Coproduction Officer

Location: Somerset
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 19.5 per week
Salary Band: Band 2
Work Type: Home-based with some travel across Somerset
Disclosure & Barring Check: Enhanced DBS with Adults Barred check

This is a job share. Hours will need to be spread across the week to meet the needs of the team, but there is some flexibility.

About the Role
As a Co-production Officer, you will support the Co-production Team to deliver co-production objectives in Somerset. You will organise activities, support Experts by Experience, and contribute to transforming mental health services. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills in facilitation, evaluation, and co-production while championing the value of lived experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in delivering co-production plans on time and within budget.
• Support the evaluation of co-production programmes and present findings.
• Help facilitate meetings (both online and in-person), including preparing agendas, managing invitations, and taking notes.
• Manage administrative tasks, meetings, workshops, and maintain effective records and processes.
• Provide independent and empathetic support to Experts by Experience.
• Promote inclusivity, equality, and the importance of lived experience across all activities.
• Collaborate with Rethink colleagues and partners, sharing insights to enhance co-production practices.

Who We’re Looking For
We’re looking for someone with:

• Experience of mental health services or working with service users/carers.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage information and activities efficiently.
• Confidence in supporting Experts by Experience and promoting inclusion.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to write reports and present information clearly.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and online meeting tools such as MS Teams and Zoom.
• The ability to work independently and respond flexibly to challenges.

Desirable Qualities:

• An understanding of citizen participation approaches and equality, diversity, and inclusion principles.
• Knowledge of health and social care systems related to mental health services.

Why Join Us?
At Rethink Mental Illness, our values drive everything we do:

• Passion: Leading the way to improve lives for those severely affected by mental illness.
• Commitment: Supporting those in need with unwavering dedication.
• Openness: Working transparently and collaboratively with all stakeholders.
• Hope: Offering a brighter future for all.
• Expertise: Delivering informed, practical, and compassionate support.
• Understanding: Placing the experiences of those we serve at the heart of our work.
• Equity: Promoting justice and fairness for all.

We also embrace the RethinkCARES behaviours:

• Connect: Working together and celebrating success.
• Accountable: Keeping our promises and delivering results.
• Respect: Valuing every individual.
• Evolve: Listening, learning, and improving.
• Success: Delivering meaningful and impactful outcomes.

*Appointments will be at the minimum of the band.

*London Allowance is paid for roles that are based within the Greater London area only.

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. 

*Given the nature of this role, which involves frequent travel to various locations and timely meetings, a clean drivers licence is essential. 

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Caring for our people.  

We offer a wide range of support. Some of our benefits include:  

• PULSE: our recognition, rewards, wellbeing, and benefits platform. Providing access to thousands of discounts and benefits including cashback; reloadable cards; savings etc. As well as being able to thank colleagues and nominate them for awards. 
• Wagestream: gives you instant access to up to 50% of your pay. Also provides a library of expert tools, tips and articles plus, helps you start building a rainy-day pot straight from your salary.
• Wellbeing support: our Wellbeing hub gives physical, emotional, and mental health support. We also have a BUPA Employee Assistance Programme with access to appointments. 
• Taking time for you: we work flexibly –you get to choose where you work, managing your own diary. We have generous annual leave, starting at 25 rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays, as well as your birthday off. We also offer the opportunity to buy and sell annual leave. 
• Planning for the future: We have a contributory pension scheme. 
• Structured Corporate Induction: Onboarding you into the Charity supporting your wellbeing along the way. 
• £300 when you introduce a Friend: receive up to £300 when you introduce a friend or family member. 

Who are we? 

We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”  

It is an exciting time to join our growing charity. We are on a transformation journey, one that supports the delivery of the organisation strategy – delivering Communities that Care. Supporting employees, managers and leaders through this change is a key priority for the People function. Just like its key that we attract diverse people to come and work for us.  

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion 

Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer.  We recognise and support staff networks and support groups for our ethnically diverse and LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter. 
 

We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve; for those who work for us to feel heard, valued and feel they belong; and for our work to help tackle wider mental health inequalities. We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience of mental illness, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and any other gender identity not expressed here (LGBTQIA+); people who are neurodiverse, have a health condition, or a disability or hidden disability and people from an ethnically diverse background - regardless of your age, religious or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, political view or socio-economic status.
 

Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation 

We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrates our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation. You can read more about our progress here. 

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