Project Coordinator (Breathing Space Project)

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Job description

Job Description

Position: Project Coordinator (Breathing Space Project)
Hours: Part-time (21 hours)
Contract: Fixed-Term contract until 28th November 2025
Location: Office based in Cardiff with flexibility to work hybrid/remotely in Wales
Salary: Starting from £15,830 (FTE £26,384) per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band and Job Family: Band 1, Charity
*you’ll start at our entry point salary of £15,830 (FTE £26,384) per annum, increasing to £16,819 (FTE £28,033) after 6 months service and satisfactory performance and to £17,809 (FTE £29,682) after a further 6 months.

About us

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.

About this job

This role will coordinate our Breathing Space project in Wales, which supports unpaid carers who support people living with MS to access short breaks. We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced individual who loves working on short-term funded projects and who also loves working directly with the people we support and our volunteers. The ability to communicate to a wide range of audiences and deliver our project objectives will be essential for this role.

Working closely with people affected by MS, key external partners, the Service and Support Team, the Cymru Director, and the wider MS Society teams, you will be outcome-focused and deliver tangible results. You will need to forge strong partnerships with key stakeholders and represent the MS Society at key meetings and events in the area relating to promoting the project to carers.

This role can be based anywhere in Wales but there will be occasional expectation of travel throughout Wales.

This is a part-time (21 hours) fixed-term role until 28th November 2025 with the possibility of an extension to March 2026.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role.

Closing date for applications: 9:00 on Monday 7th April 2025

Interested?

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Equal Opportunities
We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and/or from minority backgrounds.

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

If you need any help or adjustments to apply for this role, please contact us. You can also ask for the application materials to be sent to you in a different format.

More about our employee benefits:
We have a wide range of employee benefits including (but not limited to):

Encouraging work life balance

• 38 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), pro-rata for part-time
• More annual leave entitlement, based on length of employment
• Smart working options (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and us)
• Flexible working options

Caring for you and your family

• Generous sick pay entitlement
• More sick pay entitlement, based on length of employment
• Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave in each calendar year
• Free access to a GP virtually 24 hours a day/7 days a week
• Enhanced leave for new parents
• Free access to a confidential 24 hours a day/7 days a week helpline service for both you and your family
• Special leave options (such as up to 5 days paid leave for domestic or personal emergencies a year)
• 10 days paid leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
• 10 days paid carers’ leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
• Cycle to work scheme
• Death in service scheme
• New family-friendly benefits, including paid leave for miscarriage, fertility treatments, and antenatal appointments for both parents

Thinking about your finances

• Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Discounted season ticket loan and interest-free emergency loans
• Give as you earn to support other charities of your choice before tax
• New employee portal including lifestyle savings vouchers and personal wellbeing

Enriching your life at work

• Personalised development plans with a wide range of training courses
• Yearly internal apprenticeship opportunities
• New, modern offices that embrace working together both in-person and remotely
• Various opportunities to influence how we internally operate
• Active and supportive internal employee networking groups
• 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering for MS Society activities during normal working hours
• 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering with other charities during normal working hours

Safeguarding
We’re committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone who uses our services. We have measures in place to protect everyone from abuse and maltreatment of all kinds.

Your right to work in the UK
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.

No agencies please.