iCare Project Coordinator - Midlothian

VOCAL; Scotland; Presencial; GBP 28.000 - 36.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

VOCAL is seeking a confident and organised Project Coordinator to support the iCare initiative in Midlothian. You will help deliver activities, maintain work plans, logs and records, and ensure follow-up across workstreams with carers, NHS partners and local organisations.

You will plan focus groups, assist with co-design and testing of a digital carer identification platform, gather feedback, and contribute to evaluation and reporting for the funder.

Formación

• Understanding unpaid caring and its impact on carers’ health and wellbeing.
• Understanding carer support landscape and ACSP responsibilities.
• Experience in supporting a project or service and engaging people inclusively.
• Strong organisational and administrative abilities, with clear written and verbal communication.

Responsabilidades

• Support day-to-day delivery of iCare, maintaining work plans, action logs and records with effective follow-up across workstreams.
• Build positive working relationships with the project team, carers, VOCAL colleagues, NHS and partners.
• Support meaningful carer involvement through Carers Assembly planning and coordination.
• Plan and support focus groups, workshops, briefings and training sessions with carers and practitioners.
• Support co-design and user testing of digital carer identification platform, ensuring digital and non-digital options align.
• Gather feedback and data, contributing to learning, evaluation and reporting to the funder.

Conocimientos

Organisational skills

Administrative skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Digital confidence

Descripción del empleo

We have an exciting opportunity for a confident and organised Project Coordinator to help deliver iCare: Identifying Carers, Advancing Recognition and Equality. Funded by The National Lottery Community Fund (TNLCF), iCare is an ambitious five-year system-change project.Working with carers, practitioners and NHS partners, the project will address barriers to support and drive changes in practice to improve earlier and more consistent identification of unpaid carers across the Lothians. It will support the development of an early carer identification blueprint, strengthen good carer conversations using the Adult Carer Support Plan (ACSP) framework, and co-design and implement a new integrated digital carer identification platform.The postholder will join a project team comprising an iCare Project & Systems Manager, based within VOCAL, and Project Coordinators covering Midlothian, East Lothian and West Lothian. The East and West Lothian Project Coordinators will be employed and managed by Carers of East Lothian and Carers of West Lothian respectively. All four roles will work closely together to deliver shared priorities, promote consistent practice and support learning across the Lothians.The Project Coordinator for Midlothian will undertake a range of duties, including:Supporting the day-to-day delivery of iCare by maintaining clear work plans, action logs and records, and ensuring effective follow-up across project workstreams.Building positive working relationships with the wider project team, carers, VOCAL colleagues, NHS and community partners, and other carer centres.Supporting meaningful carer involvement through the development and coordination of a Carers Assembly, ensuring that carers lived experience helps shape project priorities, changes in practice and digital development.Planning and supporting focus groups, workshops, briefings and training sessions with carers and practitioners.Supporting co-design and user testing of a digital carer identification platform, while ensuring digital options complement rather than replace non-digital support.Gathering feedback and data, and contributing to project learning, evaluation and reporting to the funder.

About you

You will understand unpaid caring and the impact it can have on carers’ health and wellbeing. You will also have a good understanding of the carer support landscape, including the role of Adult Carer Support Plans and the responsibilities of statutory health and social care partners. You will bring experience of supporting a project or service, working collaboratively with others, and engaging people in a respectful and inclusive way. You will also have strong organisational and administrative skills, clear written and verbal communication, digital confidence, and the ability to hold sensitive, person-centred and outcomes-focused conversations.