We are currently working with a Local Authority in the South West who are looking to recruit a Consultation and Engagement Officer to join their Marketing and Communications team.
Job: Consultation and Engagement Officer (Marketing and Communications)
Duration: Initial 2-3-month contract
Site presence: 1 day per week
Rate: £21.20 per hour
Job Introduction
The ideal candidate will be experienced with engagement skills specifically in data handling and analysis. The role will involve handling, collating, and analysing a range of data from consultations and deciphering survey data, and experience in this area would serve the candidates well.
Key Responsibilities:
* Support the delivery of high-quality public consultation, engagement, and research to enable evidence-based decision making.
* Shape and participate in informal public engagement activity to inform early planning and the development of ideas.
* Act as a corporately recognised specialist officer for consultation, engagement, e-participation, and the analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of results.
Key Job Outcomes/Accountabilities:
* Assist with the promotion, design, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of corporate consultations, including advising on quantitative and qualitative approaches, corporate policy and standards, and best practices.
* Help shape and deliver public engagement that is inclusive and reaches diverse communities and less-heard groups.
* Use public engagement to generate or test new ideas, increase public understanding of activities, and encourage active involvement in the community.
* Provide consultancy services to individual departments, including advice, training, and resources to assist them in undertaking their own ‘self-service’ consultation and engagement.
* Maintain the online consultations and engagement survey platforms and other tools to ensure policies and standards in consultation, data collection, and quality are upheld.
* Carry out online consultation and engagement work, including discussion forums, e-bulletins, and using social media.
* Utilize statistical and geographical analysis, data management, and maintain an audit trail incorporating quality assurance and quality control.
* Test innovative techniques to consult, engage, and communicate with a wide range of partners, stakeholders, and the public.
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