Peer Support Officer
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the South West, Wessex and Channel Islands service delivery team to support our exciting work in Gloucestershire.
You will bring experience and understanding of the meaningful involvement of lived experience, working to address health inequities, using a data driven approach to prioritisation and focus of work.
Position: (phone number removed) Peer Support Officer
Location: Home-based Gloucestershire, as part of the South West, Wessex & Channel Islands locality team
However, frequent travel will be required as part of this role (may include team meetings or other work-related meetings)
Hours: Part-time, 21 hours per week
Salary: Circa £17,800 per annum (FTE circa £29,813.07)
Contract: This is a fixed-term contract for 1 year. We currently have funding for this service for 1 year.
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Health Cash Plan, flexible working opportunities available.
Closing Date: 4 October 2026
Interview Date: 13 and 14 October 2026. Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.
The Role
Reporting to the Service Delivery Coach for the South West and Channel Islands, the Peer Support Officer will work with colleagues across the locality to deliver against engagement activity.
Key responsibilities will include:
* Leading the involvement of people affected by stroke to prioritise our work and improve the experience of people affected by stroke
* Development of peer support groups across Gloucestershire
* Working with health care professionals, including clinicians, managers and leads
* Managing volunteers
* Build stroke communities to enable stroke survivors and their carers to rebuild their lives after stroke
About You
You will be:
* Data driven
* Able to work independently, prioritise activity and focus to increase impact and reach
* Willing to travel
* Experimental and willing to learn
* Dependable
* A team player
This role requires travel across Gloucestershire as well as occasional travel across the South West locality. Candidates must be able to demonstrate how they can meet this requirement of the role
To fulfil the role, you must be a resident of the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
Applications
To apply you’ll be redirected to the organisation website where you can download the full role profile. You’ll need to submit a CV and cover letter demonstrating how you meet the person specification detailed in the role profile, and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident scheme, please indicate this in your supporting statement when applying for the role.
Stroke Association
Finding strength through support
The Stroke Association is the only charity in the UK providing lifelong support for all stroke survivors and their families. We provide tailored support to tens of thousands of stroke survivors each year. This support includes one-to-one and group support, funding vital scientific research into stroke prevention, acute treatment, recovery and long-term care, and campaigning to secure the best care for everyone affected by stroke.
We’re here for stroke survivors and their loved ones, from the moment they enter the new and frightening post-stroke world, supporting them every step of the way as they find their strength and their way back to life.
It’s only thanks to the generosity of our supporters and donors that we can provide vital support.
Stroke Association is driven by our ambition to improve the lives of everyone affected by stroke. This means we’re determined to create an equitable and inclusive workplace that benefits from the difference, and thrives on the diversity, of our people. Guided by Our approach to solving inequity in stroke, we are prioritising listening to, and learning from, lived experience across our charity.
We are working to improve the representation of this lived experience at all levels within the Stroke Association and we are eager to recruit applicants from a variety of communities and backgrounds. We are keen to receive applications from people affected by stroke, people of colour, members of LGBT+ communities, and disabled people because these identities and experiences are underrepresented and would add enormous value to how we work.
We are a Disability Confident employer, and we are making great progress focusing on flexible working, reasonable adjustments and access to work. Our charity has a variety of staff network groups and we're committed to continuously improving our diversity and inclusion efforts. If you have questions, or access needs, we’re happy to discuss any support and adjustments we can make throughout the recruitment process so that you’re able to contribute your best in a way that meets your needs.
You may also have experience in areas such as Engagement Officer, Community Engagement Officer, Peer Support, Health Support Officer, Community Support.
Please note this role is advertised by the recruitment agency acting for the client, Not For Profit People. #INDNFP
