Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 21 October 2024
Closing Date: Monday 07 October 2024
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: FC8 £38,950.71 - £42,686.23
Working Pattern: 36 hours per week
Location: Fife House, Glenrothes
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed.
Job Details
Fife Health and Social Care Partnership has an exciting opportunity for a Participation and Engagement Officer to join its team.
The postholder will be responsible for working collaboratively with people who use services, those important to them, service providers, and other key stakeholders as required.
You will establish effective engagement mechanisms to enable services and supports to be designed and delivered from the perspective of those who need them.
You will ensure that engagement mechanisms align with Fife HSCP vision, values, and outcomes and complement other redesign programmes and locality planning programmes.
In return, we offer a competitive salary with incremental progression, and you will join the local government pension scheme. Dependent on your role, we offer flexi hours and flexible working arrangements.
The Person
The skills you will need:
* Demonstrable knowledge and experience in the application of the National Standards for Community Engagement; the Scottish Health Council Participation Toolkit; and the Scottish Government Planning with People Guidance.
* Previous experience of working with people who use services including unpaid carers and communities to effect change and overcome barriers to engagement.
* Building strong connections with a range of stakeholders to understand their unique needs and challenges.
* Building strong relationships with colleagues and partners across services to support integrated work with the NHS and Council.
* Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders, partners, and colleagues at all levels.
* Maintaining accurate information on various systems and databases, updating procedures as appropriate.
* Attending regular team meetings and board meetings.
* Preparing presentations and designing engagement and consultation activities.
* Preparation of comprehensive reports based on engagement activity analysis.
* Maintaining knowledge and awareness of the impact of legislation on participation and engagement developments.
* Strong analytical skills.
* Ability to cope effectively with strongly expressed views.
* Ability to travel throughout Fife.
* Experience of delivering a customer-focused service.
Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.
Further Information
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We are currently shaping our future workstyles; however, we are introducing blended home/office working that will include office access days each week with homeworking for the remainder of your working time.
For further information please contact: Heather Gibson - heather.gibson@fife.gov.uk
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