Project Coordinator

🍊 Project Coordinator

📌 Job Ref: 1720
🏢 Organisation: Family Action
📍 Location: Home-based (Service delivery in Northamptonshire)
🕒 Hours: 30 hours per week (Part-time)
💰 Salary: £28,884 – £31,698 FTE
➡️ £23,419 – £25,701 pro rata (30 hrs)
➕ £480 home-based allowance (pro rata)
📄 Contract: Permanent
⏳ Closing Date: 22 March 2026

🌟 About the Organisation

• Supporting families for 150+ years

• Protecting children & supporting young people and adults

• Advocating for families in national & local policy

• Focused on real, practical help for communities

💛 About the Role (Supportive Steps Service)

You’ll help drive a well-established service in Northamptonshire, delivering:

• 👶 Early parenting & parent–child relationship support (children under 2)

• 🧠 Support for parents with mild–moderate mental health needs

• 📚 Evidence-based parenting programmes & antenatal groups

• 🤝 Targeted parent–infant interventions & peer support

• 🏡 Community safe spaces for families from pregnancy onwards

• 💬 Confidence-building support for new parents

🚀 Key Responsibilities

• 📊 Support planning & day-to-day service management

• 🎯 Ensure KPIs & funder deadlines are met

• 📢 Raise the service profile in local communities

• 🤝 Build partnerships with mental health & voluntary services

• 🗓 Attend Steering Groups & multi-agency meetings

• 🔄 Ensure families receive coordinated, joined-up support

✅ What They’re Looking For

• 👩‍👧 Experience working with pregnant/new parents (especially those with mild–moderate mental health needs)
  OR experience in Early Years settings

• 🧑‍💼 Service management experience (including staff oversight)

• 🛡 Strong safeguarding knowledge (child & adult)

• ⚖ Ability to assess risk & respond appropriately

• 🔎 Enhanced DBS required

🎁 Benefits

• 🌴 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 days) + bank holidays

• 💰 Up to 6% matched pension

• 🤒 Enhanced sick pay & family leave

• 👓 Eye care vouchers

• 💉 Winter flu jab vouchers

• 🚲 Cycle to work scheme

• 📈 Ongoing professional development & training

📝 Application Details

• 🖱 Apply via digital application form

• ⏰ Deadline: 22/03/2026 (midnight)

• 💻 Interviews: Virtual from April 2026 (flexible time slots available)