We Are St Helens Borough Council
Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.
Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.
Making A Difference as a Community Engagement Lead in Policy Change & Reform
St Helens Council is continuing to transform. Major regeneration plans, alongside internal efficiencies and modernisation will place St Helens at the forefront of strategic change and innovation. Delivering change on a large scale requires significant support and investment from communities, ensuring that major plans and strategies are aligned and connected to the needs, wishes and opinions of residents. Stakeholder engagement and empowerment is vital to enable residents to be empowered, residents and to influence and shape future services and plans.
The role of Community Engagement Lead is important for St Helens Council to continue to build and embed strong and effective relationships with residents. Understanding and accessing community cultures, views and needs and translating this into meaningful insight and intelligence will enable the council to continue on delivering fit for purpose services that meet the needs of communities.
We are looking for the strong communicator, someone with flexible and adaptable people skills able to work with diverse groups of people ensuring that engagement is meaningful and empowering. In this role, you will have responsible for delivering several borough-wide events, utilising valuable community and business infrastructure to ensure their success. You will have the ability to secure support and resource from a range of different stakeholders, building strong and robust relationships across the business, voluntary and community network. You will be able to manage resources well, apply creative thinking and working collaboratively internally and externally to secure success in engagement and event management.
Interested to Find Out More?
You can review our full job description details, and person specification information here.
For an informal discussion, please contact Hannah Myers, Assistant Director Policy Change and Reform hannahmyers@sthelens.gov.uk
Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment.
St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Employer. This means that the Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within the interview/selection process.
Equality & Diversity
St Helens Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. Further information about Equality & Diversity at St Helens Council can be found here https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/equality
St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Employer. Disability Confident Employers lead the way in helping to take action that changes attitudes, behaviours, and cultures for the better.
NOLAN Principles of Conduct in Public Life.
All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan
Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.
