Director (Programmes, Grants and Transformation)
Synergi
Remote Full time, 4 days considered
2 year fixed term contract
£50,000 per annum

Introduction
Synergi https://synergiproject.org.uk/ is an ambitious and complex programme of work which focuses on the intersection of racial justice and mental health. At its core, it is about shifting power and resource to grassroots groups and community organisers in this space. Synergi is for people doing this lived experience work on the ground, who are imagining and building alternatives. We want to connect, amplify, celebrate and resource this work.

Synergi as a programme of work is solely funded by Lankelly Chase. Their grant to NSUN was the largest grant they had ever awarded to a single organisation. Its a demonstration of the funders and NSUNs commitment to this work, which has been historically underfunded.

The role
There is a strategy in place, and two brilliant team members. In the short-term, the challenge is to build on the momentum of our first grants programme, which has just distributed 37 grants of £3,000 to grassroots groups led by and for Black people and people of colour, working on racial justice and mental health. This is a deeply collaborative programme of work, which will involve working in partnership in so many different ways with the groups and individuals who are themselves driving this change.

The person
We are looking for someone with lived experience who brings demonstrable relationship building, project, programme and grant management experience. This role would be the perfect fit for someone who shares the values of the work, and who has drive and ambition for the endurance of the project beyond the two years.

How to apply For an informal conversation about the role, please contact our recruitment partner, Carroll Lloyd, Director, NFP Consulting.

Application is by way of CV with a Supporting Statement that should set out your motivations for applying and how your work experience to date meets the scope of the responsibilities and person specification. As a general guide, your Supporting Statement should be around two sides of A4. We ask that candidates address how your lived experience of mental ill-health, distress or trauma has informed your ways of working and your interest in this role. Please do not feel the need to disclose anything about your personal lived experience in any detail.

Whilst it is not mandatory, should you decide to apply, it would be of great help if you could complete the Equal Opportunity and Diversity Monotoring form which is downloadable from this listing. Should you choose to do so please email the completed form to office@nfpconsulting.co.uk with Director of Synergi monitoring form in the subject box. The form is anonymous and will be stored separately from your application. Thank you

Please let us know if you require any adjustments to the interview process for you to participate and we will do our best to accommodate these.