Public Mental Health Officer

2 months ago


Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom Mental Health Foundation Full time

This exciting Public Mental Health Officer role will work alongside community partners to identify, test, and embed the best approaches to improving mental health in communities. You will support the development of the evidence base on mental health, and generate compelling evidence of how systems can act to support good mental health.

What the role involves:

·Build and grow the Foundations' relationships in Wales with communities and organisations.

·Build the capacity of partner organisations to test and evaluate public mental health approaches.

·Promote and/or facilitate training and workshops to support coproduction and public mental health approaches in local communities and organisations.

·Develop and utilise mixed evaluation methodologies to evidence impact.

Skills, knowledge and experience we are looking for:

·Community development and capacity building experience

·A good understanding of co-production, and participatory approaches

·Knowledge of impact measurement and evaluation methods

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.

If you think your skills match and you'd like to be part of a dynamic and growing organisation, please send your CV & statement of suitability via our website. Please ensure you attach an up to date CV and statement of suitability answering all points of the person specification. Applications will close at 5pm on Monday 5 August and we are unable to accept late applications. Interviews are planned for 28th August.

You will be asked to deliver a presentation on the day of the interview.

We believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. Diversity and inclusion is a strategic priority for us as an employer and mental health charity, and we are proud to be signatories of the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter and the Disability Confident Committed Scheme. Applications from under-represented sections of the community are actively encouraged.

If you have a disability, require any additional support or have any questions regarding the role, please contact us via our website. We make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and during employment. Disabled candidates who meet all the essential person specification criteria will be offered an interview. Therefore, please do ensure you tick the relevant box on the application form and clearly indicate in your application/covering letter if you consider yourself to meet the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 / Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

We are currently operating mostly digital recruitment (including interviews via video conferencing). We have moved to a hybrid working model of a minimum of 2 days per week in the office and the rest working from home..

We look forward to hearing from you



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