Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Co-production and Community Engagement Manager - 18 mths

The closing date is 18 June 2025

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Job summary

Closing Date: 18.06.2025

Shortlisting to take place after closing date: commencing 19.06.2025

Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 01.07.2025

This is an exciting and unique opportunity to join our Centre for Co-production and Peer Research (CoPPeR) network to help us advance our Patient and Public Involvement and Co-production approaches in two programmes of work.

Commercial Research Delivery Centre (CRDC) Yorkshire and Humber Applied Research Collaboration (YHARC).We are looking to appoint someone with confidence, strong organisational and communication skills, who pays close attention to detail. The ideal candidate will work well in a team and independently. They will be based in the Bradford Institute for Health Research and will work on a variety of projects with a focus on advancing community inclusive approaches.

The successful candidate will be great at developing, maintaining, and strengthening relationships, to obtain valuable involvement experiences. They will be able to think creatively to solve problems, be able to adapt what they share to match the needs of audiences and communicate findings in a suitable way for all stakeholders.

Main duties of the job

This role will be focused on working with community organisations and members of the general public to expand our co-production and public involvement approaches. It will involve supporting services to share best practice across a range of forums both within the CRDC and the YHARC. This will include supporting local involvement and engagement strategies and involvement opportunities and promoting networks through a variety of approaches and channels.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of two major National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) programmes and to advance our ambitions to work with a variety of community groups from the Yorkshire and Humber region. This opportunity will suit a self-motivated and dynamic individual who can work across a broad range of sectors to ensure community voices are embedded in (i) the NIHR Commercial Research Delivery Centre: Bradford and West Yorkshire and (ii) the NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Applied Research Collaboration.

About us

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

  • We value people
  • We are one team
  • We care

We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Details

Date posted

04 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

389-25-7211689

Job locations

Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Royal Infirmary

Duckworth Lane

Bradford

BD9 6RJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Previous relevant experience of working with diverse groups of people in a community setting
  • Experience of working to tight deadlines
  • Demonstrates past experience of team working and group work
  • Experience of promoting initiatives through a range of communication channels
  • Experience of community engagement and/or outreach work
  • Experience of working with and leading groups
  • Experience of planning and managing events
  • Experience of producing outputs from engagement activities with relevant audiences

Desirable

  • Experience of translating research into practice.

Skills

Essential

  • High levels of communication and interpersonal skills both verbal and written including negotiation and diplomacy.
  • Effective communication and presentation skills (written and oral)
  • Ability to develop operational plans to achieve strategic goals
  • Be able to manage and prioritise own workload effectively on a day to day basis
  • Strong organisational skills
  • Able to maintain complete and accurate records systems
  • Ability to suggest improvements in working practice to enable better working practice.
  • Able to deal with unexpected problems and use initiative to solve these
  • Ability to present information in various formats and to different staff groups both external and internal to the organisation.
  • Able to work flexibly

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience*

Desirable

  • Postgraduate qualification in a relevant subject
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Previous relevant experience of working with diverse groups of people in a community setting
  • Experience of working to tight deadlines
  • Demonstrates past experience of team working and group work
  • Experience of promoting initiatives through a range of communication channels
  • Experience of community engagement and/or outreach work
  • Experience of working with and leading groups
  • Experience of planning and managing events
  • Experience of producing outputs from engagement activities with relevant audiences

Desirable

  • Experience of translating research into practice.

Skills

Essential

  • High levels of communication and interpersonal skills both verbal and written including negotiation and diplomacy.
  • Effective communication and presentation skills (written and oral)
  • Ability to develop operational plans to achieve strategic goals
  • Be able to manage and prioritise own workload effectively on a day to day basis
  • Strong organisational skills
  • Able to maintain complete and accurate records systems
  • Ability to suggest improvements in working practice to enable better working practice.
  • Able to deal with unexpected problems and use initiative to solve these
  • Ability to present information in various formats and to different staff groups both external and internal to the organisation.
  • Able to work flexibly

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience*

Desirable

  • Postgraduate qualification in a relevant subject

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Royal Infirmary

Duckworth Lane

Bradford

BD9 6RJ


Employer's website

https://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Royal Infirmary

Duckworth Lane

Bradford

BD9 6RJ


Employer's website

https://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Clinical Research Nurse

Karen Regan

karen.regan@bthft.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

04 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

389-25-7211689

Job locations

Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Royal Infirmary

Duckworth Lane

Bradford

BD9 6RJ


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