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Social Enterprise Development Manager

Employer
Association of Mental Health Providers
Location
Flexible, Remote working or Office-based in London (with regular travel required)
Salary
£34,950
Closing date
25 Nov 2019

Over the next few years, The Association is working with Access on an Enterprise Development Programme to provide a broad range of support for charities and social enterprises in England, helping them make a transition to new enterprise models, or grow existing ones. More information on the programme can be found here.

Job Purpose

To bring knowledge, skills and expertise to engage, promote and support the voluntary mental health sector in the use of enterprise business models, and to strengthen financial sustainability and increase their impact within the community.

Main Duties

  • Contribute to the achievement of The Association’s overall organisational objectives and targets, and build positive relationships with Access and other partners
  • Identify the range of potentially successful and replicable business models that are working within the mental health VCSE sector
  • Work closely with Access and its learning partner to identify opportunities for replication
  • Foster growth within small and medium-sized organisations / social enterprises, increase trading activity, innovation and business development
  • Support, encourage, and enable organisations working in the VCSE mental health sector to explore and create investable business models
  • Support organisations in the process of grant application including bid-writing, attendance at panel interviews, post-application support as deemed necessary
  • Raise awareness and increase understanding of the work of social enterprise within the wider mental health sector and the added value it brings to local communities
  • Engage effectively with partners and other external organisations
  • Facilitate peer networking and foster a culture of mutual support and co-operation amongst social enterprises and arrange networking events
  • Identify training needs and co-ordinate a training/learning programme and events, including workshops and webinars
  • Represent The Association at meetings and networks relevant to the social enterprise sector
  • Provide reports and updates on activities, deliver presentations as a way of disseminating findings

Person Specification

Essential:

  • Knowledge and experience of the voluntary and community sector and understanding of effective service delivery that achieves social impact
  • A good understanding of the challenges and opportunities for community organisations (e.g. community enterprise, community asset development, community contracting, localism etc.)
  • Knowledge and understanding of how enterprise business models can be used by voluntary and community sector organisations to build resilience and increase social impact
  • Building positive working relationships with people at different levels within organisations
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including public speaking
  • Facilitation of trainings, workshops, peer learning, and connecting people around shared challenges
  • Strong financial literacy – for supporting bid-writing, assessing and developing budgets, business plans, etc.
  • Ability to self-start and motivate and to work independently or as part of a team as appropriate

This post will be funded until March 2022.

​How to apply: 

Please submit a ***CV and COVER LETTER*** outlining your experience and how you meet the requirements of the role (no longer than two sides of A4) by midday on Wednesday 20 November, to Dania Hanif on dania@amhp.org.uk 

​Interviews will take place on Monday 25 November in Baker Street, London. 

We would like the successful candidate to commence employment in January 2020.

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