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  • FVA - From Struggle to Strength Project Assistant

    Created: 19/11/2021, Updated: 22/11/2021
    News/Events Category: Job Vacancies


    Post: From Struggle to Strength Project Assistant

    Salary: £9.90/hr, plus 8% pension (with the organisation contributing 7%)

    Working Hours: 21hrs per week (depending on successful applicant)
    Duration:  Two year fixed term contract
    Location: Glenrothes
    Reporting to: Lived Experience Team and Peer Support Network Coordinators

    Fife Voluntary Action (FVA) is the third sector interface for the Fife Council area. We are an independent charity that receives funding from key public sector agencies to ensure the third sector is robust, resilient, and delivers high-quality services for the people of Fife.

    From Struggle to Strength supports people with lived experience of poverty or trauma as a result of poor mental health and/or unemployment through the combined work of our Lived Experience Team and Mental Health Peer Support Network. The successful applicant will have personal experience of both mental health challenges and unemployment and will work closely with the project team to deliver practical and administrative support to the project.

    Job Description and Person Specification

    Application Form

    Guidance Notes

    Please e-mail completed applications to [email protected] or send completed and signed applications (marked as private and confidential) to: CEO, Fife Voluntary Action, Caledonia House, Pentland Park, Saltire Centre, Glenrothes, KY6 2AL.

    Please note the closing date for all applications is Monday 06 December 2021 and interviews will be held on 14/15 December 2021.




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