Community Engagement Officer

at  Mary Stevens Hospice

1. To identify and establish relationships with community members, healthcare, statutory and voluntary organisations to introduce people to the hospice and its services. 2. Engage with community groups to raise awareness of the hospice and better understand the needs of community members, with a focus on communities who experience inequity accessing care.
2. Deliver community engagement initiatives and projects, aligned with hospice strategic objectives including working with people with lived experience from minoritised community groups and to ensure inclusivity. 4. To act as a hospice ambassador and communicate information about the hospice and its services to local communities and organisations.
3. Scope opportunities to work in collaboration with external organisations to deliver and collaborate on a range of community engagement events and awareness programmes. 6. To be responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of activity and data.
4. Lead on awareness campaigns with the Communications and Marketing Lead. 8. Work alongside hospice colleagues to contribute to, support and disseminate information for other events and activities such as Wills Month, No Barriers Here, Grief Awareness Week and hospice fundraising events.
5. Work collaboratively with all hospice teams to align community engagement efforts with the hospice goals and priorities. 10. Communicate with internal colleagues about engagement events and activities 11.
   Actively engage in internal and external hospice community events, fundraising, awareness raising activities and public speaking opportunities about the hospice. 12. Seek opportunities and training to understand developments in palliative and end of life care, death, dying and bereavement. 13.
   Represent Mary Stevens Hospice at external meetings as required. 14. To attend local events representing the hospice which take place throughout the Black Country e.g. open days, engagement stand opportunities, community events.
6. Collect and collate data from events and community engagement initiatives identifying opportunities for improvement. 16. Prepare reports for monitoring processes for the Senior Leadership Team

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