Part-Time Project Co-Ordinator at Stellenbosch University

Duties/Pligte        

Service delivery:

• Call/contact centre management: providing internet, telephone, and email information to callers and referrals for mental health or other care with a 24-hour turnaround period.
• Maintenance of the MHIC website, service provider database, Facebook, X (Twitter); regularly updating the content, verifying and registering new mental health  professionals on the service provider database.
• Media liaison: compiling and distributing press releases, assisting journalists in writing mental health (MH) related articles, and arranging interviews with MH professionals for radio/TV.
• Liaising with local, national and international mental health role-players, such as SAFMH, Cape Mental Health, CPMH, SADAG, the DANA Alliance for Brain Initiatives, WFMH, NIMH and IBRO.
• Liaising with Health24, SA Healthinfo to review, update or write new information for their websites.
• Collaborating with research, academic, governmental, non-governmental, and consumer bodies.
• Strong emphasis on consumer advocacy; marketing and promoting MHIC services and products (liaising with different stakeholders such as the media,  corporate partners, pharmaceutical companies, MH advocacy groups, other SU departements and international organisations such as the Dana Alliance to increase awareness of MHIC activities.

Community interaction:

• Hosting, coordinating and participating in local mental health awareness campaigns.

Administration and funding:

• Writing funding proposals and sponsorship letters to possible donors/funders/sponsors.
• Daily logging of call centre enquiries, data, website and service provider database activities.
• Archiving MHIC orders and payments.
• Updating MHIC information brochures (Afrikaans, English, and isiXhosa) and compiling new ones as the need arises.
• Supervising volunteers at the MHIC.

Research/academic involvement:

• Academic year day participation at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SU.
• Attending and presenting MHIC data at relevant workshops.
• Attending and presenting data at local and international conferences.
• Undertaking research studies and surveys.
• Assisting with recruitment of participants for research studies of the SAMRC Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders.
• Assisting with drawing of blood/collecting of samples for different research trials.

Ongoing collaborations:

• Varsity Sports SpeakUp campaign, CrazySocks4Docs campaign, Hope Hike and Bike: Dr Florence de Vries, Head: Marketing and Communication, SU.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes        

• A recognised postgraduate degree in Psychology, Social Work, Psychiatry or Psychiatric Nursing.
• At least four years' experience working in the mental health field.
• The ability to, and evidence of previous use of social media (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter)) as a marketing tool with confidence.
• Excellent interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint, and previous exposure to Publisher.
• Excellent communication skills in English as well as Afrikaans.
• Good working knowledge of Stellenbosch University's financial system (SUNFin).

Recommendation/Aanbeveling        

• Previous exposure to project management practices.
• Experience relevant to this post (e.g. stigma).
• A qualification to do clinical work for research trials such as drawing of blood, collecting saliva samples, or any other clinical work needed by the Unit.
• Good working knowledge of Publisher, as well as SPSS Statistics software.
• Good academic and lay media writing skills.
• Attention to detail and the ability to multitask.  

Closing Date : 18-Sep-2026