Business Support Assistant

Business Support Assistant

East Midlands Community Led Housing

3 Year Contract; £5200.00 per annum (10 hours per week over 2 days) + contributory pension scheme Central Lincoln  

Community-led housing has gained momentum over recent years, particularly following the commitment from Government to invest £60 million a year in the sector. The sector is now on the cusp of significant expansion and there is real potential to move it from a niche emerging market into the mainstream. To accelerate this growth, East Midlands Community Led Housing has secured grant funding from the Nationwide Foundation to incubate an expansion of our community-led housing advice and support service across the region building upon our successful track record in supporting new Community Land Trusts to develop support services for all forms of community led housing.

About East Midlands Community Led Housing

Established in 2012 as Lincolnshire Community Land Trust and undergoing a name change in 2018, EMCLH is the leading source of advice and support for community led housing across the East Midlands. Our track record speaks for itself – in under six years we have helped to create six CLTs and supported Parish Councils and churches to develop housing to meet local needs. We work with a wide range of partners to create the best conditions for community led housing to flourish as well as practical grass-roots technical advice support and assistance to communities wishing to develop community led housing. EMCLH is a non-profit Community Interest Company Ltd by Guarantee.

About the role

This role is all about providing assistance to the Senior Facilitator and Facilitator who will be working with communities at the grass roots level through to building strategic alliances with local authorities or funders. The challenges and opportunities of this new post are varied, including:

-          Administration

-          Marketing support

-          Project monitoring

-          Event organisation

This post is for ten hours per week spread over two days. Within this we can offer some flexibility.

The post is funded by the Nationwide Foundation for a period of three years.

The post will be based in central Lincoln reporting to the Senior Facilitator and with occasional travel within the region.

About you

You are organised and have attention to detail. Self-starting with the ability to work unsupervised for periods of time and achieve tasks and goals on time and on target. You will have scope to establish this new role within a flexible and growing third-sector organisation. Flexible in your approach, you are able to provide comprehensive support to a small team that is working extensively in the field and across two office locations.

EMCLH would like to hear from you. Particularly if you: enjoy a variety of tasks and challenges, are creative, enterprising, flexible and can deliver on the detail.

For an informal discussion about the role please call John Mather on 07598 176353

Closing date Applications must be received by 12.00noon Friday 18^th May 2018.

Interviews will be held Friday 8^th June 2018 in Lincoln.