The Community & Learning Coordinator oversees projects, events, and coaching project staff/volunteers, and to coordinate Feeling Strong’s fundraising, external events and training packages.

Key tasks:

• Recruit and manage staff/volunteers to support projects.
• Build relationships with partners to further the strategic aims of the workstream.
• Collect feedback and refine projects, evaluating progress against their outcomes.
• Book any venues or spaces, and source equipment/resources required for projects.
• Administrate and carry out general office duties related to projects.
• Contribute to the strategic development of services and lead continuous co-design.
• Undergo any training as required by the role/requested by the Trustee Board.
• Carry out any other tasks related to the smooth running of Feeling Strong.

Feeling Strong was founded in 2018 and is Dundee’s youth mental health charity for young people aged 12 - 26 living, working, or studying in Dundee. We exist to make sure that every young person who has experienced a mental health challenge is supported to reach their full potential. We deliver projects, services and campaigns in the community to tackle stigma, build confidence, develop resources, create networks, and support young people’s positive recovery journeys. We have established a strong record in delivering youth-centred projects in the heart of Dundee, delivered by, and for, young people. We do this through our three workstreams: Campaigns & Content, Recovery & Support, and Community & Learning. All our work is led by our three values: Leadership, Inclusivity and Empathy.

About the role

To deliver the Campaigns & Content workstream, overseeing projects, events, and coaching project staff/volunteers, and to coordinate Feeling Strong’s communications, public/policy engagement, membership scheme, community fundraising activity, and trust and foundations funding development. The postholder will support income generation by building relationships with community supporters, identifying suitable funding opportunities, contributing to funding applications, and helping to evidence the impact of Feeling Strong’s work.