Involvement and Engagement Officer - (Part-time)

Dimensions is proud to be one of very few social care organisations that are accredited by the Great Places To Work programme in 2023 – now 5 years in a row!

To enable, empower and support people in paid and voluntary lived experience roles within the Dimensions Group.

To provide essential administrative and organisational support to the Involvement and Engagement Team, and facilitation to the Dimensions Council and Discovery Council as required.

The hours available to work are 24 a week. The full-time salary is £32,445 pro-rata salary of £20,764.80.

Interviews will take place on the 19th December via Microsoft teams.

About the role 

Your main duties will include: 

• Coordinate the Dimensions Council – ensuring that members meet routinely, devise their own agenda, and have what they need to fully participate, as well as sharing notes in accessible formats.
• Work with council members individually and as a group, to help them develop the confidence and skills to work together to achieve their goals.
• Liaise with other departments within the Dimensions Group (e.g. Learning and Development, HR, Communications), and with external partners, to identify opportunities for people we support to be heard and to get involved.
• Help to recruit and support Quality Consultants (people we support in paid roles) and connect them to opportunities where they can influence decision making, organisational culture and the future of social care (e.g. recruitment, training, committees, external partnerships).

About you

The successful applicant will have: 

• Experience of supporting individuals with a learning disability, neurodiversity and/or Autism.
• Able to organise and manage logistics of events, sharing clear, timely and accurate information with attendees
• Producing meeting minutes, reports or other forms of information which must meet a deadline  
• Able to create/translate information into simple, accessible format.

The rewards

• Up to 35 days’ annual leave entitlement (including bank holidays)
• Staff discount shopping scheme ‘Rewarding Dimensions’  
• We offer a salary advance scheme where you can access up to 50% of the money you've earned before payday. 
• Employee Assistance Programme 
• Pension scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Qualification scheme
• Employee recognition scheme 'Inspiring People' 
• Discounted health and dental cover 
• Life Assurance 
• Bike to Work Scheme 
• Season Ticket Loan

For more information visit www.dimensions-uk.org/careers

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• We welcome applications from everyone who has the right to work in the UK, and value diversity in our workforce
• As Disability Confident Leaders , we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy - Dimensions has been awarded this symbol by Jobcentre Plus to recognise our commitment towards the employment, retention, training and career development of disabled employees
• As part of our commitment to making reasonable adjustments we can offer support to complete your application. Please contact the Resourcing Consultant Team on 03003039150.
• We now have British Sign Language (BSL) translated videos for all of our recruitment communications.
• We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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