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Job summary

Main area
Recovery College
Grade
3
Contract
12 months (fixed term)
Hours
Part time - 18.5 hours per week
Job ref
173-06226-EDRS
Employer
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Recovery College
Town
Leeds
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/03/2026 23:59
Interview date
08/04/2026

Employer heading

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust logo

Project Support Officer

3

Job overview

Leeds Recovery College delivers a range of community based educational training and wellbeing courses to help increase awareness and understanding of mental health, wellbeing and personal Recovery.

Arts & Minds works alongside Leeds Recovery College and delivers a range of arts and creativity spaces, workshops and exhibitions in the community and within NHS services to support the use of creativity to improve mental wellbeing.

The Project Support Officer for Leeds Recovery College provides organised, responsive back-office support and administrative functions for the Recovery College helping to ensure that our programme of courses run smoothly.  

Main duties of the job

The role includes:

  • Establishing and maintaining effective office management systems and undertaking administrative tasks to support the smooth running of the service.
  • Acting as a central point of contact and responding to enquiries in good time.
  • Ordering resources and keeping clear records of stock and supplies.
  • Coordinating regular email communications to students.
  • Maintaining and updating the colleges online booking system to ensure course information and attendance records are correct.
  • Working closely with the Arts & Minds Project Support Officer as and when required to provide project support.


We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

Working for our organisation

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. 

Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [email protected] 
Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application. 

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments. 

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. 

So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ level 2 or equivalent experience in Business Administration or equivalent experience.

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to demonstrate effective IT skills (e.g. MS Office packages, and online software, e.g. Canva).

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Ability to demonstrate experience of general administrative duties (e.g. note taking, photocopying, digital filing systems).
  • Experience of managing diaries, arranging and coordinating meetings or events.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyWhite RibbonAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employer

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Stacey Denwood
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Email address
[email protected]
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