Wellbeing Co-ordinator - Operation Equality
Manchester
About Us
Nationally significant and focused on a fair and equal society, we are the LGBT Foundation, a charity supporting the needs of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans.
Serving over 40,000 people each and every year, we provide information to a further 200,000 individuals online, making us one of the most significant charities of our kind in the UK. We help all LGBT people to achieve their full potential and aim to be 'here if you need us', living by our hashtag #EqualityWins.
Operation Equality seeks to address the issues faced by LGBTQIA+ armed forces communities, many of whom have found mainstream military charities less accessible to them.
We are now looking for a Wellbeing Co-ordinator to lead on the delivery of this exciting project on a permanent, part-time basis, working 22.2 hours per week.
The Benefits
- Salary of £27,650.86 per annum (pro rata)
- Generous leave allowance (26 days' annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years' service) (pro rata)
- Sector leading 10% employers' contributory pension
- Your birthday as a day's leave
- Staff counselling scheme
- Cycle to Work / Technology Scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Office 'buddy' scheme for all new starters
- Free annual flu jab
- Free VDU eye care test
- Staff social budget
- Dedicated training budget for each member of staff and support with personal development plans
- Flexible working to support a healthy work/life balance (including time off in lieu and flexi-time)
- Relaxed dress code
This is the perfect opportunity for a highly organised individual with experience providing support and working in a busy service to step into a rewarding role with our committed charity.
In this fulfilling role, you'll make a tangible difference to the lives of LGBTQIA+ armed forces staff, veterans and families, contributing to a life-changing project that will provide them with the support they deserve and empower them to have their voices heard.
On top of positively impacting lives, you'll also have the chance to fulfil your own personal ambitions, with part-time hours meaning you can undertake any care, education or other engagements alongside your career.
Ready to lead a transformative project and make a difference? Read on and apply today to help us shape a positive future for LGBTQIA+ communities!
The Role
As a Wellbeing Co-ordinator, you will lead the development and delivery of our project to support LGBTQIA+ armed forces communities, Operation Equality.
You'll ensure that lived experience remains at the heart of the project, overseeing the Operation Equality steering group and working with individuals to validate lived experience and empower LGBTQIA+ armed forces staff, veterans and families. You will ensure they are enabled to gain the confidence to have their voices heard.
Working with internal services and national organisations, you'll develop referral pathways to ongoing mental health and wellbeing support and help to identify support needs. You will also build connections with other providers and networks to bring communities together and increase the reach of the programme.
Additionally, you will:
- Lead, develop and deliver an implementation and development plan
- Plan events for key dates
- Oversee budget management and reporting
- Support the development of a marketing strategy for the project
- Ensure appropriate safeguarding measures are implemented
About You
To be considered as a Wellbeing Co-ordinator, you will need:
- Experience of managing budgets
- Experience of providing support and working in a busy service
- Experience of writing reports for funders and commissioners
- Knowledge of safeguarding and confidentiality
- The ability to design and deliver online and in-person events
- Excellent communication skills
- Great organisational, planning and time management skills
- Knowledge of the issues faced by LGBTQIA+ armed forces personnel, veterans and their families
The closing date for this role is 9th August 2024.
Other organisations may call this role Project Co-ordinator, Wellbeing Project Co-ordinator, Project Officer, Health Improvement Co-ordinator, Community Mental Health Co-ordinator, or Mental Health Access Co-ordinator.
For this role, we are aiming to recruit someone with lived experience of being LGBTQIA+ armed forces staff, LGBTQIA+ veteran and/or a family member of someone who has served. We are also taking positive action to encourage applications from people of colour (PoC) and other facially minoritised communities, trans, non-binary and/or older people (aged 50+) to improve the representation of colleagues from these communities in our staff team.
- Trans is an umbrella & inclusive term used to describe people whose gender identity differs in some way from that which they were assigned at birth; including non-binary people, cross dressers and those who partially or incompletely identify with their sex assigned at birth.
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