Public Involvement and Community Engagement Manager

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 02 March 2026

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Public Involvement and Community Engagement Manager to shape and co‑coordinate the public involvement and community engagement strategy for the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North East and North Cumbria.

Our vision is to achieve:
Better, fairer health and care, at all ages and in all places. We work in partnership across academic institutions, health and care organisations, local authorities and with a wide range of public partners.

Working as part of the ARC's Leadership Team you will lead and deliver the ARC's Public Involvement and Community Engagement strategy in collaboration with colleagues and public partners.

We are fully committed to equality, diversity and inclusion principles and welcome applications from individuals with a wide range of lived and professional experience.

• Develop and implement the ARC public involvement and community engagement action plan to ensure the ARC and its services locally and regionally incorporate true public and community involvement and engagement
• Contribute to the national ARC public involvement network as the ARC's representative.
• Lead the development of the ARC's Public Involvement and Community Engagement strategy and action plan in conjunction with the host trust and ARC Leadership Team.
• Manage the activities of a part-time involvement administrator.
• Lead and deliver regional events for communities, professionals and the public including coordinating the development of the programme with input from themes and public partners.
• Arranging meetings and coordinate documentation to support meetings across teams including accurately recording actions and decisions, and tracking completion
• Working closely with regional and national public involvement groups to share best practice and contribute to improvements in the sector
• Lead the Public Advisory and Young Public Advisory Networks (in collaboration with research fellows) and assisting with the ongoing development and coordination of the groups.
• Working with public partners to gather feedback on their experience to inform ARC programmes of work.
• Liaise with the national ARC network, colleagues, local NHS organisations, and the Department of Health and Social Care to co‑coordinate high profile public involvement and community engagement projects.

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re‑Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration.

Please find attached job description for full details.

Advertising date : 10th February 2026

We welcome your application.

• Educated to Masters Level or Equivalent Experience

• Professional experience of working in partnership with community and/or public groups.
• Experience of successfully developing and implementing public involvement and engagement strategies.
• Experience of communicating with professionals, patients and the public using a wide range of media.
• Organisation and time management skills to manage and deliver a range of initiatives and projects to tight deadlines.
• Excellent level of IT skills, including Microsoft Office, PowerPoint and Spreadsheets.
• Experience of managing a team
• Willing to undertake necessary additional training
• Experience of contributing to regional and national strategy in relation to public involvement and community engagement.

• Proven interpersonal and communication skills to work with academic, clinical and management colleagues at all levels across a range of organisations including voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations, community groups and the public.
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