iCare Project Coordinator: Advance Carer Identification & Co-Design

Carers of East Lothian; Scotland; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Carers of East Lothian is recruiting an iCare Project Coordinator to help deliver an ambitious five-year project funded by The National Lottery Community Fund. You will work with carers, practitioners and NHS partners to identify unmet needs and support service improvements.

You will maintain clear work plans, coordinate activities across the project team, organise focus groups and training, and support the development of the digital carer identification platform while protecting carers' lived

Qualifications

• Understanding unpaid caring and its impact on carers’ health and wellbeing.
• Good understanding of the carer support landscape, including Adult Carer Support Plans and partnerships with health and social care.
• Experience supporting a project or service with collaborative, inclusive engagement.
• Strong organisational, administrative and communication skills; comfortable with digital tools.

Responsibilities

• Maintain clear work plans, action logs and records; ensure effective follow-up across workstreams.
• Build positive relationships with the project team, carers, NHS and community partners.
• Support carer involvement through development of a Carers Assembly and capture lived experience to shape priorities.
• Plan and support focus groups, workshops, briefings and training sessions with carers and practitioners.
• Support co-design and testing of a digital carer identification platform, ensuring non-digital options are also available.
• Gather feedback and data; contribute to learning, evaluation and reporting to the funder.

Skills

Project coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Organisational skills

Written and verbal communication

Digital literacy

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Carers of East Lothian is recruiting an iCare Project Coordinator to help deliver an ambitious five-year project funded by The National Lottery Community Fund. You will work with carers, practitioners and NHS partners to identify unmet needs and support service improvements.

You will maintain clear work plans, coordinate activities across the project team, organise focus groups and training, and support the development of the digital carer identification platform while protecting carers' lived