Recovery College Manager

• £19,697 per year (based on a full-time salary of £32,829)
• Part-time – 22.5 hours per week
• Permanent contract
• Based in Orpington
• Hybrid working – up to one day per week working from home

South East London (SEL) Mind is a highly regarded local charity, helping people to be mentally healthy and working together with those experiencing mental health problems and dementia to improve their quality of life. With over 400 staff and volunteers, we are one of the largest charities in the Mind network.

Bromley Recovery and Wellbeing College, part of SEL Mind’s Recovery Works service, runs a curriculum of free peer and professional-led courses across the borough. Our workshops and courses combine enjoyment, fun and knowledge to enable students to achieve a greater insight into their own mental wellbeing and gain skills to help them achieve personal goals and ambitions.

We are looking for a Recovery College Manager with drive and a passion for promoting learning to oversee the running of an excellent quality college.  You will work closely with the Recovery College Coordinator and a team of dedicated tutors and volunteers to bring a number of accessible courses to a wide range of students.

You will have experience of successfully delivering learning to others and management experience. You will need to be organised and have the confidence to communicate effectively with a range of people.

A flexible can-do attitude and a calm, problem-solving approach is also essential for this role. If you have what it takes, we would love to hear from you.

Successful applicants will be expected to undergo an Enhanced Level Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Closing date: Sunday 30th June (11:59pm)

Likely interview date:  Friday 5th July

SEL Mind supports people with mental health problems and dementia in the boroughs of Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark. We are proud of our diverse workforce and know that our organisation is made stronger by the variety of backgrounds, experience, and ideas within it. We promote a culture of inclusion and representation, and are working hard to build a workforce that even better reflects the communities we support.

SEL Mind is somewhere that you can be your authentic self without fear of discrimination on the grounds of ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, neurodivergence, gender, age, lived experience of mental health problems or anything else that’s part of who you are.

Read more about staff benefits and why staff love working here on our website.