Senior Health Community Engagement Officer

Salary: £39,000 - £42,000 per annum

Reports to: Senior Health Community Engagement Manager (Cancer Awareness Roadshow)

Department: Policy, Information and Communications

Location: Stratford w/ high-flex (1 – 2 days per week in the office)

Employment type: Fixed term contract to the end of September 2027

Working hours: 35 hours per week (we are open to Compressed Hours in this role)

Closing date: 04 October 2026 at 23:55
Please note: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That’s why we we’re looking for someone talented, someone who shares our vision, someone like you.

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Senior Officer, working on our Cancer Awareness Roadshow. We need you to support the day-to-day planning and delivery of the Cancer Awareness Roadshow, and other nurse-led cancer awareness activity in the community. Further to this, you’ll manage our Health Awareness Volunteer Programme - our team of volunteers who support Roadshow activity.

What will I be doing?

• Working with the Health Community Engagement (HCE)Manager as one of the day-to-day contacts for the logistics agency we work with for Roadshow activity, attending meetings, responsibility for overseeing and regularly sharing the activity schedule with all relevant stakeholders, and escalating issues where necessary

• Managing the overall planning and agenda for campaign meetings, working with the wider Roadshow team and consulting with other internal stakeholders

• Responsible for the monitoring, quality control and annual content review of Roadshow materials to ensure that they meet the needs of the team and activity, and high standards are maintained

• Responsible for managing the relationship with the Regional Press team and overseeing all related press activity, working with the HCE Manager and Senior HCE Manager

• Being responsible for the recruitment, training and ongoing management of the team’s Health Awareness Volunteers, and for evaluation and ongoing development of the programme

• Contributing to the planning of the team’s public-facing community engagement work and input into wider plans for the HCE team

• Representing the work of the team internally and externally as required.

What skills are you looking for?

• Excellent organisation and time management skills with proven ability to juggle multiple tasks, prioritise work and meet multiple deadlines

• Flexibility to accommodate changing demands

• Good interpersonal skills, with proven ability to build and maintain good working relationships with a range of internal colleagues and external stakeholders

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Eye for detail, ability to spot opportunities for improving ways of working and processes, and proactive in driving these changes

• Interest in health promotion and cancer, and in tackling health inequalities

• Good basis of understanding of evaluation and reporting methods

• Willing to travel for regional activity, meetings and conferences, as deemed appropriate.

What will I gain?

Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that’s impressive.

In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.

Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.

We review pay annually and aim to recognise individual performance and achievements.

We don’t forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.

Our work – from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy – will change the world. It’s exciting to be part of our team.

How do I apply?

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview.

Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.

For more information on this career opportunity please visit our website or contact us at [email protected].

Please note that, Internally, this role is known as Senior Health Community Engagement Officer (Cancer Awareness Roadshow Programme).

Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.

We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact [email protected] or 020 3469 8400 as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks

Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.

We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact [email protected] or 020 3469 8400 as soon as possible. 

Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.