Jobs
Berwickshire Swap Project Manager - Maternity Cover
Annual Salary of £15,822
Equivalent of £13.83 per hour
Contract
Initial maternity cover of 22 hours per week.
Working days shall vary with the needs of the charity and will include weekend and occasional evening work.
Benefits
Pension and holiday entitlement
Staff training and development
Flexible family working pattern
Place of Work
This role will be mainly based from our Eyemouth warehouse and peripatetic to our swap events
in and around the Scottish Borders, East Lothian and Northumberland.
Application Deadline
Friday 30th August 2024
Email applications to: lucy.allman@berwickshireswap.co.uk
Interviews
Successful candidates will be asked to attend an interview on Monday 9th September
Background:
Berwickshire Swap is a Scottish charity supporting children and families struggling with clothing
poverty. We organise and deliver children's clothing, toy, book and baby equipment swap
events. Alongside helping families to live more sustainably, our events are aimed towards
supporting a more circular economy, keeping good quality children's clothing and items out of
landfill. In addition to this we also provide an emergency clothing parcel service that runs on a
referral basis where we work alongside health visitors, social workers and schools.
Our team of staff currently consists of our Operations Manager, two Project Managers and our
Emergency Parcel Co-ordinator. The charity is governed by our board of trustees and supported
incredibly by our volunteers.
Job Role
Our Project Managers work alongside our Emergency Parcel Co-orindator and volunteers to
help tackle clothing poverty and promote sustainable living within our communities based in
Scottish Borders and East Lothian, whilst beginning to expand into Northumberland.
Project managers take direction from the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) to focus
our swap events in the areas who need the most support from our Charity. This is in
collaboration with the data received from each swap event we hold.
The successful candidate will help our Charity develop and expand financially in terms of
supporting the Operations Manager with the growth of our corporate sponsorship programme.
Through time our new project manager will progress with the charity within Northumberland and
liaise with potential venues and sponsors.
Our project managers work very closely with one another for the best interest of the Charity, as
well as our bank of volunteers and members of the public.
Essentials:
- Capability to work as part of a small team with the ethos of our charity at the heart of
decision making.
- Ability to load and unload donations from our vans and swap events
- A genuine passion for working within the third sector with the drive to help the charity
develop and expand
- Full driving licence
- An understanding of the demographic in which we operate
Desirable:
- Experience in charity work - especially working within the third sector.
- Experience of funding applications and report writing.
- Warm, friendly and sympathetic manner
- Previous involvement in volunteer management
To apply for the role of Project Manager - Maternity cover, please submit a CV and cover letter
to lucy.allman@berwickshireswap.co.uk no later than Friday 30th August, 2024.
For any questions please contact Lucy Allman - Operations Manager at the email address
above.