Hours: 0.8 FTE
Contract: Fixed Term for three years (subject to funding)
Location: Stirling - Hybrid with occasional travel within the UK as required
Main Purpose of Job
The Project Lead will support the implementation, day to day running and ongoing development of The Canmore Trust's Wellbeing Service.
Reports to: Operations Manager
Background to the work of The Canmore Trust
Job Purpose
This exciting new service will provide confidential mental health and wellbeing support, resources and signposting.
Working closely with the Operations Manager, Senior Management team, and stakeholders, the Project Lead will recruit and support volunteers, develop partnerships, oversee service delivery, and ensure the project achieves its agreed outcomes.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake and deliver our bespoke training to staff and volunteers. This will include;
- Mental health first aid training
- Safeguarding
- The Canmore Trust training
Key Responsibilities
Operational Delivery
- Manage day-to-day delivery of the service.
- Ensure safe, effective and person-centred support.
- Recruitment of volunteers.
- Coordinate volunteer training and induction.
Governance and Safeguarding
- Ensure compliance with safeguarding, organisational policies and GDPR.
- Maintain confidential records.
- Support quality assurance and continuous improvement.
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Collect and analyse project data.
- Monitor outcomes against agreed targets.
- Contribute to evaluation and impact reports.
- Identify learning and opportunities for service improvement.
Communications and Engagement
- Promote awareness of the service.
- Contribute to digital communications.
- Develop relationships with key stakeholders.
- Support engagement at conferences and events.
General Responsibilities
- Work in accordance with the values of The Canmore Trust.
- Promote equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Maintain confidentiality.
- Undertake relevant training.
- Carry out other duties appropriate to the role.
Person Specification
Criteria
- Co-ordinating services within the charity sector.
- Working within mental health, wellbeing, health, or third-sector services.
- Managing a staff team, ideally volunteers.
- Working with confidential and sensitive information.
- Excellent organisational and planning skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to develop effective partnerships.
- Strong presentation and facilitation skills.
- Ability to prioritise competing demands.
- Good digital and IT skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Coordinating projects from planning to delivery.
- Supporting telephone or digital support services.
- Organising and delivering training programmes.
- Experience of service evaluation and quality improvement.
- Building partnerships with external organisations.
- Knowledge of suicide prevention and postvention.
- Understanding of trauma-informed practice.
- Knowledge of professional wellbeing programmes.
Interviews for this role will be in person and held at our offices in Stirling.
Closing date for applications: 5pm 13th November 2026
Interviews will be held in person in Stirling during the week beginning 23rd November 2026
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