Community Project Coordinator
Hours: Part-time, 21 hours per week (0.6 Full-Time Equivalent)
Starting salary: £25,767 (pro-rata)
Contract: Fixed term for 12 months (Potentially longer dependent on funding).
Responsible to: Adult Projects Lead
Location: Office base is Chorley.
A mix of home and office working, with a focus on travel to Burnley and Pendle for project delivery. An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our adults project team as a project coordinator. The postholder will have significant experience of engaging South Asian communities in Lancashire.
We are looking for an individual who understands the communities of Lancashire and the barriers to engagement they may face. Fluency in languages such as Urdu, Punjabi, or Bengali is advantageous.
The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, with the ability to adapt to a range of audiences and build relationships quickly with service users and professionals. Lancashire Mind is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community, particularly candidates with a lived experience of mental health conditions who fulfill all the criteria within the person specification.
We offer a workplace pension scheme, 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), a sick pay scheme, paid emergency and compassionate leave, regular supervision, and a variety of learning and development opportunities.
Please note: Lancashire Mind follows Safer Recruitment practices and has a commitment to safeguarding people who use our services. Therefore, this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. If invited to interview, we will ask you to provide evidence of your qualifications and right to work.
Applications must be submitted using a Lancashire Mind job application form, which can be downloaded from our Lancashire Mind website along with our recruitment pack that contains more information about this role. Deadline for applications: 9am on Monday 9th December 2024. Interviews for this post are scheduled to take place on Wednesday 18th December, in person at our office in Chorley. Please keep this date free as alternatives can’t be offered.
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