This role will help champion local people and local voices, enabling us to deliver upon our vision of ‘Building Healthier Communities Together’, developing trusted partnerships with community organisations and ensuring the voice of local people informs the way we work and supports them to live healthier lives.
Working within the Health Board’s Communications, Engagement and Fundraising Team, and alongside our Public Health Team, this role will help to create community and public engagement and involvement programmes that support the Health Boards public health and strategic priorities.
The post holder will promote a culture of staff, patient and public involvement in the Health Board, strengthening the ways in which people’s views are used in decision making and empowering those from diverse communities to be heard.
The Engagement and Involvement Lead (Public Health) will advise the Public Health Team and other colleagues on opportunities for involving local communities in the work of the Health Board and will create and implement campaigns which empower people to take informed responsibility for their own health and wellbeing.
- The Engagement and Involvement Lead (Public Health) will support the Communications, Engagement and Fundraising Team and the Public Health Team to involve communities in the work of the Health Board, ensuring the voice of local people can meaningfully influence, inform and inspire plans which impact upon their health and wellbeing, and that of future generations.
- Develop and maintain excellent relationships with patient and public groups, including seldom heard groups, to enable high quality patient and public engagement activity to be planned and delivered.
- Provide creative and innovative engagement and involvement solutions to the Public Health Team.
- Work with the Public Health Team to interpret strategic and operational information and package projects to make them suitable and accessible for public engagement and involvement.
- Research, create, implement and evaluate campaigns which inform people about healthy behaviours and enable them to make safe and healthy lifestyle choices.
- Develop, lead and evaluate engagement and involvement projects, across face-to-face and digital platforms.
- Provide advice and support to ensure patient and public engagement and involvement activities are consistent, legally compliant and based upon best practice.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales’s largest employers.
Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care and support to the 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, primary and community care facilities.
CTM’s location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff’s vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline at Ogmore. Whether you enjoy lively urban amenities, peaceful countryside, or seaside escapes, our location makes an ideal setting for both work and personal life.
Our CTM 2030 Strategy—Our Health, Our Future—focuses on uniting our region around shared health and wellbeing goals. Our values guide us daily:
- We listen, learn, and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We work together as one team
CTM employees enjoy benefits including; a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development.
At CTM, you’ll find a welcoming, team-oriented workplace that values diversity and compassion, where you can take pride in your work and the difference it makes.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency ’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see ‘Welsh Language Guidance’ in the documents right at the bottom.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
