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The Mental Health Foundation is recruiting for a Project Officer to support our exciting Art of Family Life project. Deadline: 5pm on Friday 25th October 2024 Location: Glasgow Salary: Starting salary £31.350 rising to £35,381 pro rata to 0.8 full time equivalent Hours: Part-time, currently at 25.6 hours per week as part of our reduced week pilot. May revert to 28 hours per week from 1 April 2025 Contract type: This is a fixed term contract ending 31 December 2026. This exciting Project Officer role will coordinate the delivery of the 'Art of Family Life' project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. This role will take an innovative approach to bringing together heritage learning to positively impact on the wellbeing of people from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds living in Scotland. Key tasks of the role will include recruiting volunteers and sessional workers to support an oral history collection programme. This will be followed by a creative process to explore how the heritage of family life among families from refugee backgrounds can be curated and shared publicly. What does the role involve? - Promoting the programme to a wide range of audiences including with refugee led community organisations
- Coordinating with project partners and supporters including Oral History Centre at the University of Strathclyde, Common Ground at the Centre for Contemporary Arts and Glasgow Life and organising project events
- Recruiting and supporting sessional workers volunteers to promote and engage project activities
- Collect project impact data and support reporting to funder(s) on progress and finances
Requirements
What skills, knowledge and experience are we looking for? - Good knowledge and understanding of volunteering
- Experience of working within the heritage/cultural/community sector
- Experience of developing and delivering events and activities
- Experience of developing partnerships and maintaining relationships with external organisations
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. Other information: 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 here. Please ensure you attach an up-to-date CV and statement of suitability answering all points of the persons specification. Applications will close at 5 p.m. on 25 October 2024, and we are unable to accept late applications. Interviews are planned for 19 November 2024. 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 at vacancies@mentalhealth.org.uk. 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! | 
