This is an exciting opportunity to lead our established small charity focussed on improving the lives of local adults with learning disabilities.
The Charity Manager will be at the heart of the organisation and will lead a small team of qualified tutors and volunteers in continuing to provide high quality experiences for the people who attend. Stepping Stones is a community that loves to socialise and learn new skills together. Our current programme includes art, dance, drama and music, together with digital skills and cooking.
This role is responsible for strategic development with the guidance of the Board of Trustees, fundraising, and the management of all aspects of service delivery. It is our intention to appoint a new post of Activity Co-ordinator to support the Charity Manager as budgets allow. You will play an active part in designing this role so that it enhances our delivery and increases capacity within the organisation.
ABOUT THE CHARITY
Stepping Stones is a thriving, longstanding and highly valued community organisation. We have delivered activities in Southwark for over 30 years and our weekly classes are an important part of the lives of people who attend.
Our main delivery is a timetable of weekly classes from our base at St Faiths Community Centre. We also have activities off site including gardening at the Stuart Road Allotments in Nunhead, and music and art classes at a local day centre and residential home. Each week over 100 people benefit from our activities.
ABOUT YOU
You will build good working relationships with all stakeholders including the people who attend our classes, their network of support (including support workers, carers and family members), funders, partners and the local community. Reporting directly to the Board of Trustees, you will be comfortable working with autonomy. You will be a strong team leader, proactive problem solver, and confident making decisions for the good of the organisation. Whilst the role demands strategic thinking and planning, it also requires you to be visible and accessible. You will sometimes contribute to activities when time allows, for example, in pilot phases of new classes
DETAILS ABOUT THE ROLE
Being together in real life is an essential element of our offer to the people who attend Stepping Stones and this post requires a physical presence preferably 3 days per week during the term time period when classes are running. We are open in our approach to recruitment and are keen to support the right candidate to flourish. This means that we are happy to consider flexible working hours and an annualised hours contract if this supports your work life balance.
HOW TO APPLY
Details of how to apply, including the Job Description and Person Specification can be found here: job advert.