Northeast Essex Recovery College Lead

Bridge Support

Number of Vacancies: x1 Role available Location: Northeast Essex (Multiple Locations) Contract Type:    Fixed-term pilot contract : 9 months, 37.5 hours per week,(Monday-Friday 9am-5pm) Hourly Rate:    Available on Request Reports to:         Training and Business Development Manager

At Bridge, therapeutic optimism is at the heart of everything we do. We believe that everyone experiencing mental health challenges has the potential to grow, recover, and lead meaningful lives. Our Recovery College plays a vital role in this journey—empowering people through learning, shared experience, and achievement. 

We’re looking for an inspiring and dynamic Northeast Essex Recovery College Lead to shape and deliver high-quality learning experiences that promote mental health and wellbeing across the community.

As the Recovery College Lead, you will take a central role in designing, coordinating, and delivering educational programmes that support recovery. You’ll work collaboratively with people with lived experience, families, carers, and professionals—ensuring courses are inclusive, engaging, and impactful.

• Co-design, plan, and deliver a range of courses and workshops that promote positive mental health and wellbeing
• Lead the development of innovative learning opportunities for adults with lived experience, as well as their families, friends, and mental health practitioners
• Deliver some courses directly, while supporting and guiding Tutors and Peer Trainers to co-deliver others
• Work under the guidance of the Training and Business Development Manager to ensure high-quality, consistent delivery
• Provide constructive feedback, advice, and ongoing support to learners
• Create a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive learning environment across all venues

• A strong belief in recovery and the power of learning
• Experience in training, education, or facilitation
• Confidence in working collaboratively with people with lived experience
• Excellent communication, organisation, and leadership skills
• A passion for creating inclusive and supportive spaces

You’ll be part of a forward-thinking organisation that values co-production, lived experience, and hope. This is a unique opportunity to lead meaningful work that empowers individuals and strengthens communities.

Applying for a role at Bridge Support will open the door to joining an organisation that has been awarded, at excellence level, the healthy workplace charter 2019, Inclusive Excellence Award 2024-2025 and retained its Mindful Employer status for a further two years 2024-2026.

Bridge cares passionately about all aspects of their staff’s working life, and we don’t just write it we act on it too.

This spans from how workers feel about their duties and providing them with meaningful work, giving our employees a voice in accepting and utilising feedback, to their working environment ensuring quality and safety of the physical environments for all, and finally a leadership team with a focus on its people. Put us to the test and apply today!

As stated in the attached Job Description, this vacancy is subject to pre-Right to Work Checks, Career Checks, and an Enhanced DBS check.

Bridge Support is committed to being an inclusive workplace, and our recruitment process is designed to be accessible to all interested applicants. Please note Bridge Support does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

Initially, candidates who have been shortlisted will undergo a pre-screening telephone interview, and depending on the outcome candidates will be invited for a face-to-face interview.

Benefit:   • You’ll be added to SAGE Benefits• x2 death in service salary

• Automatic enrolment on a workplace pension scheme (after 3 months).

• 27 Days holiday, plus all statutory bank holidays.

• Company Sick Pay after 12 months continuous service.

• Mandatory Training is provided when and where appropriate.

• Future workforce development opportunities which align

Should you require any reasonable adjustments for all or at any stage of the recruitment or interview process, please do not hesitate to let us know. 

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Closing Date: Sunday 21st June 2026.     Pre-Screening Interview Dates: Week Commencing 22nd June 2026.     Interview Dates: Friday 3rd July 2026