The Mental Health Foundation is recruiting for a Project Officer to support our exciting Art of Family Life project.

This exciting Project Officer role will coordinate the delivery of the ‘Art of Family Life’ project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. This role will take an innovative approach to bringing together heritage learning to positively impact on the wellbeing of people from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds living in Scotland. Key tasks of the role will include recruiting volunteers and sessional workers to support an oral history collection programme. This will be followed by a creative process to explore how the heritage of family life among families from refugee backgrounds can be curated and shared publicly.

What does the role involve?

• Promoting the programme to a wide range of audiences including with refugee led community organisations
• Coordinating with project partners and supporters including Oral History Centre at the University of Strathclyde, Common Ground at the Centre for Contemporary Arts and Glasgow Life and organising project events
• Recruiting and supporting sessional workers volunteers to promote and engage project activities
• Collect project impact data and support reporting to funder(s) on progress and finances

Requirements

What skills, knowledge and experience are we looking for?

• Good knowledge and understanding of volunteering
• Experience of working within the heritage/cultural/community sector
• Experience of developing and delivering events and activities
• Experience of developing partnerships and maintaining relationships with external organisations

Safeguarding is Everyone’s business – Mental Health Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all its beneficiaries, those who surround them, its staff, volunteers, and anyone else who comes into contact with its services and expects all trustees, staff, and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to appropriate vetting procedures (proof of eligibility to work in the UK, proof of residency and satisfactory employment screening, including a Disclosure check and two most recent references) along with 3-year renewals of Disclosure checks. We are unable to provide sponsorship for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.