Community Engagement Manager (Health & Wellbeing

Community Engagement Manager (Health & Wellbeing)

Contract:
Full-time (37.5 hours)

Reports to:
Head of Community Engagement

Works closely with:
Community Engagement team and all departments within the organisation.

Ipswich Town Foundation is seeking to recruit a Community Engagement Manager, to lead our health and wellbeing portfolio, managing a range of programmes that support participants to improve their physical and mental wellbeing.

The postholder will be a member of the Management Group at the Foundation and will manage a multi-disciplinary team focusing on delivering impactful community programmes and initiatives to improve health outcomes for groups and individuals in Suffolk through the power of Ipswich Town Football Club.

The successful candidate will be passionate about improving lives and champion innovation and best practice to ensure the Foundation is a leading force for social change in the health space.

Ipswich Town Foundation is the official charity of Ipswich Town Football Club. We care deeply about the people in our community and believe in their potential. Each week, we engage with almost 9,000 young people and vulnerable adults on a weekly basis through our diverse range of programmes across health and wellbeing, social inclusion, youth engagement, football development, and education and employability.

Through the commitment of our staff and partners, we are delivering meaningful opportunities and life-changing impact across Suffolk.

An empowered, inspired and inclusive community to be proud of.

The Ipswich Town Foundation exists to provide impactful and inclusive activities to improve health, skills, opportunities, and lives of all generations across Suffolk.

By using the presence, power, and reach of Ipswich Town FC, we aim to inspire individuals to realise their potential both on and off the football pitch and create pride in their communities.

• Honesty
• High Standards
• Willingness to Learn

• Lead the planning, delivery and development of the Foundation’s health and wellbeing programmes.
• Manage projects focused on mental health, physical activity and wider health and wellbeing outcomes.
• Manage programme budgets and adhere to funders’ requirements.
• Monitor programme performance against agreed targets, KPIs and outcomes.
• Identify funding opportunities and contribute towards the writing of funding bids and applications.
• Identify barriers to engagement and develop inclusive approaches to underrepresented demographics.
• Actively contribute to Management Group meetings.
• Line manage Health & Wellbeing Coach and Oral Health Project Officer, along with programme staff.
• Provide leadership and expertise in the development of mental health programmes across the Foundation.
• Ensure staff and delivery teams are equipped to support participants appropriately and safely.
• Maintain knowledge of current best practice, policy developments and research relating to mental health and wellbeing.
• Champion positive mental health across the organisation and wider community.

• Build, maintain and develop strong relationships with key stakeholders such as Premier League Foundation, Suffolk & Norfolk Integrated Care Board, social prescribing teams, mental health services and local authorities.
• Represent the Foundation at partnership meetings, forums and networking events.
• Identify opportunities for collaborative working to maximise impact and sustainability.

• Working closely with the Head of Insight, Impact & Development to ensure robust data collection, impact measurement and reporting processes are in place.
• Produce reports for funders, partners and Senior Leadership.
• Use participant feedback and evaluation findings to continuously improve programmes.

• Support funding applications for programmes.
• Contribute to the development of new projects and other income generation opportunities.
• Ensure contractual obligations and funder requirements are met.

• Maintain the highest standards of safeguarding, health and safety, equality, diversity and inclusion.
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