Behavioural Insights Officer

Description & Requirements

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Maximus is a global organisation that specialises in providing health and employment services to millions of people every year.

Here in the UK we employ around 5,000 people across the country to deliver services that have a profound impact on people's lives.

From assessments and health services to employability programmes and specialist support, we do work that matters with people who care.

To empower communities in facing high deprivation and obesity rates to create and resource their own weight management programmes through insight, partnership and co-production with local organisations.

To manage and support the timely and effective delivery of behavioural insight projects as part of BZB Maximus' contract in a way that will increase access, referral and engagement with BZB Maximus online programmes and other interventions.



* Creating and running co-production workshops that result in a bespoke-designed weight management programme with members from local/grassroots organisations in deprived areas


* Contributing to community engagement work that furthers the delivery of contract objectives, especially in relation to the creation of co-production processes across the region


* Ensure the co-production and other community engagement work supports referral to, and delivery of, the online service programmes


* Reporting on the effectiveness of co-production work to Commissioners in a way that aligns with the delivery of their public health strategy


* Analysis and sharing of co-production and other behavioural insights to inform the development and delivery of future evidence-based programmes and the behavioural rationale for future service design


* Writing insights reports as agreed and disseminating findings


* Contribute as required to meeting the contract KPIs

Key Functions and Role Requirements:



* Identifying interested communities and their leaders in the region, based on criteria set with the Commissioner concerning location and types of group, willing to accept the challenge of creating a bespoke co-production workshops and recruiting participants to take part in the designed programme


* Conduct interviews, focus groups and other forms of engaging professionals and public


* Creation and implementation of evaluation methodologies for each programme


* Use of qualitative and quantitative methods and analytical skills to help interpret results and iterate services.


* Ensure learning from co-production is shared in a timely and appropriate way across Maximus and other relevant organisations


* Work with the Contract Manager to ensure the team has a robust partnership engagement strategy and relationship with local professionals, organisations, the public and commissioners.


* Contribute to staff development and learning through any Behavioural Science forums.

Key Contacts & Relationships:

Internal

• Regional Operati...