Community Project Officer

The Mental Health Foundation is recruiting for a Project Officer to support our Programmes England Team.

Deadline: 5 pm 24 March 2024

Location: London

Salary: Starting salary 31,350 plus £3,285 London Weighting pro rata

Hours: 16 hours per week (0.5 Full-time equivalent)

Contract type: This is a fixed-term, part-time role for 12 months

This exciting Project Officer role will support the planning and day-to-day delivery of the Creating Connections Project, funded by the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) Suicide Prevention Grant. The Project Officer will work closely with the Creating Connections Project Manager and other Project Managers to expand our existing peer support projects, adapting them with a lens on suicide prevention. They will also be closely involved in developing workforce development training and other awareness-raising activities aimed at local decision-makers and those who commission services for young parents.

What does the role involve?

•  Support with adapting existing materials to ensure there is a suicide prevention lens
• Support with delivering peer support groups to young parents and young people in education settings
• Consultation, workforce development and other awareness-raising activities
• Support with internal and external communications

What skills, knowledge and experience are we looking for?

• Experience of supporting Project Teams working with multiple workstreams
• Excellent relationship management skills and ability to work collaboratively
• Strong commitment to the issue of mental health and knowledge of the different challenges and inequalities in the lives of young people
• Ability to work flexibly and at pace.

Safeguarding is Everyone’s business – Mental Health Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all its beneficiaries, those who surround them, its staff, volunteers, and anyone else who comes into contact with its services and expects all trustees, staff, and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to appropriate vetting procedures (proof of eligibility to work in the UK, proof of residency and satisfactory employment screening, including a Disclosure check and two most recent references) along with 3-year renewals of Disclosure checks. We are unable to provide sponsorship for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.

How to apply

If you think your skills match and you’d like to be part of a dynamic and growing organisation, please complete and submit your application below. Please ensure you attach an up to date CV and statement of suitability answering all points of the person specification. Applications will close at 5pm on Sunday 24th March and we are unable to accept late applications. Interviews are planned for 11/12 April.

We believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. Diversity and inclusion is a strategic priority for us as an employer and mental health charity, and we are proud to be signatories of the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter and the Disability Confident Committed Scheme. Applications from under-represented sections of the community are actively encouraged.

If you have a disability, require any additional support or have any questions regarding the role, please contact us. We make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and during employment. Disabled candidates who meet all the essential person specification criteria will be offered an interview. Therefore, please do ensure you tick the relevant box on the application form and clearly indicate in your application/covering letter if you consider yourself to meet the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 / Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

We are currently operating mostly digital recruitment (including interviews via video conferencing). We have moved to a hybrid working model of a minimum of 2 days per week in the office and the rest working from home.

We look forward to hearing from you!