Are you a confident and experienced leader, with a heart for young people, passionate about equipping the church to transform society?
Join us as our next Centre Manager and use your leadership and interpersonal skills to head up our team delivering employment support in Spear Bristol.
In partnership with Christ Church Clifton, you’ll be managing the delivery of Resurgo's award-winning Spear Programme. Over the last 20 years, Spear has supported more than 10,500 young people across the UK with the work-ready skills and mindset they need to succeed in employment, no matter the challenges they face. But we don’t want to stop there.
We believe each young person has huge potential. If you do too, and you have the skills and heart to see their lives transformed – join us.
The important stuff
Location: Bristol
Full-Time, Permanent
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9.30am - 5.30pm with some out-of-hours work needed for events such as our Spear Celebrations
Salary: £30,000
Closing date: Monday 10th March, 09.00am (We are interviewing on a rolling basis and might close the application early if we find the right candidate)
Application pack: Have a look at our application pack for more information about the role and Resurgo
In this role, you’ll be responsible for:
Strategy, vision and impact [30%]
* Spearheading Resurgo’s ‘big picture’ vision of a transformed society, where each member plays its part, and the church is empowered to transform young lives
* Owning and managing the strategy for Spear Bristol that will help make this vision a reality
* Ensuring the Spear Programme is delivered in line with agreed targets; overseeing and reporting on impact metrics
Relationship management [25%]
* Building and managing great relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including referrers, local businesses, donors, and your Board of Trustees
* You'll be embedded into Christ Church Clifton, and working closely with your Trust and congregation, and actively participating in their mission and events
Leadership, line management and training [20%]
* Leading your team with confidence; spurring them on in your centre’s vision; investing in a team culture of excellence, belonging and fun
* Investing in the professional growth of your Lead Coach and Graduate Coach
* Inputting into organisational-wide training streams
* Inputting into recruitment of new team members
Driving a culture of coaching [20%]
* Driving a culture of coaching in your team
* Hands-on group and 1-1 coaching with numerous 16-24-year-olds: equipping them with practical work-ready skills and resilient mindsets
o Engaging in gritty conversations with your trainees; walking alongside them whatever their circumstances; inspiring them and releasing their potential
o Managing safeguarding
* Opportunities to engage in corporate coaching
Operations [5%]
* Managing the daily operational activity of your centre, including IT, finance and health and safety
Personal Qualities we are looking for:
* An active Christian, passionate about personally representing the values of Resurgo and Christ Church Clifton
* A commitment to grow and learn spiritually and as a Christian leader, and a desire to learn and understand coaching techniques
* Passion for social justice and for working as part of the church to transform communities, especially supporting young people in employment of education
* Effective interpersonal skills, high emotional intelligence, a sense of humour and fun!
* Strong leadership and management skills, highly self-motivated with strong initiative and the ability to translate ideas into practice
* An ambitious and self-motivated individual with the ability to prioritise workload, exercise initiative and work well under pressure
* An awareness of the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults
You can expect:
* A genuine commitment to upskilling you through impressive training opportunities:
* Support and funding to complete your professional coaching accreditation
* Progression opportunities through professional development 1-1s, and a dedicated talent manager
* Equipping you to have autonomy in your role, through a culture of ‘high challenge, high support’
* A fun, supportive culture where you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work
* A worshipping community, where you can pray and worship with your colleagues
* Summer and autumn staff conference days, plus a two-night Christmas retreat
A couple of things to note:
* This role requires occasional evening work, for our termly Spear Celebrations (where we celebrate our trainees as they complete the initial six weeks of the programme)
* In the event of a job offer, a DBS check will be requested