We're recruiting for an Engagement Lead (training), to work in our Capacity Building & Standards function.
As Engagement Lead you will play a central role in our team, with particular responsibility for developing, managing and, in part, delivering Involve’s training offer. This includes our proactive training offer; in other words, masterclasses and courses that we schedule and advertise. It also includes our reactive training work, where we respond to incoming requests to run training for specific organisations. You will also develop and deliver training as part of other projects within the CB&S function and the Innovation and Practice (I&P) function, in cooperation with the relevant project leads and in line with the project needs.
You will build on the training Involve has already run and our in-house expertise, but go well beyond what Involve currently offers. Involve does not currently have a regular proactive training offer and this is an exciting opportunity for a strategic, driven, and creative individual to shape this key emerging area of our work.
Beyond a focus on our training offer, you will also contribute to the wider work of the CB&S function. You will be a proven project leader looking to make your next move and develop your leadership and business development skills in this interesting and important area of public engagement work. You will have a passion for training and supporting others to develop and embed public engagement in decision-making, drawing on your own significant experience, for example of delivering deliberative and participatory processes.
You will have an appetite to learn, with strong budget and relationship management skills, and the ability to build and maintain good relationships with a wide variety of people, including senior actors, project partners, internal staff and people in our wider networks. You will be a strategic thinker, able to develop a new business area, ideas and fundable projects that will help the CB&S function to deliver its aims.
Salary band: £45,665 - £54,798
Location: Flexible. Must be comfortable with committing to regular travel both for project work and Involve team activities. Must be able to travel across the UK.
Hours: Full time, 35 hours a week with flexible or part time considered
Download the job description to read more about the role, its responsibilities, and the competencies we're looking for. You'll find the job description at the bottom of this page.
How to apply
Apply online via the link below. The closing date for applications is 9 a.m. on Tuesday 27th August 2024.
The online application form will ask you a series of questions:
- How you heard about this job
- Personal details
- Diversity monitoring (this section is optional)
- Application form:
- Please outline why you are interested in this role (max 300 words)
- Please outline your experience relevant to the essential competencies of this role and support your experience with examples (max 150 words per competency)
- Please outline any experience relevant to the desirable competencies of this role and support your experience with examples (max 100 words per competency).
- You'll be asked to upload a CV of no more than two sides of A4
- References
- Declaration.
If you are unable to complete your application via the online form, please contact us at [email protected]
Selection process and key dates
Your application will be blind reviewed, to reduce the impact of subconscious bias in the application review process. Your personal details and diversity monitoring information will not be seen by the assessor. Your CV will only be considered if you score well on the blind review. References will only be taken up upon appointment. This post is only open to candidates who have the right to work in the UK.
We’re actively building a diverse team and welcome applications from everyone. But simply having a diverse workforce is not enough. We aim to build an inclusive environment, where everyone can contribute their best work and develop to their full potential. We celebrate our differences, and recognise the importance of teams reflecting the communities they work with. We can make reasonable adjustments to our interview process, and to working arrangements, according to your needs. If you are shortlisted for interview we will explain what the interview process will involve in advance and check with you if we need to make any adjustments so that you can interview fairly and comfortably. We will also cover any reasonable expenses to enable you to attend the interview.
Closing date: 9 a.m. on Tuesday 27th August 2024. Applications submitted after this date and time will not be considered.
Interviews will take place between Wednesday 11th September and Friday 13th September 2024.
Shortlisted candidates can expect to hear by Friday 6th September 2024 if they are being invited to interview.