New Lived Experience Co-Chair role: we are recruiting

Do you have personal experience of suicide, as well as expertise in lived experience involvement and co-production. Have you got experience in organisational leadership? We are recruiting to a new role within the NSPA – Lived Experience Co-Chair – to work with the NSPA team and co-lead the Alliance with our existing Co-Chairs.

Over the past 18 months the NSPA has been through a period of significant change – moving to a new host organisation, the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, as well as strategically reviewing our programme and way of working. We are now at the start of a three-year strategic transformation plan to evolve our offer to meet the needs of both our own networks and the wider suicide prevention community where it is now.

As part of this, we are introducing a new Lived Experience (LE) Co-Chair role to sit alongside the Host Co-Chair and the Suicide Prevention Co-Chair. This is to reflect our commitment to embedding LE expertise at all levels of the NSPA. The newly appointed Chair will play a vital part in supporting the NSPA’s transformation.

Find out more about the role by downloading the application information pack.

Making an application

Recruitment is by an open application process. Applications will be reviewed and shortlisted before invitation to interview. References will also be requested and taken up before any formal offer of this role.

How to apply

Please send a copy of your CV and a cover letter (no longer than two sides of A4) to  info@nspa.org.uk. An informal chat about the role can be arranged on request.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 09:00 on Tuesday 19^th May.

Interviews will be arranged with the shortlisted candidates, and we hope to appoint by the end of May.