Bloom Engagement Officer
Salary £ 23000.63
Edinburgh
Vacancy listed 21/04/2023
Application deadline 07/05/2023
Details
About the Role:

Post: Bloom Engagement Officer
Location: Hybrid, between home and the National Office in Edinburgh
Travel: Occasional travel to meetings and networking events nationwide
Salary:  £23,000.63
Hours: Full time, 35hrs per week
Contract: Full time, permanent.  

Change Mental Health are looking for a diligent and detail-focused engagement officer to join our passionate Bloom team.
 
This role comes at a critical time to make a positive impact on young people’s mental wellbeing, so we welcome applications from people determined to support the needs of young people. To date we have trained over 3000 teachers and supported 200,000 young people in schools and colleges across the UK, and we now need to bring the programme to scale to reach its target of 500,000 young people.
 
In this exciting role, you will be working with schools, colleges, and various stakeholders across Scotland, you will be tasked with promoting Bloom far and wide, working closely with the Bloom manager to follow a strategic, target-driven plan.
 
You will use your interpersonal and public speaking skills to build sturdy relationships across the education and youth sector to ensure no college or school in Scotland misses out on a chance to access Bloom. 

Who are we looking for?
  • Proven track record of developing and maintaining relationships with educational institutions/youth work organisations.
  • Experience of collating information and creating accurate reports.
  • An understanding of the importance of working with quality standards and a capability to mobilize others to work towards these standards.
  • An ability to build strong working relationships with external team members.
 
What will you be doing?
  • Developing a comprehensive engagement strategy to promote Bloom to key stakeholders and encourage schools and colleges to participate in the programme.
  • Developing mechanisms to share the impact of Bloom through case studies, videos, webinars etc.
  • Building relationships with a host of partner agencies e.g. schools, Local Authorities etc. to secure sign- up.
  • Working in a collaborative way with all colleagues across UK to ensure there is a nation-wide response to the needs of young people.

Why join us?
We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and the charity and are a “Happy to Talk Flexible” employer: The post is for 5 days a week but would consider applications for job sharing. This is a hybrid position, working between home and the Edinburgh national office.
 
For an informal discussion, please contact Hannah Dibnah, Bloom Manager, 07568225714 or email Hannah.dibnah@changemh.org
 
This is a great opportunity to join a thriving charity and help shape its future. 
Benefits

Professional development including funded opportunities.

A generous 37 days’ holiday.

A 35-hour working week & access to a season ticket loan.

A great work life balance with flexible and blended working environment.

24/7 access to an award-winning Employee Assistance Programme providing free legal, financial and medical advice as well as support with life’s challenges.

Enhanced sick pay and leave entitlements

Paid Mental Wellbeing Days

Cycle to Work Scheme

Blue Light discount card

Notes

To apply, please upload your completed application pack to the online BreatheHR portal by clicking 'apply' below by Sunday 7th May 2023.

Interviews will likely be held on 15/05/2023 and may be held in person in Edinburgh. If you are shortlisted to interview, we will provide you with guidance on how to access the interview.

We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. If you consider yourself to have a disability, please complete the relevant section within the application pack to inform us of any arrangements that we may make to the interview process.

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier or later than stated, so please don’t delay your application to avoid any disappointment.

Attached documents
Title File
Application form Application-Form.docx
Bloom Engagement Officer Job Description JD_Bloom_Engagement_Officer_April_2023.docx

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