Project Support Officer Lived Experience

Leicester City Council; Leicester; On-site; GBP 8,900 - 11,000; Part time

Job summary

Leicester City Council is seeking a part-time advocate with lived experience of drugs and alcohol misuse to join the Public Health Division at City Hall. This fixed-term role offers 15 hours per week for six months, with some on-site Wednesdays and flexible hours to suit the team and funding.

You will support projects across harm reduction, service improvement, and community involvement, helping to keep the voices of people with lived experience at the heart of our work.

Qualifications

• The most important experience you will need is your lived experience of drug/alcohol use and being in recovery from this.
• Be able to empathise with people with living experience.
• Have some knowledge about drug/alcohol treatment and recovery services.
• Be keen to join in team activities and be willing to learn new things.
• Have a positive and enthusiastic approach to our work.
• Suggest improvements to our area of work, and we would hope that you will feel confident to do this.

Responsibilities

• Join meetings with drug and alcohol treatment and recovery service providers, either face to face or online.
• Support projects including harm reduction and improving service delivery.
• Assist with completing administrative tasks and keeping records.
• Provide information to the public and share ideas.

Skills

Lived experience

Empathy

Team collaboration

Positive attitude

Job description

Reference: REQ8490

Description: Part Time / 15 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term for 6 months due to funding. We have two spaces for someone with lived experience and first-hand knowledge of drugs and alcohol treatment and recovery services to join our team. They will help to support the projects of the drug and alcohol team in the Public Health Division. The council has strategic priorities around drug and alcohol prevention, treatment and recovery, including the voice of people with lived experience in all that work is most important. These roles are unique to the Public Health Division and will ensure that people who use or have used drug and alcohol treatment services are at the heart of our work. There will be the chance to get involved in different areas of our work. We hope to be able to build this around the interests and experiences of the new team member.

Region: Central

Location: City Hall

Salary: *GBP*878 Per Month - *GBP*13.49 Per Hour

Package

Contractual hours: 15

Basis: Part time,

Part Time / 15 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term for 6 months due to funding.

Key Details

• The roles are for 6 months
• 15 hours per week
• The team are office based every Wednesday. The new team member will need to be able to work some hours on this day based at City Hall. Other hours can be discussed to suit the new team member.

What You’ll Be Doing

A typical day with the team might include joining the rest of the team in face to face or online meetings with our drug and alcohol treatment and recovery service providers. You will be supporting different projects which include things like:

• harm reduction
• developing ways for people with lived experience to influence council decision making
• highlighting improvements to service delivery.

This Will Likely Include

• completing some administrative tasks
• keeping records of discussions
• providing information to the public
• sharing your ideas

What You’ll Need

• The most important experience you will need is your lived experience of drug/alcohol use and being in recovery from this.
• Be able to empathise with people with living experience.
• Have some knowledge about drug/alcohol treatment and recovery services.
• Be keen to join in team activities and be willing to learn new things.
• Have a positive and enthusiastic approach to our work.
• Suggest improvements to our area of work, and we would hope that you will feel confident to do this.