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Introduction / Why this role exists
The Coordinator role exists to help deliver Collective Action for Moray’s Mental Wealth, a three‑year, peer‑led programme designed to reduce inequality, strengthen connections and ensure that lived experience shapes wellbeing support across Moray. This work builds on over three years of National Lottery investment that has already created a strong foundation of empowered citizens, peer leaders and local partnerships.
The purpose of the Coordinator role is to bring people together and turn community voice into meaningful action. This means supporting peer‑led drop‑ins and safe spaces, coordinating volunteers and peer facilitators, leading inclusive outreach, and helping communities influence change through advocacy and collective voice work.
By strengthening relationships, improving access to support and amplifying lived experience, the Coordinator helps create welcoming, supportive opportunities for people who often face the greatest barriers — ensuring that wellbeing support in Moray is shaped with communities, not just delivered to them.
This project prioritises individuals who experience barriers such as poverty, discrimination, addiction, mental ill‑health, neurodiversity, caring roles and digital exclusion. The role also supports peer leaders, volunteers, local partners and community groups who are building a more connected, resilient and inclusive Moray.
About the Role
The Coordinator plays a central part in making the Collective Action for Moray’s Mental Wealth project happen day‑to‑day. The role focuses on bringing people together, supporting peer‑led activity, and ensuring community voice shapes real action. This includes supporting drop‑ins and safe spaces, coordinating volunteers and peer facilitators, leading inclusive outreach, and helping gather and amplify lived experience through peer research and action groups.
The Coordinator helps create opportunities for people to participate, build confidence, take on leadership roles and influence change locally.
This role is part of a small, values‑led Moray-based team that works primarily virtually. You will work closely with colleagues but also independently, using digital tools such as Microsoft Teams to stay connected, coordinate work and collaborate effectively.
Although home‑based, the role is highly community‑focused and involves regular in‑person presence across Moray. You will also work alongside partners across the third sector, statutory services and national networks, acting as a bridge between communities and wider systems.
Coordination:
A significant part of the role involves organising people, activity and communication. This includes scheduling, volunteer coordination, documentation, digital organisation, and ensuring the project runs smoothly behind the scenes.
Community Work:
You’ll spend regular time in Moray’s communities supporting peer‑led spaces, meeting people, building relationships and ensuring activities are welcoming, inclusive and shaped by lived experience. This is not a desk‑bound role — it balances home‑based work with meaningful community presence.
Partnership Activity:
The role also includes engaging with partners across Moray and beyond. This means contributing to collaborative efforts, joining meetings, supporting shared initiatives, and helping influence change by bringing community voice into partnership discussions.
Key Responsibilities
Community & Peer Support
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Support peer‑led community drop‑ins and safe spaces across Moray
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Build trusting relationships with individuals and communities, ensuring people feel welcomed and included
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Help gather and amplify community voice through peer‑research and action groups
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Create opportunities for people to grow — from micro‑volunteering to leadership, paid roles and training pathways
Coordination & Partnerships
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Coordinate volunteers, peer facilitators and people with lived experience involved in the project
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Work with partners across the third sector, statutory services and national networks to strengthen collaboration and influence change
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Balance home‑based digital coordination with meaningful community presence across Moray
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Support partnership meetings, community events and shared initiatives throughout Moray
Communication & Organisation
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Lead inclusive communications and outreach so people know what’s available and feel welcome to take part
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Use digital tools (e.g., Microsoft Teams) to stay connected, organise work and contribute effectively to a virtual team environment
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Manage your workload independently within a home‑working setting, using online systems for communication, scheduling and documentation
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Support clear, respectful communication with individuals, groups and partners across different settings (online and in‑person)
Who We Are Looking For
We’re looking for someone who believes in the power of people, relationships and lived experience. This role is a great fit for someone who is values‑driven, community‑minded and confident working in a way that is both compassionate and organised.
The Kind of Person Suited to This Role
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Someone who builds trust easily and forms genuine connections with individuals, community groups and partners.
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A proactive self‑starter who can balance independence with being an engaged member of a virtual team.
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A calm, grounded presence who can juggle different strands of work without losing sight of purpose.
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Someone who is comfortable in both community settings and online spaces, and can move between them confidently.
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A person who is organised, reliable and able to manage a flexible, home‑based workload.
Values, Mindset & Ways of Working
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Lived‑experience centred: You believe people’s stories, strengths and insights are essential in shaping meaningful support.
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Inclusive & welcoming: You care deeply about reducing barriers and ensuring people feel seen, heard and valued.
