Role Summary
Here’s your chance to make an impact at one of the UK’s leading up-and-coming LGBT+ charities. In this role, you will launch, establish, and manage Blossom LGBT’s regional “Hubs” and a number of new exciting employability programmes, delivering a comprehensive year‑round curriculum and ensuring the success and growth of these services through effective programme design, leadership of volunteer teams, community engagement, and outcome‑focused project management.
Contract & Location
Fixed Term (12 Months) – goal to extend. Hybrid: 3 Days in Guildford Office & travel across South East England.
Key Duties
* Deliver Strategy: Bring to life Blossom’s new programmes and broader operational strategy for 2026 to 2030 by taking overarching responsibility for programmes across the charity.
* 1) Hub Launch & Development: Lead the creation of new local hubs in counties outside of Surrey and maintain delivery of existing hubs.
* 2) Annual Curriculum Design: Use public, service user, and secondary research projects and other evidence‑based processes to develop and implement a full annual curriculum.
* 3) Short‑Term “Accelerator” Campaigns: Plan and execute thematic campaigns with the purpose of accelerating access to work.
* 4) Digital Content & Community: Develop and launch online resources on our digital members portal.
* On‑Site Monitoring: Attend hubs and accelerator programme delivery to monitor, seek areas of improvement, and connect with service users & leaders.
* Volunteer & Leadership Management: Recruit, train & support a team of volunteers and “Hub Peer Leaders.”
* Service User Management: Oversee and maintain a central database of service users.
* Monitoring & Evaluation: Track key performance indicators and outcome measures. Collect and report on metrics & generalised feedback.
* Community and Partnership Engagement: Act as the key representative of Blossom. Build and maintain partnerships with a range of different stakeholders.
* Outreach & Audience Building: Deliver a range of outreach activities and other projects focused on growing the charity’s audience and reaching new service users.
* Operational and Logistical Oversight: Manage the practical aspects of delivering multiple programmes across in‑person and digital locations.
* Budget Management & Fundraising: Track expenses and provide budget reports. Generate funds to continue to deliver and scale our work.
* Ensure all activities align with Blossom LGBT’s values and comply with organisational policies (health & safety, equality, GDPR, etc.).
* Continually seek innovation in service delivery: Use feedback from youth to experiment with new formats or topics to keep the programme relevant and engaging.
* Organisational Development: Take part and lead cross‑organisational projects that better Blossom as a charity.
Qualifications & Requirements
To be considered for this role you must hold a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle – the role will require travel across South East England. The successful candidate will also be subject to a DBS check (criminal background check) and referencing.
We are not able to offer sponsorship/ VISA’s.
First round interviews for this role will be held 27th – 29th October.
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