Community Outreach and Healthy Equity Manager at Blood Cancer UK
Blood Cancer UK · London, United Kingdom · Hybrid
- Professional
- Office in London
At Blood Cancer UK, we’re on a mission to make sure that everyone affected by blood cancer is seen, heard, and supported, no matter who they are or where they live. But we know that for many underserved and underrepresented communities, barriers to accessing support, information, and care still exist. That’s where you come in.
We’re looking for a Community Outreach and Health Equity Manager to help us drive real change. Sitting at the heart of our Health Equity and Involvement team, you’ll lead the design and delivery of an outreach programme that tackles health inequalities head-on. This means working hand-in-hand with grassroots organisations, cultural and faith groups, and local systems to co-create relevant, place-based initiatives that raise awareness, build trust, and improve access to our services and research opportunities.
This is a highly collaborative and strategic role. You’ll use data and lived experience to identify priority communities, lead impactful outreach activity, and ensure the voices of those most affected by inequality shape our work at every level. You’ll also champion inclusive practices across the organisation and help embed equity into everything we do.
Expected travel for this role is: Approximately 2/3 days per month either in the office or at relevant community outreach events across the UK
We’re committed to equity, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, disabled people, those from lower-income or deprived backgrounds, and people living in rural or geographically underserved areas - so our team better reflects and serves the blood cancer community.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development and delivery of the Health Equity and Community Outreach Programme to improve awareness, access, and involvement among underserved communities.
- Use insight and inequity data to identify priority communities and guide strategic outreach efforts.
- Build and maintain partnerships with grassroots organisations, faith and cultural groups, and local systems to co-create inclusive, culturally relevant outreach strategies.
- Strengthen community connections and develop peer leadership to embed sustainable community involvement.
- Monitor and evaluate the impact of outreach activities, ensuring continuous improvement and alignment with organisational goals.
- Ensure that lived experience and community insight inform all aspects of the Health Equity Programme, and other relevant projects across the organisation.
- Champion inclusive involvement practices across Blood Cancer UK, providing strategic guidance to ensure they are transparent, culturally competent, and accessible.
- Coordinate effective internal and external communications that reflect community insight and promote the impact of our equity-led approach.
- Lead the development of a place-based approach across the UK, aligning local outreach with national programmes and organisational priorities.
- Contribute to a culture of openness, learning, and integration across teams to embed equity-led outreach into Blood Cancer UK’s wider strategy and operations.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Knowledge
- Background working on programmes with effective strategies that have effectively reduced health inequalities or disparities in underserved communities
- Strong understanding of agile methodologies, including sprint planning, retrospectives, and iterative delivery approaches.
- Understanding of data-driven approaches to digital product and service development, including optimisation and continuous improvement.
Skills
- Exceptional project management skills, with the ability to lead complex initiatives to successful completion.
- Excellent time management, facilitation, and organisational skills.
- Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain strong working relationships across diverse teams and stakeholders.
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret digital data and apply insights to improve performance and user engagement. With experience of CRM usage for relationship management.
Experience
- Proven experience long term engagement, involvement and co-production of projects with people from underrepresented communities.
- Demonstrable experience delivering digital and face to face products or services using a data-led, test-and-learn approach.
- Track record of balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders and managing competing priorities effectively.
- Specifically ethnically minority communities or would under-represented communities (socio-economic, geographic or ethnic minority) be sufficient?
