About Us
Resilience Collective (“RC”) is a non-profit organisation anchored by a peer-run network. We focus on recovery and resilience education, peer support and stigma reduction. RC provides a platform where persons in recovery are empowered to help themselves and others, to give and receive support while exploring strategies for moving from illness to wellness, and from surviving to flourishing. Through co-production, we bring diverse perspectives together and harness our unique lived experiences and expertise to co-produce personal and sustainable solutions for mental wellness and recovery. RC is a registered charity and member organisation of NCSS.
Job Summary
To curate, organise and support creative recovery-focused workshops, resilience education programmes and peer support activities to engage the Resilience Collective peer community and others. To advocate the value of lived experience and the peer voice and to reflect RC’s recovery focussed values when promoting the RC community.
Key Responsibilities
1. Contribute to conceptualising and planning creative recovery-focused activities to facilitate social support and networking for the peer community
- Work with contributors from the peer community to plan and develop creative recovery-focused activities to benefit other peers
- Work with external partners who can contribute expertise or conduct recovery-focused activities for peers (e.g. art therapy, mental health themed art gallery tour, Photovoice projects etc)
2. Be responsible for coordinating and executing recovery-focused activities for peers, including:
- Scheduling and publicising calendar of activities
- Managing sign-ups and administrative communication with attendees
- Coordinating activity logistics and operations
- Leading activities and engaging peers during the activities
- Compiling feedback from peers on the activities conducted
- Prepare brief highlights for progress reports and publicity purposes
3. Administrative support for peer-related programmes, which may include:
- Coordination and liaison in respect of training progammes
- Administration and data entry
- Compiling feedback for improvements
Personal attributes
- Personal recovery experience of mental health issue (preferred)
- Enthusiastic, self-motivated and responsible with excellent team-working skills
- An understanding of, and enthusiasm for, Resilience Collective’s vision and mission
Work related skills & knowledge
- Experience in organising, coordinating and leading activities to engage individuals from the mental health community
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and build rapport and relationships with individuals from different backgrounds
- Detail-oriented, organised and meticulous
