Project Coordinator Lead – Cancer, Dementia & Health Inequalities

Alive Activities is seeking an experienced, compassionate and community-focused individual to deliver an innovative new programme supporting older people living with both cancer and dementia, particularly within Black Caribbean and South Asian communities.

Find out exactly what skills, experience, and qualifications you will need to succeed in this role before applying below.

This exciting new role will lead the delivery of Same Mind, Same Body — a community-led project designed to record cancer care experiences, investigate inequalities, and share findings with stakeholders Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.  You will be working closely with a project coordinator from the Bristol Pakistani Community Welfare Organisation.

Working alongside community organisations, healthcare professionals and people with lived experience, you will help:

• Identify barriers within cancer and dementia care pathways
• Build trusted relationships with underserved communities
• Co-design culturally responsive and dementia-friendly solutions
• Pilot new approaches to support, communication and care navigation
• Share findings with stakeholders

We are looking for someone with strong project management and partnership-building skills, alongside a genuine commitment to tackling health inequalities and improving the lives of older people.

You will bring:

• Experience delivering community health, dementia, cancer or inequality-focused services
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• Confidence working across community and healthcare settings
• Experience facilitating engagement, workshops or co-production activity
• A person-centred, inclusive and compassionate approach
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage complex projects

Experience working with Black Caribbean and/or South Asian communities, dementia services, or participatory research approaches would be highly desirable.

About Alive

Alive Activities is a Bristol-based charity working creatively alongside older people, including people living with dementia and their carers, to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and create positive change in health and care systems.

We value collaboration, inclusion, compassion and community leadership. We especially welcome applications from people with lived experience connected to the communities and issues at the heart of this project.

To Apply

Please apply direct on Charity job send your CV and a supporting statement (no more than 1 side of A4) outlining your suitability for the role to Isobel Jones, details on Alive's website. xwzovoh  

Closing date: 9.30 am Friday 26th June
Interview date: Friday 3rd July

Enhanced DBS check required.