Business Manager

Emmaus Village Carlton Business Manager

Location: Bedfordshire

Salary: up to 35,000 per annum

Emmaus Village Carlton, is seeking to fill the important position of Business Manager. Emmaus communities support formerly homeless people, by providing them with a home, care and support for as long as they need it and meaningful work in their social enterprises, based on the recycling and sale of goods donated by members of the public. Since opening in 2001, Emmaus Village Carlton has become one of the largest and most successful Emmaus communities in the UK, currently with capacity for 42 Companions. It has adopted an ambitious strategic plan.

Reporting to the Community Director, the Business Manager will provide the lead responsibility for the day to day financial management of Emmaus Village Carlton and the commercial and operational lead to all social enterprise activities.

As the Business Manager you will also provide the strategic lead for all operational activities to ensure they are successfully developed and new income generation opportunities such as Gift Aid and online sales are identified and implemented.

This post will be a pro-active member of Emmaus Village Carlton Management Team and actively contribute to business development, marketing, income generation activities, external communications and policy formulation.

You will provide effective leadership and performance management to support and develop the operations team to realise individual and business potential

The successful candidate will ideally demonstrate many of the following attributes:
-Minimum three years' experience in a management role
-Strong financial and budget management skills
-Bookkeeping and some financial skills to a technical level but not necessarily with an AAT qualification
-Retail and catering management experience
-Facilities management experience
-Developing and implementing systems and processes
-Business development
-Training and development
-Conflict resolution and negotiator
-Analytical and problem solving skills

The successful candidate should be a confident and competent people manager with demonstrable experience in a similar management role with ideally relevant third sector or comparable experience.

If you feel you have the skills, experience, drive and enthusiasm to join and lead this dynamic and successful charity we would like to hear from you as soon as possible.

If you would like to receive an Information Pack for this role, and details on how to apply, please send your CV to harriet.mountain@harrishill.co.uk.

Closing date for applications: