Co-Production Lead (Part Time, 21 Hours Per Week)

Job introduction

Job title: Co-Production Lead

A bit about us:

Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic, and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. We've got ambitious targets to meet and we need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities. Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way we work and placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.

Working at Liverpool City Council provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.

We are proud of our world-famous thriving city with its rich culture, as well as affordable housing, good schools, beautiful green spaces – there’s really something for everyone!

Liverpool’s Adult Social Care Service has high ambitions and are on an improvement journey to become outstanding. We have an inspirational leadership team who have a fresh vision, dedicated to driving practice forward. It’s an exciting time to join us and be part of that change.

Liverpool City Council is transforming Adult Social Care and Co-production is at the heart of our transformation journey. We are looking for an ambitious, collaborative and person-centred Co-Production Lead to create opportunities for people with lived experience, carers, communities, providers, partners and staff within the Council to influence how services are designed, delivered and improved.

You will have experience of leading engagement and co-production across health, social care, voluntary or public sector organisations, with excellent communication, writing and relationship-building skills. You will be a creative and ideas-driven individual, able to develop innovative approaches to engagement, translate insight into action, and communicate complex information clearly to a range of audiences.

Working closely with colleagues across the Council, stakeholders and local communities, you will lead and support co-production projects that bring together staff and people with lived experience to shape meaningful change. You will be confident in gathering, analysing and interpreting feedback, research and insight to identify themes, inform decision-making and ensure services are shaped by what matters most to the people who use them.

This role requires a flexible approach to working hours, and the postholder may occasionally be required to work outside normal office hours to meet the needs of people with lived experience and support inclusive engagement activities.

This is a part-time post, expected to be worked over three days per week. The specific working pattern and days will be discussed at interview.

If you are passionate about empowering others, influencing decision-making and making a lasting difference, this is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking and ambitious Directorate.

The role:

• Lead the development and delivery of the Adult Social Care and Health co-production framework, supporting services to embed co-production principles and practices consistently across the Directorate.
• Champion a culture of co-production, ensuring residents, carers, communities and staff are actively involved in shaping services, policies and improvement activity.
• Build and maintain effective relationships across the Council, partner organisations and local communities to support collaboration and strengthen co-production.
• Lead and support inclusive co-production and engagement activity across service improvement, transformation, commissioning and operational programmes.
• Work with voluntary, community, faith and cultural organisations to widen participation and ensure diverse voices, particularly those less often heard, influence decision-making.
• Use feedback, insight, research and lived experience to identify opportunities for improvement, evaluate impact and inform future service development.
• Promote innovation and best practice, keeping abreast of emerging

Our offer to you:

• At least 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays rising to 32 after 5 years’ service (pro rata if part time) - option to purchase further days
• Agile working (role dependent) - a “Flexibility First” approach to agile working, where flexibility is the norm rather than the exception
• Part of the Local Government Pension Scheme – option to join the AVC Scheme
• Progression - opportunities and training through a wide range of high quality learning
• Health and Wellbeing - offer including Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work and Travel Pass Schemes
• Drive Time – a salary sacrifice car lease scheme
• Family friendly policies with enhanced leave
• Discounted Gym Memberships
• Employee Volunteering Scheme
• Medicash

Next steps:
Closing date: midnight on Tuesday 10th November 2026
Shortlisting date: Wednesday 11th November 2026
Interview date: Wednesday 18th November 2026
Interview type: Face to face competency based interview

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Once the role has closed, you will not be able to submit an application, and we are unable to reopen the vacancy for you to complete it. We strongly recommend submitting your application well in advance of the closing date to avoid disappointment.

If you would like any further information or an informal discussion, please contact Charlene Smith ASC - Improvement and Engagement Lead via email charlene.smith@liverpool.gov.uk

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Liverpool City Council is committed to fostering a workforce representative of the communities we serve. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe in appointing candidates based on their skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. To support this commitment, we guarantee an interview to candidates from under-represented groups who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

If you require any reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010, such as an application form in a different format or additional time to complete your application, please contact us at recruitment@liverpool.gov.uk.

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Eligibility to work in the UK will be verified in the final stages of the selection process. All candidates must either already have a right to work in the UK before commencing employment or meet the Home Office criteria for Visa sponsorship. Candidates who require sponsorship should evaluate the Home Office eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa before applying.

Please be advised it is our understanding that this role does not meet the requirements of a skilled worker visa as set out by UK Visa and Immigration https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-eligible-occupations/skilled-worker-visa-eligible-occupations-and-codes . For details regarding the salary of a skilled worker visa please visit Home Office: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list

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