General information
Job Posting Title Community & Partnership Executive Date Thursday, August 14, 2025 City Walsall Country United Kingdom Working time Full-time Closing Date 25-Aug-2025
Description & Requirements
This is a 6 month Fixed Term contract covering the Walsall area. This role will include some delivery, so you must feel comfortable working on occasions in the evening. Training will be provided as well.
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Maximus is a global organisation that specialises in providing health and employment services to millions of people every year. Here in the UK we employ around 5,000 people across the country to deliver services that have a profound impact on people’s lives. From assessments and health services to employability programmes and specialist support, we do work that matters with people who care.
The Community & Partnership Executive is responsible for developing and maintaining strong partnerships with local services and stakeholders to increase referrals into our service and support with onward / outward referrals and signposting to other services.
They will contribute towards the achievement of partnership related requirements across the contract with a specific responsibility for place-based and asset-based community and stakeholder engagement to maximise referrals and activation of healthy behaviour change.
1. Support in the delivery of the Community & Partnerships Engagement Strategy by:
1. Driving quality referrals to the service via professional and self-referral channels
2. Utilising an Asset Based Community Development approach that leverages and harnesses the richness of skills, experiences, and opportunities from across the areas and within communities.
3. Build relationships with key referring pathways to establish innovative engagement techniques to ensure referrals are steady and targeted to key areas and priority groups
4. Working with our Marketing and Communications Team to support in our deployment and distribution of collateral / resources.
5. Ensure co-production opportunities are maximised across, seeking opportunity to meaningfully engage with priority groups and locations in the development of our service offer.
2. Support in establishing effective referral pathways into and out of the service.
6. Working collaboratively with the Community & Partnership Team in a coordinated way to reach out and maximise referral pathway opportunities
7. Proactively support all referral channels to ensure they understand how to refer, eligibility criteria and scope of service
8. Support in the development of cross-sector avenues for referral pathways into the service (as required), focusing on priority areas and groups.
9. Support in the development of outward referral pathways to ensure safe and effective support to service users/participants when requiring additional services.
10. Establish strong and trusting relationships with a portfolio of wider services / organisations, to provide holistic support to individuals, families, and communities, including (but not limited to), employment services, financial support services, housing options and lifelong learning.
3. Develop and deliver presentations, engaging pop-ups, and stands across the wider network and communities to promote services, including:
11. Attendance and presentations at GP Practice protected learning time
12. Attendance and presentation at lifestyle related forums and networks
13. Support and attendance at community events and fun days
14. Supporting key referring stakeholders with learning opportunities so they can maximise their opportunity to make their contact count with individuals and build confidence to support and advocate lifestyle behaviour change
4. Work with managers to review and deliver to agreed KPIs/Targets and report to management in addition to working with the contract teams to achieve the overall contract aims including (but not limited to):
15. Referral targets
16. Cross-partnership case studies
17. Engagement with new engagement channels
18. Innovative referral strategies, complete with measures of effectiveness
19. Capture of learning opportunities deployed across the network
20. Added value / Return on Investment (ROI)
21. Social value
5. Keep records of interactions / meetings with stakeholders / communities and proactively feed this into the continuous improvement plan for the service with a specific focus on:
22. Stakeholder and community feedback and insight
23. Accessibility
24. Cultural relevance
25. Lessons learnt
26. Complementary opportunities
Note: This is not an exhaustive list. The Community & Partnership Engagement Executive is expected to carry out all other duties as may be reasonably required
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
27. Experience of working with a range of stakeholders and communities
28. Experience of presenting to large groups and chairing meetings
29. Experience of building and maintaining partnerships
Desirable
30. Qualifications and / or certificates that demonstrated skills and knowledge in community development.
31. Experience of working in a health, voluntary sector, or social care environment
32. Qualifications and / or certificates that demonstrated a good understanding of the issue around maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
33. Experience of working with health, voluntary sector, or social care professionals / stakeholders
34. In depth knowledge of contract area
Individual Competencies
Essential
35. Experience of working with a range of stakeholders and communities
36. Experience of presenting to large groups and chairing meetings
37. Experience of building and maintaining partnerships
Desirable
38. Qualifications and / or certificates that demonstrated skills and knowledge in community development.
39. Experience of working in a health, voluntary sector, or social care environment
40. Qualifications and / or certificates that demonstrated a good understanding of the issue around maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
41. Experience of working with health, voluntary sector, or social care professionals / stakeholders
42. In depth knowledge of contract area
Key Business Priorities
Internal
43. Co-workers, managers, and wider team
44. Health Division colleagues
45. Maximus central division
46. Maximus companies and associates
47. Colleague forums
External
48. Local Authority
49. Integrated Care Partnerships / Boards
50. Community and Voluntary sector
51. Population being served / supported.
52. Sub-contractors and key partners
53. Community stakeholders
54. Co-location cooperatives
55. Venue providers
56. Healthcare settings including GP Practices / Primary Care networks