Team Assistant – Workplace Wellbeing

About the role

We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets both support and respect. We provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. We campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

35 Hours per week – Fixed Term Contract until 31st March 2022

We have big goals over the next few years.

We’re going to be fighting for mental health in a way we never have before.

Together we’ll be working to make sure everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets the support and respect they deserve.

Will you join us?

The purpose of this job is to contribute to the delivery of Mind's objectives and ongoing development by supporting the Engagement team within the broader Workplace Wellbeing team, including being responsible for managing enquiries, administrative support and financial processing as well as supporting the wider Workplace Wellbeing team as required. This means you will work with a range of stakeholders internally and externally.

You will contribute to Mind's vision of promoting and protecting better mental health for all by being the first point of contact for enquiries into the team, ensuring they are logged and responded to appropriately and supporting the Engagement Managers on initial needs analysis with enquirers.

Candidates will have excellent administrative and organisational skills, including financial processing (e.g. raising purchase orders and invoices etc) and will display a high level of attention to detail. With proven ability to undertake a varied and at times fast-paced workload, you’ll work on your own initiative, priorities workload and planning your own time effectively.

The contract will run until 31st March 2022 with the possibility of extension

Closing Date: 5th July 2021

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.

This position will initially, in line with current and potentially future guidance, be based from home. Post lockdown this role will retain some flexibility but post holders will be expected to be in the office a minimum of two days thereafter (or more, depending on the arrangements of your team)

Equality & Diversity

We value the power of diversity. We embrace the different perspectives that each of us bring. We are creating an inclusive working environment where everyone is appreciated for being authentic and bringing their whole selves to work regardless of race, gender, age, religion, identity and experience.

We are committed to becoming truly anti-racist in everything we do and ensuring that all our employees are treated fairly and equitably at work and promoting equity in physical and mental health for all.

Our strategy has becoming an anti-racist organisation right at the centre of our work. For more information please visit click on the button below.

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More details and how to apply

For more information and a full person specification, please check on the Job Description button below. To apply, please click on the Apply Now button on the top left of the screen.

If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, please contact our HR team [email protected] who will be happy to support you.

Job Description

A little more about Mind

Our goals:

• Supporting people likely to develop mental health problems, to stay well
• Empowering people who experience a mental health problem to make informed choices about how they live and recover
• Ensuring people get the right services and support at the right time to help their recovery and enable them to live with their mental health problem
• Opening the doors to people with experience of mental health problems participating fully in society
• Gaining equality of treatment for people who experience both mental health and other forms of discrimination

Our values underpin everything we do. They are:

• Open: We reach out to anyone who needs us.
• Together: We're stronger in partnership.
• Responsive: We listen, we act.
• Independent: We speak out fearlessly.
• Unstoppable: We never give up.

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