Community Engagement Project Coordinator

Job title: Community Engagement Project Coordinator

Hours: 28 hours per week (0.8 full time equivalent)

Contract: Fixed term for minimum of 12 months

Salary: £25,767 (pro rata)

Responsible to: Community Engagement Projects Lead

Location: Office base is in Chorley with a mix of home, office and community-based work. Connecting Communities is delivered in Pendle and Burnley with Money and Me currently being delivered in Chorley

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. Alongside working on Connecting Communities, there will also be delivery on our Money and Me project, this is supporting individuals whose mental health is impacting their finances through 1:1 and workshops.

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 with the ability to 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 fulfil 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 have 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 found attached, or downloaded from our Lancashire Mind website along with our recruitment pack which contains more information about this role.

Deadline for applications: Monday 9am 12th of August

Interviews for this post are scheduled to take place on Wednesday 21st August. Please keep this date free as alternatives can’t be offered.

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