding as you support and develop the service through implementation, delivery and ongoing innovation and service development. Key responsibilities will be: Implementing the ABL Community Engagement Strategy to promote IWS Working with ABLs communication team to help raise the profile of IWS. Engaging local services and partners to ensure local awareness and explore partnership opportunities and co-production activities. Working closely with operational colleagues to manage the referral rates and develop partnerships with all potential referrers in your locality.

Organising/attending GP practice/PCN meetings to promote IWS and sustain referral pathways. Attending local health forums/groups/meetings on a regular basis where required to represent ABL, promote IWS and maintain local partnerships (this will involve some public speaking/presenting to small/medium groups of people) Working collaboratively with all members of the Nottinghamshire IWS team and undertaking work in other areas when necessary, including occasional delivery support. Supporting the monitoring and evaluation of the service and using formal and informal feedback to constructively shape and develop the service. Update the partnership database with all contacts including required follow up contact and strategic developments required Attending all relevant team meetings including district team meetings and community engagement meetings providing engagement updated and contributing to quarterly reports as directed Reporting against relevant targets, providing regular updates as requested on progress of project.

Supporting with communications strategies (e.g. public open events, training and awareness raising sessions, communications materials, social media etc.) to promote the service and capture referrals (occasional weekend work may be required to support with events etc.) Innovative and open minded to new ideas and piloting of different sessions Supporting all co-production activities with local residents and stakeholders to support ongoing development of the service Ability to cover sessions as and when required due to sickness or annual leave.