Volunteer and Co-production Coordinator

If you're looking for a role with genuine purpose, where your work can create lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you. At Suffolk Mind, our mission is to make Suffolk the best place in the world for talking about and taking care of mental health.

To help us achieve this mission we are looking for a Volunteer and Co-production Coordinator who will oversee volunteering across the organisation, grow our volunteer capacity and build a consistent, meaningful approach to co-production helping us create genuine opportunities for people with lived experience to influence and shape our services, policies and decision-making.

• 22.2 hours per week (pattern to be discussed, preferable between man-hours)
• Hybrid working option (this is a mix of office and home)
• Base:
  Any of our Ipswich, Saxmundham, Bury St Edmunds or Felixstowe offices
• From £16,321.20 per annum (FTE £27,202.00 - £30,856.00)
• Contract:
  
  Permanent role

We are committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of our staff and have tailored our benefits package
* to support this; we offer:

• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays as standard- increasing to 30 days with length of service (pro rata for part time employees)
• Your birthday day off
• An option to buy or sell annual leave
• Health and dental care insurance plan
• Occupational sick pay scheme
• Pension scheme
• Blue Light Card - offering discounts on 100's of retailers both in store and online
• Monetary reward for length of service
• Refer a friend scheme

Below is a brief summary of the key requirements for this role, but for more information please make sure you visit the vacancies page on our website and download the full job description and person specification.

• Experience of recruiting, coordinating or developing volunteers.
• Understanding of mental health and the challenges people may face when volunteering or sharing lived experience.
• Experience of engaging people with lived experience or other stakeholders to help shape services, policies or organisational activities.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage and motivate others.
• Excellent organisational skills, ability to manage competing priorities and maintain accurate records.

If you are looking to use your skills towards a career where your need for meaning and purpose are met, then come and join our team.

Closing date for applications:
Midnight, Sunday 18th October 2026

We reserve the right to close this job advert once a suitable a candidate has been found. Therefore, successful candidates may be contacted to interview at any time throughout the advertising process and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date, therefore we would encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews date: TBD

Interview questions may be sent in advance of interview.

We aim to let all applicants know the status of their application within 4 weeks from closing.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship on this role.

Please complete our Equality and Diversity Survey here.

If you require any reasonable adjustments such as access or information in an alternative format, please inform us soon as you are able so that we can make the appropriate adjustments.

Suffolk Mind is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people, and adults at risk who have contact with our services and personnel. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background and DBS checks will be required for relevant posts as part of our Safer Recruitment procedures.

* T&Cs apply

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