An exciting opportunity has risen for a Community Mental Health Project Assistant, who is passionate about improving and developing mental health and wellbeing support for the residents of York.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Project Manager and Project Officer, providing high quality administrative support to the ‘Connecting Our City’ community mental health transformation project. This is an exciting and innovative partnership project that aims to transform the way mental health and wellbeing support is delivered in York.

This is a fixed term position, Expected end date : March 2024

Our vision for York is of a city where:

• We all feel valued by our community, connected to it, and can help shape it.
• We are enabled to help ourselves and others, build on our strengths, and can access support with confidence.
• We are proud to have a Mental Health Service that is built around our lives, listens to us, is flexible and responds to all our needs.

This is a partnership project, and the successful candidate will routinely work alongside colleagues from health and the voluntary and community sector as well as people with lived experience and families and carers. In addition to key team members from across the partnership including the coproduction champion and VCSE alliance development lead.

Previous experience of partnership working, supporting the development and implementation of project plans, and organising and supporting multiple workshops and meetings would be desirable. The successful applicant will be required to coordinate and support workstreams, liaising with the various leads and helping to monitor and evaluate progress.

We are looking for someone who is highly organised and has an ability to develop good relationships with both internal and external partners. This is an exciting and dynamic project, and the successful candidate will have the drive and passion to help to progress this project over the next two years.

As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level C1: Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly. Only a conceptually difficult subject can hinder a natural, smooth flow of language.

At the moment due to the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, some of our staff are working remotely from home but a return to a combination of working remotely and physically from the Council’s offices is anticipated in the near future.

As a new starter, your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team. Your working arrangements will vary according to your service and role, and the current Government guidance. For many roles, there will be more opportunities in the future for remote and hybrid working. However, this comes with the expectation that, as workplaces open up, there is likely to be an ongoing and occasional requirement to attend the workplace.

The Council is committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.

For further information or an informal discussion please contact Kate Helme, Community Mental health Project Manager, kate.helme@york.gov.uk

To apply please click the Apply Now link below.