Partnership and Engagement Officer

Partnership and Engagement Officer
Salary: £26,000 per year
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Nottinghamshire
Closing Date: 30th of June 2026
Nottinghamshire Integrated Wellbeing Service (IWS) overview
ABL Health and Nottinghamshire County Council are partnering to deliver and Integrated Wellbeing Service across Nottinghamshire. This transformative service will play a central role in system change, bringing previously separate lifestyle behaviour change functions together into one service. It seeks to work collaboratively with communities to support the transformation of services for the local population. The service will provide integrated behaviour support for smoking cessation, weight management, alcohol reduction, physical activity and falls prevention, all embedded in sustainable behaviour change and positive wellbeing.
Role Purpose:
You will be the Partnerships & Engagement Officer for the Your Health Notts ‘Integrated Wellbeing Service’ for Nottinghamshire County.
You will be expected to engage at neighbourhood and place level to increase referrals into the IWS and build long- lasting relationships with local partners. This will involve being responsible for developing and maintaining strong, positive and long-lasting relationships with a wide range of stakeholder groups, including but not limited to local authority, primary and secondary care, leisure services and the community and voluntary sector and community services.
You will be a motivated, passionate, organised and proactive communicator, with experience working in a community setting. ABL take a strengths focused asset-based approach to community delivery, looking to innovate and partner, not replicate existing delivery. The role will require dynamic working which embraces the vision and values we wish to establish for the IWS supporting people to achieve healthy lives.
No two days will be the same in this varied and flexible role. If you are as comfortable spending a day with the team as you are working independently and confidently with new people and are highly organised this could be the job for you.
This is a demanding job, but you will not be on your own. ABL’s highly experienced and friendly multi- disciplinary team of Health and Social Care professionals, Business Intelligence, Service Development, Governance, Finance and Business Development are there to support. Additionally, existing experienced delivery teams will be available to support you to drive the Service forward.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Working under the line management of the Partnerships and Engagement Manager, this varied and rewarding role will support the ongoing delivery, innovation, and development of the service. The successful candidate will implement the ABL Community Engagement Strategy to promote IWS, working closely with ABL’s communications team to raise awareness of the service and engage local partners, stakeholders, and community organisations to develop partnership and co-production opportunities. A core focus of the role will be developing and strengthening referral pathways between secondary care services and Your Health Notts, building strong relationships with hospital teams, clinicians, discharge coordinators, and wider stakeholders to increase referrals into the service. The postholder will deliver presentations, outreach, and engagement activities to promote services, whilst supporting effective care coordination and patient flow from hospital into community services. The role will also involve monitoring referral activity and service performance, producing reports, identifying barriers to access, and contributing to continuous service improvement and innovation. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with operational teams and external partners to improve accessibility, enhance patient experience, and ensure efficient service delivery, while also supporting service continuity through flexible working where required.
Skills and Competencies Required
* Be experienced in community engagement and partnership working in a community health environment
* Experience of building and maintain partnerships from scratch
* Positive and proactive with the ability to motivate, engage and support partnership delivery
* Adept in communication; A confident and approachable communicator who adapts the message to fit the needs of the audience and ability to ‘see the bigger picture’ in problem solving for community cohesion.
* Build strong relationships; Foster trust and co-operation among colleagues, stakeholders, community leaders, commissioners and sub-contractors
* Quality driven; you naturally seek high standards and actively seek to improve them.
* Value and remain open to new ideas and perspectives.
Employee Benefits:
* Birthday Day off
* Flexible Annual Leave scheme
* Employee Referral scheme
* 37.5 hours working week
* Flu jabs
* Blue Light Card
* Cycle to work scheme
* Leadership and staff away days
* Training and Development
Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for ABL Health, please click apply to visit our website. There, you can find full details of the role, information on how to submit your CV, and instructions for completing your application