Growth & Communities Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for a Growth & Communities Manager- Midlands to join our Growth and Communities Team.

Salary:  £46,475 per annum - Band G, Level 3 (Plus Car Allowance)

Location: Home Based within Midlands - This is a Midlands based role. The successful applicant will need to be able to get to the Midlands periodically but it is not required that you live in the area.

Term: 12 Months Fixed-term Contract - Maternity Cover

Working Hours: 35 hours per week (including evenings and weekends) 

We’re Scouts and everyone’s welcome here - all genders, races and backgrounds. Right across the UK, we help over 400,000 young people aged 4-25 gain skills for life and find their place in the world.

 About the Growth & Communities Manager Role: 

As a Growth & Communities Manager, you will work strategically with Regional Lead Volunteers in the Midlands and the national volunteer leadership team to extend the reach of Scouting. You will lead a team of growth staff to support local Scout Counties and Districts to achieve their growth and development ambitions, with additional responsibilities to induct and support volunteer managers locally.

What we are looking for in our Growth & Communities Manager:

• An understanding of most, if not all of the following issues: growth, rural communities, urban communities, deprived communities, minority ethnic communities, schools, local authority youth and community service, partnership projects
• A track record of obtaining external funding, running highly effective funded projects and delivering on funded project objectives
• Able to lead, manage, coach, motivate and support a number of direct and indirect reports
• Ability to work on and lead a wide range of different and complex projects
• Possess high level of communication and interpersonal skills to enable successful relationship building, influencing and negotiating with others
• Be reactive and responsive to the needs of others, especially in critical incident management

Key responsibilities as our Growth & Communities Manager:

• Provide leadership, management and support to the Local Growth Operations Managers and Growth & Communities staff across the allocated area, ensuring that they deliver their objectives, on a wide range of core and funded project work.
• Lead Growth Planning process for the Midlands Area overseeing mapping, planning and monitoring of growth activity
• Deliver a monthly management report outlining progress against growth targets for the Midlands Area
• Provide strategic support for the relevant Regional Lead Volunteers, in particular focusing upon the growth of Scouting within the appropriate Regions.
• Provide advice and support on the strategic growth and development of Counties and Districts to County and District Lead Volunteers.

As our Growth & Communities Manager in return, we offer you:

• Work in a way that suits you, your role and your department
• Be proud to say you’re part of a team with Investors in People (Gold)
• Plenty of opportunity for learning and development
• 28 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays rising to 32 days after two years
• Four extra days to look after your family when they need you
• Three extra days over Christmas

We are proud to be a family-friendly employer and offer…

• Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Flexible working hours
• Store Discount at our Scout Store + other online benefits

Closing date for applications: 09:00am Monday 8th July 2024

Interviews will be held on Monday 15th July 2024

The Scouts is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to diversity and actively seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.

Strictly no agencies.