Project Officer

The Huntington's Disease Association, a registered UK charity dedicated to supporting individuals affected by Huntington's disease, is thrilled to announce an exciting new national role. We are seeking a highly motivated Project Officer to lead the development of national events and enhance our youth services for children and young people (age 8 – 25) from families impacted by Huntington's disease. By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to reduce isolation, nurture collaboration, and make a positive impact on the lives of these young individuals.

As a Project Officer, your main responsibilities will include project managing national events and driving our co-production efforts with children and young people affected by Huntington's disease in their families. This role is 35 hours per week and is home based in England or Wales with regular travel across England and Wales. The successful candidate must possess a clean UK driving licence and have access to a car.

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated individual with significant experience in organising events for children and young people. Additionally, the ideal candidate should have a strong background in utilising youth voice within services. If you are enthusiastic, self-motivated, and passionate about improving the welfare of young people affected by Huntington's disease, this role presents an excellent opportunity for you to contribute your knowledge, skills, and experience to our organisation.

Join us on this meaningful journey help make each day with Huntington’s disease the best day possible and ensure that the voices of people affected by Huntington’s disease are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we can make a difference!

We are committed to equal opportunities in our recruitment process and in order to find out how well we are doing, we collect monitoring data. Applicants are sent an equal opportunities form, the completion of which is voluntary and does not form part of the selection process. Any information provided is used for monitoring purposes only.

The Huntington's Disease Association is looking for someone with the ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of adults at risk, children and young people. We follow safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the people we work with. We require the successful candidate to provide two employment references and undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for enhance disclosure before joining the charity.

Full details of how we securely handle the data you provide to us as part of the recruitment process can be found in our privacy notice for job applicants on our website.

Closing date for applications is Friday 30 June 2023, however we may close recruitment early for the right applicant.

Interviews will be in Liverpool or London w/c 10 and 17 July 2023 with an in-person and virtual element.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 36 months

Salary: £30,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Bereavement leave
• Company pension
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Flexitime
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Remote