Supporting the Head of Devolved Nations, the Engagement Officer, Scotland and Northern will raise the profile of both pancreatic cancer and Pancreatic Cancer UK in Scotland and Northern Ireland, acting as the local point of contact for the charity.

The role has a broad remit, and you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and expanding our networks by engaging stakeholder communities and making connections to ensure Pancreatic Cancer UK’s campaigning and influencing activity and support and information reaches across Scotland and Northern Ireland. Such stakeholders include health professionals, policy makers, politicians, researchers, and other charities.

You will be advocating, supporting, and working with pancreatic cancer communities in Scotland and Northern Ireland to transform care for all those affected by pancreatic cancer.

You will also be responsible for supporting and co-ordinating local volunteers in Scotland as part of our UK-wide activity. The role will ensure that existing and future stakeholders are kept up to date with PCUK activity.

About You

You will support the Head of Devolved Nations in building and maintaining connections to develop meaningful partnerships, grow our profile and help extend our reach to everyone who needs us. The role is varied and fast-paced and will require a proactive, resourceful individual with a love of relationship management to deliver stewardship at the highest level.

You will have excellent organisational and administrative skills with great attention to detail. A team player, you will have superb interpersonal and communication skills to ensure that supporters, volunteers, and partners of Pancreatic Cancer UK feel valued, supported, and inspired.

About us

Pancreatic cancer is a tough one, but we’re taking it on. It’s tough to diagnose, tough to treat & tough to research. For too long this disease has been side-lined. We want to make sure that everyone affected by it gets all the help they need. Together we are taking on pancreatic cancer. Underpinning this vision are our four values:

Pioneering

Compassion

Determined

Integrity

We cannot achieve our vision without employing staff who are committed to our vision, strategy & values.

At Pancreatic Cancer UK our ambition is to create an inclusive working environment that reflects the communities & audiences that we engage with, where everyone can be their true selves, & where they feel respected, championed, heard & supported. We want our workforce to achieve their potential, understand their contribution & feel proud of their impact by creating a culture & organisation that is genuinely inclusive by advancing equality, diversity, inclusion & belonging through our policies & practices.

We believe diversity drives great outcomes through encouraging the different points of view that come from a diverse workforce. We know people from different backgrounds can bring fresh ideas, thinking & approaches which make the way we work more powerful, more innovative & more collaborative.

We have an exciting future, with a clear purpose & we’ve started the journey to realise our ambition to be a fair, compassionate & inclusive organisation that celebrates the fact that we are all equally different!

Please see the job description & person specification for full details about the role. If you wish to discuss the role informally before applying, please contact Dawn Crosby, Head of Devolved Nations dawn.crosby@pancreaticcancer.org.uk

Our amazing Nations and Local Volunteering Team is growing with a brand-new role in Scotland! We are seeking a Communities Engagement Officer!

You will support the Head of Scotland and Northern Ireland in building and maintaining connections with communities across Scotland to develop meaningful partnerships, grow the charity profile and help extend our reach to everyone who needs us. You will be responsible for developing, maintaining and expanding our networks by engaging communities, making connections, ensuring Pancreatic Cancer UK (PCUK) influencing activity, support and information reaches across Scotland.

Some of the main responsibilities of this role include:

• Build and maintain relationships with other charities in Scotland that may support people with pancreatic cancer, ensuring they are aware of, and can signpost to our support and information services.

• Along with the Head of Scotland & Northern Ireland, support policy, campaigning and influencing activity in Scotland, rolling out campaigns in the nation.

• Recruit, train, induct and co-ordinate local volunteers across Scotland ensuring that we are working to engage volunteers from diverse communities and growing the volunteer community.

• Build and support relationships with health professionals and hospitals across Scotland to raise awareness of our information and support services, securing static stands in hospital settings, when allowed.

• Maintain excellent records of activity across Scotland, ensuring that essential information is captured on Raisers Edge, appropriate record keeping systems are in place and kept updated and conform to data protection legislation.

This is a part time, home-based post with travel around Scotland (aligned with Government guidance) for a fixed term of 12 months in the first instance.

About you:

• You will have proven ability in developing and maintaining effective relationships with key stakeholders and supporters

• You will have proven ability in representing an organisation externally at meetings

• You will be able of co-ordinating volunteers

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, including delivering presentations.

If you feel excited and inspired by the prospect of joining us, I’d love to hear from you.

Please see the job pack on our websitefor full details of the role.

About us:

It’s unacceptable that more than half of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die within 3 months. Survival rates have improved enormously for most cancers, yet for pancreatic cancer, this is not the case. And, with treatment and care affected by the pandemic, the situation has only got worse.

Pancreatic Cancer UK is a national charity dedicated to taking on this injustice using every possible means. We’re supporting people with pancreatic cancer now, campaigning, and funding vital research to transform the future.

Working with us:

We are an inclusive employer committed to developing a diverse workforce and are looking for people who can demonstrate dedication to our cause and values. We offer a supportive place to work with helpful and friendly staff who report a high level of job satisfaction.