Volunteer and Business Support Manager - South West Area

Job Title: Volunteer and Business Support Manager - South West Area

Location: HMS Flying Fox, Winterstoke Road, Bristol, B23 2NS

Salary: £41,300 gross per annum

Job type: Full time, 12-month FTC.

Closing Date: 31st March 2025.

Interviews: 9th April 2025.

The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is the leading maritime charity for youth development and lifelong learning. We are a vibrant and growing charity inspiring young people to achieve their potential through challenge and nautical adventure and also enabling seafarers and maritime professionals to realise their potential through learning and career development.

We are currently looking for a Volunteer and Business Support Manager for the Southwest Area to join our team.

About the role:

The Volunteer & Business Support Manager (VBSM) is a full-time employee of MSSC, and is a member of the Area Officer's (AO) staff. The VBSM will work in close liaison with the NSC Business Management Team and will be functionally accountable to the Assistant Director of Business Support (ADBS) for business, volunteering & growth-related matters.

This role will require evening & weekend working as necessary and travel to other MSSC, Sea Cadet Corps (SCC), and other organisation's facilities, especially within the designated Area of the MSSC, and to its London National Support Centre.

Due to the nature of the work, this post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the post holder will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Purpose of the Role:

This post will play a key role in the delivery of effective support for volunteers (both uniformed and non-uniformed), the growth of Sea Cadets, and good business practice in support of MSSC's objectives under its Vision and Strategy.

The key elements are to:

1. Support volunteers and units by overseeing all aspects of business management and governance across Sea Cadet units in the Area including the development of capacity and capability of their units through advice or signposting on business, volunteering, growth, compliance, finance, fundraising & promotion, health & safety, recruitment, and property issues.
2. Support the AO through contributing to the development and monitoring of the Area business plan, overseeing the Area budget, compliance monitoring, and management of business risk, and identifying growth opportunities.
3. Line manage Volunteer Support Officer/s (VSO) and liaise directly with their functional manager in relation to their allocated workload.

Requirements:

• Experience of delivering business advice and contributing to business, growth and development plans.
• Experience of case, complaints and investigation management.
• Communication and interpersonal skills (written and spoken) with the ability to present information in a manner appropriate to the audience.
• Building partnerships - Good influencing skills and an ability to foster and maintain successful working relationships with colleagues and contacts.
• Self-servicing - ability to self-service and work unsupervised, organising own workload, meeting deadlines and taking the initiative, whilst working as part of a team.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave per annum increasing with length of service
• Hybrid working for many roles
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Private medical insurance
• Generous pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling
• Employee development: We are investing in our employees' development and have an annual calendar of learning and development opportunities, designed to support employees to develop into their roles and stretch them to achieve their full potential.

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