Virtually Speaking Development Officer

(6-month fixed term contract)

£20-24k pro-rata (depending upon experience)

28 hours per week

The Limbless Association provides support, information and connectivity to the limb loss community. We are a long-standing charity based in Chelmsford in Essex, which through our stakeholder networks, extends our reach as an organisation operating and connecting nationally.

We are excited to announce that we have received funding from The Coronavirus Community Support Fund (National Lottery) to recruit a Virtually Speaking Development Officer to develop and extend our online offer, providing virtual support, information, and connectivity to amputees across the UK.

This new position will lead our Virtually Speaking project, designing and creating an innovative programme of events to complement our established regular monthly Hub sessions and lead on our communications and engagement strategy to promote and raise awareness of the Limbless Association across the UK as well as support greater digital access for our community.

Working remotely as part of a small team, you will have experience of working in the voluntary sector, ideally managing projects and coordinating online events. A confident communicator with knowledge of marketing and PR principles to help us share the fantastic work of our charity.

You will be enthusiastic, creative and self-motivated, comfortable with change in a fast-paced environment.

In return, we offer the opportunity to work in a fantastic supportive team, excellent terms and conditions and a commitment to develop all our staff to do the best job they can.

Applications from candidates who have experienced limb loss are particularly welcome.

For an application pack including a job description and person specification, please visit our website http://www.limbless-association.org/index.php/recruitment.

The closing date is Friday 9^th October at midnight.