(Duplicated)engagement Officer

**We are looking for a talented engagement and consultation professional to join our communications and engagement team.**:
**Are you passionate about undertaking effective engagement with communities and ensuring all stakeholders have the opportunity to have their say?**:
**Are you committed to delivering quality engagement activities, ensuring the right feedback is collected to make the right decisions?**:
**If so, we'd like to hear from you.**:
**Lincolnshire County Council** is looking to appoint an **Engagement Officer** to join our communications and engagement team.

Are you passionate about undertaking effective engagement with communities and ensuring all stakeholders have the opportunity to have their say?

**About the Role**

Effective community engagement is vital to ensure local outcomes are what people need in making Lincolnshire a great place to live and thrive. We have a wide range of communities among **Lincolnshire's 750,000 residents.** We need to make sure they have the opportunities to contribute to decisions shaping their local services and communities.

You will take an active role in **planning and coordinating** engagement and consultation activities, ensuring that residents, service users and stakeholders have opportunity to respond, utilising multiple channels and a range of inclusive methods to reach diverse voices, including disadvantaged and hard to reach groups.

**About You**

You will have **experience of working in a similar role** with an understanding of engagement methods, relationship building, consultation and best practice methods. You will be a **skilled communicator** with strong interpersonal skills with the ability to **mange and influence** multiple working relationships at all levels. Able to demonstrate **analytical skills** and generate intelligence which supports decision making in an engaging report writing style. You will be **flexible, and well organised **often working to tight deadlines **across multiple projects**. Above all else you will have a **positive solution focused approach** with a **“can do” approach **with the passion for working with people with the **drive and ambition to succeed.**

**About the Team**

**No two days are the same.** Whether it's delivering engagement strategy, building online community, planning and facilitating engagement events, collaborative working with voluntary and community organisations, or shaping dialogue with stakeholders to be the most effective it can be,** you'll be leading the way.**

We care about our staff, it is important to us that you have an **excellent work/life balance** and exciting **development opportunities**. Working with us, you will also have the opportunity in **expanding your professional knowledge** and skills through dedicated courses through our membership to the Constitution Institute.

**About Our Offer**

**Along with a competitive salary we are offering**:

- A Contributory pension
- Comprehensive benefits package including excellent discount schemes and cycle to work
- Flexible working policies
- Career progression opportunities
- A generous annual leave entitlement plus the option to buy more

**Further details can be found in our **rewards and benefits** brochure**

**Applications Close on 29/06/22 and interviews will be held on or around 12/07/22 Face to Face**

**_A Smarter Working Employer_**:

- We _have embraced new ways of working and hybrid working between home and work will be a feature of this role. You will be given a nominated contractual work base and you will be required to commute to this work base when necessary. Working arrangements including regularity of home and office working will be discussed as part of the appointment process._
- Our technology platform and equipment is very good enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We require that you have in place good connectivity, and we will discuss during the recruitment process if support with this is needed._
- Lincolnshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment._

**_Fluency Duty_**:

- In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post._