The ALLIANCE is excited to be recruiting for Senior Development Officer – Lived Experience
This role requires the post holder to lead the development and delivery of our Lived Experience Engagement and
Involvement Strategy. The post holder will play a key part in growing and supporting an inclusive membership
network of disabled people, people living with long-term conditions and unpaid carers, ensuring that individuals
are empowered to influence health and social care policy and practice in an impactful way.
Working collaboratively with colleagues, members and partners across the statutory, third, education and independent
sectors, you will champion co-production, participation and person-centred approaches, helping to embed lived
experience at the heart of decision-making.
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The successful candidate must have :
- Educated to degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent through experience
- Experience of working with
diverse communities, particularly disabled people, people with long term conditions and/or unpaid
carers
- Experience of developing and delivering engagement and involvement strategies
- Experience
of co-production and partnership working
- Ability to identify opportunities for participation,
collaboration and improvement
- Strong understanding person centred approaches and inclusive and
engagement practices
- Excellent communication skills including report writing, facilitation and
delivering presentations
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trusting
relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
- Strong organisational and project management skills with
the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver to deadline
- IT skills including use of word
processing, email, presentations, databases and online engagement platforms
- Knowledge and understanding
of data protection and information governance.
As an ALLIANCE employee you will benefit from:
- 210 hours annual leave pro rata (equivalent of 30 days)
- 91 hours public holiday that can be taken
flexibly pro rata (equivalent of 13 days)
- 24.5 hours additional leave between Christmas Eve and New Year
pro rata (equivalent of 3.5 days)
- Contributory pension scheme 6%
- Annual incremental increase in
salary (until top of grade)
- Flexible working (formal and informal)
- Hybrid working – opportunity
to work from home for part of the week
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption
pay
- Enhanced sick pay
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Learning and development
opportunities
- Time off in lieu
- Cycle Scheme
- Bike storage
- Carer Positive
Employer
- Disability Confident Employer
- Up to 35 hours (pro rata) paid carers leave per
annum
- Up to 35 hours (pro rata) paid special leave per annum
- Up to 70 hours (pro rata) paid
compassionate leave per annum
- Paid day off to move house
- Employee forum
The ALLIANCE is a healthy working lives employer and encourages a healthy work life balance and is happy to talk
flexible working.
The ALLIANCE recognises that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. Even if you don’t meet
every point on the job description, if this role and our organisation feels like a good fit for you, we still
want to hear from you.
PVG Scheme membership is required for this post.