South London Listens Borough Engagement Manager

A Vacancy at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

Are you passionate about improving mental health through meaningful community engagement and development? Join our South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust’s team as aBorough Engagement Manager (Band 7)and play a pivotal role in shaping how we listen to and work alongside our communities.

As part of our Communications and Engagement team, you’ll lead strategic partnerships across South West London – bringing together local authorities, community organisations, and residents to tackle health inequalities and drive real change. You’ll be at the heart of theSouth London Listensprogramme, helping to deliver impactful, community-led initiatives likeBe Wellthat support prevention, connection, and early intervention.

This is a dynamic, outward-facing role for someone who thrives on collaboration, influence, and turning insight into action. You’ll manage key projects, shape engagement strategies, and represent the Trust across diverse forums – ensuring voices from all communities are heard and acted upon.

This is a fixed term post for 12 months, with a possibility of extension. The post will be based at Tolworth Hospital however frequent travel to community sites across our six South West London Boroughs will be required.

The Borough Stakeholder Engagement Manager plays a key role in shaping and influencing the delivery of the South London Listens (SLL) programme across South West London boroughs. The postholder will lead strategic stakeholder engagement and partnership development, ensuring effective collaboration with local communities, statutory partners, and voluntary sector organisations. They will oversee the delivery of key borough-based projects, contribute to programme outcomes, and

support the rollout of the Be Well initiative in line with agreed KPIs.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together.We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

About our location

This post will be based at Tolworth Hospital

Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with the manager.

This job description will be reviewed regularly in the light of changing service requirements and any such changes will be discussed with the post holder.

The post holder is expected to comply with all relevant Trust policies, procedures and guidelines, including those relating to Equal Opportunities and Confidentiality of Information.

The post holder is responsible for ensuring that the work that they undertake is conducted in a manner which is safe to themselves and others, and for adhering to the advice and instructions on Health and Safety matters given by Manager(s). If post holders consider that a hazard to Health and Safety exists, it is their responsibility to report this to their manager(s).

The post holder is expected to comply with the appropriate Code(s) of Conduct associated with this post.

This advert closes on Thursday 21 May 2026