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Director

Employer
Brighton Natural Health Centre
Location
Brighton, East Sussex
Salary
32,000 per annum (Part-time, 30 hours per week)
Closing date
30 Apr 2021

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Job Details

Brighton Natural Health Centre (BNHC) is a long-established charity working in the area of community health, providing classes to support personal health and wellbeing, including yoga, dance, Pilates, meditation, tai chi, movement for health and more, along with talks and workshops. The charity occupies premises in central Brighton with two excellent spaces for classes and has access to other spaces in the local area where required.

This year marks the charity’s 40th birthday and we are looking for a dynamic professional to drive the charity forwards as we recover from the restrictions and impact of the Covid pandemic.

As well as continuing to provide income-generating classes and events alongside its current outreach projects, the charity is looking to develop more significant externally-funded projects to further its charitable aims in the local community, and realise its ambitions of becoming the most inclusive and accessible community resource possible.

The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker with proven operations, finance and business development expertise, and with hands-on experience of running and developing a smaller enterprise, ideally within the charity sector. They will need to be passionately committed to the delivery of personal, community and planetary health.

They should demonstrate excellent leadership skills, vision and drive, and have confident people management skills, along with proven experience of developing projects and instigating partnerships with both large and small organisations.

Overview
• Part-time, 30 hours per week, flexible working considered
• £32,000 per annum
• Six month contract initially - we intend this to lead to a permanent role subject to successful review
• Reporting to the Board of Trustees
• Line management responsibilities: Centre Manager and Community Coordinator
• Oversight of outsourced accountancy, bookkeeping and marketing functions

Main duties of the role
• Following the vision set by the Trustees, lead the development and implementation of a strategic business plan, based on sound operational practices and processes.
• Drive the practical evolution of its business model and charitable activities, and lay the groundwork for a sustainable future for BNHC more clearly devoted to community health and wellbeing.
• Lead the production of effective financial systems in order to produce regular trusted and accurate budget monitoring and forecasting, and other financial data reports to enable effective decision-making.
• Lead, develop and support a professional team of staff, volunteers and contracted teachers to deliver efficient operational functions, to create a rewarding working environment.
• Develop positive and effective relationships with the charity’s stakeholders.
• Further develop and enhance BNHC’s reputation as a centre of excellence.
• Provide support, guidance and accurate financial information to the trustees on a broad range of issues, to enable effective decision-making.

TO APPLY:

The full job description and qualifications/experience required, and how to apply, are contained within the application pack. If you would like any further information, or to discuss the role before applying, please contact us on chair@brightonnaturalhealthcentre.org.uk to arrange a call.

Please download the application pack linked below. This can also be found on our website: https://brightonnaturalhealthcentre.org.uk/jobs-director/.

The closing date for applications is 5pm, Friday 30th April 2021.

Company

Brighton Natural Health Centre is a long-established charity working in the area of community health, providing classes to support personal health and wellbeing, including yoga, dance, pilates, meditation, tai chi, movement for health and more, along with talks and workshops. The charity occupies premises in central Brighton with two excellent spaces for classes and has access to other spaces in the local area where required.

Our regular class fees fund our operational costs and contribute to the running of our community outreach programme, alongside some modest external funding. Our current programme includes low-cost community classes and free classes for more marginalised people in our community including female refugees, migrants and asylum seekers, and free trauma-informed yoga classes for women in Brighton and Hove.

BNHC was founded in 1981 by wholefood cooperative Infinity Foods to further its educational aims and it was separately registered as a charity in 1984. Two of Infinity’s founder members still serve on the BNHC’s board of trustees and the charity rents its premises from the adjacent co-operative.

our mission and vision

We have a vision for a happy and healthy Brighton and Hove – with a community of students and teachers who work together for the benefit of our minds, bodies and spirits.

our charitable aims

  • To help people learn how to better look after themselves and support their minds, bodies and spirits;
  • To help build a healthy and happy community and contribute to a peaceful and sustainable world.
Company info
Website
Telephone
01273 600010
Location
Brighton Natural Health Centre
27 Regent Street
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1UL
GB

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