Job Details

Salary:22,937-24,472 per annum  Contract type: Fixed term until September 2017 Working pattern: Full time

Closing date: Thursday 28 July 2016 by noon

How to apply: An application pack is available by clicking on the ‘Job Vacancies’ link, or by calling Liz Clarke or Wendy Wrath or emailing 

About the Role

Care for the Carers is seeking to recruit a Development Officer, to take a key role in building projects, tools and connections to better support unpaid carers. Working with colleagues from Health, Social Care and within our teams, you will kick start projects that respond to carers’ needs, as well as contributing to ongoing monitoring and evaluation.

You will help us build Carer Friendly Communities in East Sussex by growing our network of community contact points, making services more accessible to carers and increasing our profile. The successful applicant will thrive on communicating across organisations, sectors and communities and creating meaningful, productive working relationships with a wide range of partners.

This is currently a fixed term role until the end of September 2017, with the scope to be extended subject to funding.

The successful applicant will be a skilled communicator with excellent IT and organisational skills.

As you will be required to travel within East Sussex, being a car driver is essential. This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Care for the Carers is committed to valuing diversity.

Care for the Carers has a number of measures in place to support the carers in its employment including carers leave.

An application pack is available by clicking on the ‘Job Vacancies’ link, or by calling Liz Clarke or Wendy Wrath

Closing date for applications is Thursday 28 July 2016 at 12.00 noon

Interviews will be held on Monday 08 August 2016

Care for the Carers is an equal opportunities employer.

Additional Information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.