Commercial Director

Enham Trust are pleased to be inviting applications for a Commercial Director, this new role will form an important part of the Senior Leadership Team, with an exciting remit covering our four Social Enterprises, with a turnover in excess of GBP2.5M per year and our newly formed Income Generation Team, which includes Fundraising, Business Development, Marketing and Communications.

Joining the Trust at a pivotal time you have the proven business acumen and strategic vision needed to lead these essential parts of the charity through their next stages of growth. You are commercially astute and are able to play an active leadership role as one of our talented and developing Senior Team. You will contribute to the broader strategic management debate, and play a key part in the overall development and implementation of the strategic plans of the Trust.

You are committed to enhancing the lives of disabled people as well as being a positive role model and ambassador for Enham Trust; you set yourself apart from others through your drive, enthusiasm and professionalism. You are results orientated, with strong emotional intelligence, and a person who takes pride in sharing our organisations values of; passionate, influential, agile and determined.

About Enham Trust

Enham Trust is a pan disability organisation that works with over 8,000 individuals each year throughout the South, enabling them to have greater independence, choice and control in their lives by working with them in areas such as; housing, care, work and skills development.

At Enham Trust, we see the possibilities - not the impossibilities. We want to make life more positive for the thousands of people we support every day. With your support, we have the power to say 'YES'.

Enham has been providing services for disabled people since 1919 and has a strong tradition of delivering flexible, creative, person centred services to increase the choices available to people with disabilities.

Who we are looking for?

You have demonstrable commercial experience and knowledge, with a record of accomplishment throughout your career.

You adapt quickly to situations and apply these skills to support the growth of those around you. You have proven experience in unpacking complex and varied businesses, and working alongside others to ensure growth, sustainability and success.

A strategic operator you are as comfortable in front of a Board of Trustees as you are with front line staff and customers.

You share our values as well as customer service at your core and you are as committed as we are to ensuring everyone has the best experience they can of Enham Trust.

With your experience within Senior Leadership Teams you inspire confidence in others, and are able to lead, through the provision of support, coaching and mentoring.

With a strong work ethic and high levels of integrity, you don't believe in accepting 'good enough' and strive to constantly improve your own remit work, but also the wider Trust.

Remit Overview

Social Enterprises:

1. Enham 3PL has been providing businesses with professional and bespoke third party logistic services for over 14 years. Enham 3PL offer a full range of storage and fulfilment services from our centrally located warehouses in Andover, Hampshire.
2. Mount Industries has been manufacturing quality and competitively priced furniture for over 40 years. With over 120 designs available in our range, we provide schools and businesses with a wide range of solutions to meet their requirements and are able to accept bespoke requests.
3. Enham Trust's Gardening Service offers year round services to meet all gardening requirements whether that is landscaping, commercial gardening contracts, season gardening support and regular or once off garden maintenance.
4. The Enham Trust Charity Shop is located within the village of Enham Alamein, and is a unique and vintage store complete with tea-room which sells second hand clothes, shoes, accessories, homeware, bric-a-brac, books, DVD's and collectables. The charity shop contributes to the Trust's fundraising strategy.

Income Generation:

Enham Trusts Income Generation Department encompasses Business Development, Marketing and Communications and Fundraising. The department is responsible for driving an engagement and development strategy, increasing the reach of the charity to new followers, supporters, commissioners and donors; and delivering and achieving a fundraising strategy, focussing on income streams such as trusts and foundations, events, corporate donations, major donors, individual giving and legacies. The department is also responsible for supporting the development and achievement of Business Plans including scoping projects and proposals and managing Tender applications.

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Applying

To express interest or for more information please send your CV with a cover letter to Amy Bearman, Associate Director of People & Quality via

Selection

Selection will be via assessment centre on Friday 15 September.

Other Information

• Enham is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its staff and customers. We expect all our staff to be aware of their responsibilities to protect staff and customers from abuse or harm. Successful applicants will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and to provide proof of their right to work in the UK. Enhanced DBS criminal record checks will be carried out as part of our selection process.
• Enham Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer and positively encourages applications from all eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy or maternity. We operate under the Disability Confident accredited scheme so please make this clear in your application Enham Trust is committed to securing genuine equality in all of its activities as an employer and takes part in the Disability Confident Scheme. As part of our commitment to being a Disability Confident employer, all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy will be interviewed. To be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme, applicants will need to declare that they have a disability. When submitting your application please indicate that you consider yourself to have a disability, impairment or long-term health condition.