Vacancies at the Mental Health Foundation

We exist to help people survive, recover from and prevent mental health problems. We bring together teams that undertake research, develop services, design training, influence policy and raise public awareness within one organisation. We are keen to tackle difficult issues and try different approaches, many of them led by mental health service users.

Current vacancies

Head of Research

Head of Research

London Based (Waterloo/Blackfriars)
Salary: £44,542 per annum

Closing date for applications: 9 July 2009

Interviews: 16 July 2009

The Mental Health Foundation has a fast-growing reputation for innovation in mental health research and practice. We are an independent charity with a long-term view of how to transform care and treatment for people with mental health problems. In recent years we have published groundbreaking research on exercise and depression, nutrition and mental health, and self-harm.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and committed mental health researcher to become our Head of Research and lead one of our leading programmes of work. You will be:

Committed to mental health and well-being, to improving the experience of mental health service users and to making mental health issues relevant to public audiences
A good staff manager and with a proven track record in managing projects, contracts and budgets
Committed to delivering meaningful mental health service user involvement in our work
Able to identify funding sources, develop costed project proposals and win new business

And you will have:

Sound methodological and research management experience
Experience in evaluation and/or research consultancy
Strong editorial and quality assurance skills

Please complete the application form below and return it to vacancies@mhf.org.uk there is also a more detailed job description below.

Download - [86 KB] Application Form Head of Research

Download - [32 KB] Head of Research Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form

Download - [61 KB] Head of Research job description

The Mental Health Foundation promotes equality of opportunity for all - we welcome applications from people with personal experience of mental distress or learning disabilities.

The Foundation positively encourages people with experience of using mental health services, in the belief that we are contributing to our primary aim of enhancing mental health, that we will benefit from the widest range of experience and talent, become more representative of and more useful to the world in which we work and, finally, that they will establish a working environment in which everyone is treated in a non-discriminatory manner.

Recruitment agencies may be employed as appropriate. The Foundation will ensure that the agency involved operates an equal opportunities policy comparable to that used by the Foundation.

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