Breathing Space Coordinator, Wales

Breathing Space Coordinator, Wales (fixed term)

Position:
Breathing Space Coordinator, Wales (Fixed Term)

Location:

Home-based in Wales Salary: £16,147* (FTE £26,912*) per annum plus excellent benefits Closing date: 9am on Monday 28 September 2026

* you’ll start at our entry point salary of £16,147* (FTE £26,912*)per annum, increasing to £17,156* (FTE £28,594*)after 6 months service and satisfactory performance and to £18,166* (FTE £30,276*)after a further 6 months

We make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our strategy is based on what people affected by MS have told us is important to them. It gives us a clear and determined focus.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award-winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive working environment where you'll be able to make a difference.

This is a part-time, fixed-term role (21 hours per week) until March 2029.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and experienced coordinator to coordinate our Breathing Space project in Wales. The project helps unpaid carers who support people living with MS and neurological conditions to access short breaks.

You’ll enjoy managing fixed-term funded projects and working directly with the people we support and our volunteers. Excellent communication skills and the ability to deliver project objectives are essential.

You’ll work closely with unpaid carers, people affected by MS and other neurological conditions, key external partners, the Services and Support Team, the Director for Wales and teams across the organisation. You’ll be outcome-focused, deliver tangible results, build strong stakeholder partnerships and represent us at meetings and events that promote the project to unpaid carers.

The role can be based anywhere in Wales, but regular travel across Wales is expected.

• a supporting statement. This should show how you meet the essential criteria in the person specification of the job description

We particularly welcome applications from disabled people and/or people from minoritised ethnic backgrounds.

You must have the right to work in the UK to work in paid employment with us. You’ll need to share documents showing you’re eligible to work in the UK if we offer you employment.

You can find the UK visas and permits granting you the right to work in the UK on the UK Government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and aren’t able to support you with your visa applications.

We’re a Disability Confident Employer and we’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.

You can ask for reasonable adjustments as part of both our recruitment and new starter on-boarding processes.

You can also ask for the application materials to be sent to you in a different format. Such as for them to be sent to you by email or in a larger word format.

• The HR team will anonymise your CV and supporting statement before forwarding to the shortlisting panel. This is done as part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
• The first round of our recruitment and selection process includes an interview with competency-based questions.
• Our recruitment and selection process might also include extra tasks. For example, a written or Microsoft Excel test or making a presentation.
• We’ll let you know what the selection process will include when we invite you to interview. You can ask for any more reasonable…