Blue Light Senior Programme Officer

Fixed Term Contract – 28.02.2022

We’re Mind, the mental health charity. We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect. We provide advice and support to empower anybody experiencing a mental health problem and we campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

Mind’s Blue Light Programme, funded by The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s COVID-19 Response Fund, seeks to provide tailored support for the mental health of ‘Blue Light’ emergency services personnel following the outbreak of coronavirus.

The delivery of this pilot will contribute to Mind’s goal of supporting 1 million people to have good mental health at work by 2021.

The Senior Programme Officer will be responsible for supporting the Programme Manager to develop, mobilise and implement an innovative large scale programme across England and Wales that looks to ensure that the right information, advice, peer support services and training are easily accessible to emergency services personnel to support their mental health and wellbeing following the Covid-19 pandemic.

The role will also be responsible for coordinating activity that will be delivered by local Minds.

You’ll have proven experience of programme / project management with a track record of delivering excellent performance against agreed targets and objectives, preferably within a workplace setting. With strong organizational skills, you’ll have experience of scheduling and managing multiple projects within agreed timescales with the ability to engage people in the design, development and deliver of funded programme activities. Above all, you’ll have excellent self-management skills, working independently, using your own initiative with excellent presentation skills.

Candidates with an understanding of the issues faced by emergency services in relation to mental health and wellbeing, Mind and its networks and a direct or indirect experience of mental health would be desirable, however is not essential.

Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Mind reserve the right to close the vacancy to applications earlier, should we receive a high volume of strong candidates – therefore we encourage an early application.

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