Salary: £36,000-£39,000 depending on experience
Contract Length: Substantive
Holidays: 24 days plus birthday off
Based At: Wigan with occasional regional and national travel
Accountable To: Board of Trustees
To Apply: Please upload a CV and Covering letter outlining why you would be an asset to our charity using this link: https://hr.breathehr.com/recruitment/vacancies/43308 Please apply early as we reserve the right to close applications as soon as sufficient applicants have been received.
Closing Date: 31st October
Interview Date: w/c 3rd November
Job Summary: The Brick is an ambitious charity with big aspirations for people in need within our community. We provide RELIEF, RESTORATION and REFORMATION by offering tailored support, hope, and opportunity to those looking to improve their quality of life. Our core work is in homelessness, and these projects include emergency and supported accommodation, street outreach and homelessness prevention programmes.
In March 2023, we launched England’s first multibank in partnership with Gordon Brown and Amazon. We have since distributed 3million household items, donated to us by businesses, to families in need via a network of over 400 professional partners across Greater Manchester and neighbouring towns. We have huge ambitions to grow this project across the northwest by increasing funding donations and hence capacity. We also operate an affordable food community, serving 600 households every month with affordable food and distribute pre-loved furniture items to families in need across the Wigan Borough. In addition, we provide a final finish service to Wigan Council where we refurbish 200 void social properties ready for their next tenant every year, turning houses into homes.
We are now looking for a Project Development Manager to build on all these specific anti-poverty programmes, capitalise on synergies and develop a long-term financially sustainable operational plan. In joining our team, you will be a believer in the right to equal life chances with a passion to improve lives through collaboration and innovation. You’ll have outstanding numeracy and data analysis skills, relationship management and influencing experience and will be tenacious. You’ll be self-motivated, strategically experienced, commercial and an analytical leader. You’ll also be someone who has experience of networking, public speaking and fundraising campaigns as well as storytelling and understanding social impact.
Job Purpose: We have an opportunity for an exceptional manager to develop and lead the capacity building strategy of the Brick Multi-bank and other anti-poverty projects. You will be a key member of our senior team, tasked with leading the development and management of key structures, processes, funding and frameworks to drive effective delivery and realisation of our strategic goals. You will work closely with donors and suppliers, partners, and the network of other multi-banks in Fife, Wales, Teesside, Midlands and London to identify and overcome operational challenges to distribution – growing our reach considerably. The successful candidate will also work closely and assist our Distribution Team Lead with growing our network of community partners to ensure they receive excellent operational support and customer service. We are continually evolving our processes, and you will work within a culture of continuous improvement to improve and grow our projects to maximise outcomes for people. The main, key responsibility of this role is to build partnerships, fundraise, and devise and implement a strategy to generate income of £250-£300k per annum, from a broad portfolio of Trusts & Foundations, including working to submit compelling applications of the highest standard. Part of this role will involve managing the Multibank Team and 2 x PT Brick Food Community Managers as well as assisting with sourcing supplies across both food and essential household items, analysing synergies across furniture welfare and final finish and bringing our anti-poverty projects together.
