Chigozie Joe‎‎‎‎‏‏‎‎‎‎‎-Adigwe

Gozie is the Digital Network Officer, supporting the Digital Citizen Panel to influence digital health strategies based on lived experience.

Gozie contributes to the Digital Health and Care Programme to manage, recruit to, and develop the Digital Citizen Panel to ensure people are at the heart of digital service design, delivery and improvement.  The Digital Citizen Panel supports the work of the Scottish Government’s Digital Citizen Delivery Board by ensuring that people living in Scotland are able to influence the development of digital health and care services and apps based on their lived personal experiences.  The Digital Citizen Panel sits within the ALLIANCE Digital Health and Social Care Programme and is part of the Digital Hub Team.

Gozie’s key responsibilities will be:

• Leading on innovative and meaningful citizen engagement across Scotland bringing people together to contribute to the objectives of the Scottish Government’s Digital Health Strategy
• Develop approaches to continually consult with panel members and to have their views heard
• Bring attention to enhancing the diversity and meaningful activity of the panel
• Create strong stakeholder relationships leading to consensus on best practice in digital design
• Promote the work of the panel across communities and networks

Gozie brings 17 years’ experience of the voluntary sector, two pharmacology degrees and many years of trade union and community activitsm to the role.