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Trauma‑informed: You understand the importance of safety, trust and empowerment in all interactions.
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Rights‑based: You see people as active contributors with the right to influence decisions that affect them.
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Collaborative: You thrive on partnership and collective problem‑solving, and you value the strengths others bring.
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Strengths‑focused: You recognise potential — in individuals, communities and in yourself — and help people grow into it.
This role would suit someone who wants to work alongside communities, strengthen local wellbeing, and contribute to a movement that puts relationships, connection and lived experience at its heart.
Essential Skills & Experience
The ideal candidate will bring a strong mix of transferable skills, lived or work experience, and the mindset needed to work confidently across community, digital and partnership environments.
Core Skills & Attributes
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Ability to work independently and proactively while staying connected to a virtual team
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Strong digital and computer skills, including confident use of online systems for communication, scheduling and documentation
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Highly organised and able to manage competing priorities with minimal supervision
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Clear, respectful communicator in one‑to‑one, group, and online settings
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Strong relationship‑building skills with individuals, communities and partners
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Able to demonstrate resilience and effective self‑management through real examples
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Comfortable balancing home‑based digital work with meaningful in‑person community presence
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Must be able to work across Moray, attending community activities, events and meetings as needed
Values & Ways of Working
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Belief in the power of lived experience and peer support
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Values‑driven, inclusive and committed to strengthening community connections
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Thrives as part of a collaborative team, not only as an independent worker
Desirable Skills & Experience
These are not essential, but they would strengthen a candidate’s application or allow them to take on expanded responsibilities over time:
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Experience in peer facilitation
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Background in community development or community-led activity
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Experience with volunteer coordination
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Experience in collective voice work, advocacy or community‑led influence
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Knowledge or lived experience relevant to poverty, discrimination or exclusion (welcomed and valued)
Working Arrangements
Home‑Based Working
This is a home‑based role, with the Coordinator expected to manage their workload independently in a home‑working environment. You’ll use digital systems for communication, scheduling and documentation, and will be comfortable working proactively without direct supervision. A suitable home workspace and strong digital confidence are essential.
Travel Expectations
Although home‑based, this is not a desk‑bound role. The Coordinator will travel regularly across Moray to support community activity, deliver peer‑led drop‑ins, attend events and participate in partnership meetings. Travel expenses are covered when using your own vehicle for project‑related journeys.
Virtual / Remote Team Working
You’ll be part of a small, values‑led team that works primarily virtually, staying connected through Microsoft Teams and other online tools. The role requires someone who communicates clearly online, collaborates well in a remote environment, and can maintain strong relationships across digital and in‑person settings.
Benefits & Support
We offer a supportive, reflective working environment with regular virtual check‑ins and a strong culture of mutual support and wellbeing.
Travel expenses are covered when using your own vehicle for project‑related journeys across Moray.
Equality, Inclusion & Lived Experience
We are committed to ensuring this role is accessible, welcoming and open to people from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. The project exists to reduce inequality and strengthen community connections, and our recruitment approach reflects these same values. We actively encourage applications from people who may not have followed traditional career paths but bring strong transferable skills, lived insight and a passion for community‑led change.
We explicitly welcome applications from people connected to poverty, disadvantage or discrimination, and from those who reflect the communities the project serves.
Lived experience sits at the heart of this project’s design and delivery. Our work is grounded in peer‑led, rights‑based and trauma‑informed approaches, using frameworks such as CHIME and HEAR ME to guide how we support people and build relationships.
We believe that people’s stories, strengths and insights are essential for shaping meaningful support, and we value lived experience as a form of expertise.
If you have the skills, values and motivation to thrive in this role — even if you don’t meet every single desirable criterion — we warmly encourage you to apply. We’re looking for people who are committed, relationship‑focused, and passionate about strengthening wellbeing and community connection across Moray.
You may be exactly who we’re looking for.
Contract & Employment Details
Hours
20–25 hours per week
Salary / Rate
£17.20 per hour (£31,304 FTE)
Contract End Date
Fixed‑term until 26 October 2028, with an initial 6‑month review
Funding Context
This role is part‑funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, supporting the delivery of the Collective Action for Moray’s Mental Wealth project.
How to Apply
To apply for this role, please complete the online application form and submit the information requested in the job pack. Click the Apply Now button below to access the application form and further details.
Informal Enquiries
If you'd like an informal conversation about the role or the project, you’re welcome to get in touch:
heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk
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