Programme Coordinator (Me Time)

Me Time Programme Coordinator Advert (Nottingham)

Are you a passionate, enthusiastic, and self-motivated leader? If you have experience of building positive community relationships, then please keep reading.

We are recruiting for a Me Time Programme Coordinator, this position is a permanent contract for 37.5 hours per week, covering the Nottingham area.

Me Time is Mencap’s social inclusion, leisure, and community-based programme, supporting adults with a learning disability to live life to the full, with person-centred, high quality, community inclusive support, grounded in Mencap’s values and enabled by a highly motivated and capable team.

As Programme Coordinator you will lead colleagues in designing and delivering good quality Me Time support, playing a key role in planning, monitoring and reviewing community opportunities, ensuring we are always listening to and being led by the evidence and lived experience of people with a learning disability.

Building a strengths-based approach to further develop skills and confidence of those being supported, expanding networks, and be fully included in their local community. People with a learning disability steer the activities and are represented at all levels with Me Time through coproduction opportunities.  Provide leadership, maintaining strong and effective partnerships with local partners, commissioners and purchasers of Me Time.

Me Time ensure that people with a learning disability can access local assets in the community and increase visibility and inclusion in local planning and developments. The Me Time model is person centred and focused on improving quality of life for the people being supported, as well as providing pathways to other opportunities, for example volunteering and employment. You will lead and work in partnership with the community to maximise the opportunities for people we support and make the community the best place to live.

As a Me Time Programme Coordinator will

• Be responsible for planning and implementing new initiatives, aiming to assist people with a learning disability to live independent and fulfilling lives.
• Make connections with local community networks, mapping local assets.
• Ensure people can be part of and make important contributions to their local communities.  
• Reporting and development along with the recruitment of new colleagues.
• Lead on all aspects of delivery in the local area.
• Significant budget and resource management
• Lead a team of passionate and highly motivated colleagues
• Risk management, ensuring good practice in safeguarding and avoidance of harm. Good knowledge & awareness of safeguarding.

You will manage the local hubs in Nottingham and build community connections to form and thrive and build strong networks with local businesses and providers. You will be aspirational, flexible, and work with others to support people to progress in ways they want to.

You will monitor the delivery of the contracts and prepare quarterly reports and Key Performance Indicators for the Local Authority or Funders. You will work collaboratively with other Me Time programmes across the country to share best practice and drive quality and continuous improvement.   

Do you have the key skills and requirements?

• Contract/Programme Performance Management
• Leadership
• Budget Manager and Funds Seeker
• Quality Assurer
• Community Ambassador and Liaison
• Community and Partnership Connector
• Gathering feedback and Monitoring Impact
• Management of Properties and Community Spaces
• Recruiter of Colleagues and Volunteers

(Please see the Job Description for a more extensive list of responsibilities, experiences and key skills required for this role).

If you have the relevant skills and experiences, kindly apply now. Application close date is 22nd May and in‑person interviews will take place on Wednesday 27 May.

Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated.

Our benefits package offers 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings.

For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document outlining all the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team!

Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.

We're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in.

At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues.

Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere.

· Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation.

· Every day we grow and learn. It’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes

· Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.

We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long- term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies.

We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We’re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you’re applying for.