Job Description

Region

London

Vacancy Type

Permanent/Full Time

Job Summary

Black Health Equity Engagement Officer

28,000 - 30,450 per year

Permanent full-time (37.5 hours per week)

Hybrid working with regular travel to our London Bridge Office and to events

(around the London and Midlands area)

What the job involves

We're looking for a Black Health Equity Engagement Officer to join our Black Health Equity and Engagement team. The team plays a key role in supporting our community engagement work by building trust and strengthening relationships with Black community organisations and leaders across the UK. The aim is to raise awareness of prostate cancer risk within Black communities and help reduce the health inequalities experienced by Black men.


As a Black Health Equity Engagement Officer, you'll be providing the logistical support to Prostate Cancer UK's Black Men's Advisory Group - who provide insights, support and guidance to the charity to help us address Black health equity. You'll attend a wide range of community events and identify ways to spread awareness and build trusting relationships with groups, organisations and networks.


By building an understanding of the ways which health inequalities impact Black men affected by prostate cancer (and their families) you'll establish effective and efficient working practices and gather data capturing the impact of this work.


You'll get to meet a wide range of supporters and work with Black communities to ensure their lived experiences shape our work and help to increase our number of Black volunteers to increase awareness. You'll also get to work with different teams across the charity and act as a source of knowledge for our work in tackling health inequalities.

What we want from you

We're looking for candidates who understand health inequalities and is able to explain how they may impact Black men affected by prostate cancer. Knowledge of, or previous involvement in health awareness initiatives would be beneficial for this role, although we also value transferable skills gained from other sectors.


You'll have experience in organising meetings or events that cater to a diverse range of participants, ensuring that various perspectives are heard and valued, especially within Black communities.


You'll have a proven ability to build and maintain trusting relationships with a wide array of stakeholders. Furthermore, you'll be a great communicator, especially when engaging with community stakeholders.


Please note that community events often take place on evenings or weekends - the successful candidate will need to work flexibly to attend roughly one weekend event a month and take time back mid-week. Community awareness events will take place in the Midlands and London.

Why work with us?

Every man needs to know about the most common cancer in men - prostate cancer. It's a real and present danger that takes over 12,000 of our dads, grandads, brothers and friends each year.


Prostate Cancer UK is the largest men's health charity in the UK. We have a simple ambition - to stop prostate cancer damaging lives. We invest millions in research to revolutionise testing, treatment and care. We're blazing a trail to a screening programme that could save thousands of lives with regular, accurate tests for all men at risk. And we work tirelessly to spread the word about risk and offer specialist support to people living with the disease.


Work with us and you'll see your efforts pay off as we give men and their families the power to navigate prostate cancer.

What we offer

Join our team and be part of an award-winning charity. We'll support you to develop your skills and expertise.


We offer a competitive benefits package, including:


Generous leave entitlements that increase with service One 'development day' a month to use for training or personal development Enhanced contributory pension scheme Life insurance and group income protection Health Cash Plan Life and wellbeing advice and support via our Employee Assistance Programme Discounted gym membership and high street shopping discounts Loans for season tickets or cycles

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

At Prostate Cancer UK we're committed to righting health inequalities across the UK, starting with those faced by Black men. This includes ground-breaking research into Black men's risk and working with communities directly to overcome barriers to the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. To make this happen, we're dedicated to being an inclusive, proactive organisation, as we strive to be Allies to Black communities. We'll achieve this by advocating and working alongside those communities to promote change. We're also working to be Allies to each other, not only protected groups. In 2024, we launched our New Allyship Training Programme. All colleagues at Prostate Cancer UK will be trained to act and identify as an Ally.


We've also signed Business in the Communities Race at Work Charter, as a dedication to our Black health equity work and wider EDI priorities. As a signatory, we're responsible and accountable for driving positive change.

Our people networks

We're continuously learning more about the needs of our colleagues, and have three amazing People Networks, sponsored by our Leadership team:


Pride - A safe space where LGBTQ+ colleagues -- and our allies -- can share their diverse lived experiences, celebrate LGBTQ+ culture and history, and create new ideas about how our organisation can be more inclusive and representative of LGBTQ+ people Mind & Body - Here to increase awareness, promote wellbeing and support colleagues affected by neurodiversity, mental health problems, disability and long-term illness Culture Club - Here to increase awareness and celebrate the different cultures and beliefs that we have in the organisation, so that we all have our cultures felt and feel welcomed

Wellbeing and hybrid working

Our hybrid working approach combines the best of flexible working - a positive work/life balance, inclusive and accessible platforms, and online information at our fingertips. We understand that everyone has different needs, and we strive to create opportunities for relationship building, collaboration and social time.


Each of our teams has a team agreement outlining when and how often we're expected to be in our London Bridge office. We're very welcome to work there more frequently. Office time is a commute, so we pay our own travel costs.


For this role, we would expect the successful candidate to be coming into the London office two days per month.


Community events are an essential part of the role and are normally delivered in person. You'll be required to travel to events across the UK - travel costs outside of your normal commute will be reimbursed under our expenses policy. Events often take place on evenings or weekends - the successful candidate will need to work flexibly to attend c. one weekend event a month and take time back mid-week. You'll be attending events in the Midlands and London.

Next steps

The closing date is Sunday 17

th

August 2025.

Applications must be submitted by 23:45 UK time.

Interviews:

By arrangement. Currently scheduled from

Tuesday 26

th

August 2025.

How to apply

To complete your application, you'll be asked to upload your CV and complete the supporting information section through our application portal. Please fill in parts one and two of our application for your personal statement, both have an 8000-character limit. You may wish to use a method such as the 'STAR' technique or similar. When completing the statements please ensure you clearly provide a full and relevant example of how the criteria apply.

PART ONE

Please address the core/essential skills, experience and competencies required using real examples where possible and tell us in what ways you are a good match for the role.


This provides you with a great opportunity to showcase your knowledge, skills and experiences with the most important aspects of this role which will be used in reviewing and shortlisting applications:


Understanding of health inequalities and an ability to explain how they may impact Black men affected by prostate cancer. Experience of meetings/events that meet the needs of a diverse range of participants and enable diverse perspectives to be heard. Experience of working with Black communities. Knowledge of, or previous experience in health awareness will be beneficial for this role. We also recognise transferable skills from outside the charity sector. Experience of building trusting relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. Confident communicator with community stakeholders.

PART TWO

Please provide us with any further supporting information that you feel will benefit your application. You may want to reference the values and behaviours sections.

This provides you with a great opportunity to further support your application, showcase your understanding of the role and how you feel you'll be able to contribute to the success of Prostate Cancer UK.


Apply via the apply now link at the top and bottom of this page where you'll be taken through to our career portal.

Got a question?

Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements or any other questions - we're here to help: hr@prostatecanceruk.org


We look forward to receiving your application!


Prostate Cancer UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1005541) and in Scotland (SC039332). Registered company number 02653887.