Place Partnership Community Engagement Officer
Reference: NS/26/339532
Closing Date: 28/06/2026 at 23:59
Term: Fixed Term – 12 months
Hours: 7.2 hours per week
Wirral Council has been selected as a Sport England Place Partnership to tackle inequality and inactivity. We are recruiting four roles for a small, dedicated team that will work across organisations, communities and systems to create the conditions for more people to move, belong and thrive.
About the role
This role sits at the heart of Wirral’s place-based approach to physical activity, health and wellbeing. Working collaboratively with partners across health, local government, VCSE, community organisations and residents, the postholder will help turn shared ambition into coordinated action.
The role focuses on:
- Place-based and system leadership
- Building and sustaining partnerships across different sectors
- Supporting community-led approaches and lived experience
- Translating insight and evidence into practical change
- Strengthening alignment between physical activity, prevention, regeneration and wider place priorities
Candidate profile
We are looking for someone who:
- Has experience working across partnerships or complex systems
- Is comfortable influencing, convening and building relationships
- Understands place-based, preventative approaches to health and wellbeing
- Is motivated by tackling inequality and supporting long-term change
Experience in sport or physical activity is helpful but not essential. We are particularly interested in people with backgrounds in health, community development, regeneration, VCSE, public service or systems change.
Benefits and working conditions
Benefits include staff discounts, an excellent pension scheme with a generous employer contribution, immediate life cover, ill-health protection, flexible and hybrid working options, family‑friendly initiatives and an annual leave package starting with 28 days plus public holidays.
Equality and access
Wirral Council welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates. For this vacancy, candidates must have an existing right to work in the UK before commencing employment. Skilled Worker visa sponsorship is not available for this post. Eligibility to work in the UK will be verified in the final stages of the selection process.
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