JOB TITLE: Service Manager Guildford and Kingston

DEPARTMENT: Services

LOCATION: Guildford and Kingston

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent

SALARY RANGE: £28,000 - £33,000 per annum

HOURS 35 hours per week to include Saturdays and some evenings

ABOUT US-

Challengers is a voluntary sector organisation providing play and leisure services to disabled children and young people across Surrey, Hampshire and in Richmond, Kingston, and Chichester.

Our values are to be Accountable, Ambitious, Inclusive, Playful and Trustworthy, if these resonate with you find out more here - https://disability-challengers.org/about-us

BENEFITS As a Challengers employee, you will benefit from

31 days holiday (including Bank Holidays) with extra for long service and after your first years service, youll get your birthday off. Holiday entitlement is pro-rata for part time contracts.

To work for an organisation who truly consider work life balance and have high expectations for our outcomes not only for those who use our services but for our teams as well.

Free Training We regularly invite all our staff to free training courses including Disability and Inclusion Awareness, Medication Administration, Safeguarding, First Aid, Makaton and more!

Free DBS As we require all staff to have a DBS before they start with us, we have decided to offer this free of charge.

Pension & Health Care Cash Plan All our staff have access to a NEST pension and Simply Health health care plan.

Career breaks available after three years service, subject to approval.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

The specific duties that the Service Manager will undertake include, but are not limited to, are as follows:

Enhance our services for children and youth aged 4-28

Co-ordinate staff recruitment and retention with support from People and Culture Team

Manage staff rotas and childrens bookings

Ensure high quality, safe fun Challengers schemes

Cultivate relationships with external providers, schools and networks

Maintain budget and meet local authority KPIS

Provided training to staff and volunteers

Support Leader and staff teams at scheme level

Youll be great if you have:

Have experience of leading and inspiring teams.

Have experience of working with disabled children or young people.

Can demonstrate a playful and fun attitude whilst understanding professionalism.

Can use initiative to problem solve in a variety of scenarios.

Have a passion for play and inclusion and doing all you can to ensure every child feels safe and feels free to be their authentic self.

If you have great communication skills. One size certainly doesnt fit all in Challengers!

Ability to commute/relocate:

Guildford: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Licence/Certification:

Driving Licence (preferred)

Benefits:

Casual dress
Free parking
On-site parking
Sabbatical
Sick pay
Hybrid Working

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job- There is no such thing as the perfect candidate.Challengers is a place where everyone can grow.We follow equal opportunities so however, you identify and whatever your background you bring with you, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day.

Challengers is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS Check and satisfactory references.

Closing Date: 1/11/2024

Interview Date: 15/11/2024