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Do you want to make a real difference to peoples lives?

Bendrigg Trust is more than just an outdoor centre, our work has a huge impact on the lives of our visitors – that’s around 100,000 disabled people and carers since our charity was established in 1978.

Bendrigg is a ‘place, a community and an adventure’ where people feel a sense of belonging and a ‘natural inclusivity’ which runs through everything Bendrigg does.

“We have used a number of residential facilities in the past and Bendrigg is the only place that is truly inclusive. Everyone can do everything; they don’t provide alternatives they provide access and adaptation. Anything you need, any barrier you’re looking to overcome, you can guarantee they have thought of it already.” Group leader, 2022

Working at Bendrigg

Whilst at Bendrigg, our visitors feel ‘celebrated’ rather than just ‘accommodated’ and we want no different for our staff. We understand that everyone is different and try to be as flexible as possible. We are proud to offer a caring and supportive working environment with a number of benefits including:

  • Holidays: Staff receive 30 days paid holiday plus bank holidays (FTE, part-time pro-rata) (Up to 7 days required to be taken during the Christmas/New Year shut down period).
  • Meals: meals and refreshments are provided for anyone working on-site from our amazing catering team.
  • Training: personal and professional development is actively encouraged and rewarded. Staff are provided with up to 10 days per year (pro rata) for external training as well as a number of internal training sessions throughout the year.
  • Pension: All employees can take advantage of our pension arrangements whereby contributions of 5% from the employee are matched by 5% from Bendrigg Trust.
  • Sick pay: company sick pay starting at 1 month full pay in any 12 month period and rising to 3 months full pay after 3 years of service.
  • Maternity & Paternity Pay: Statutory Maternity & Paternity Pay
  • Parental leave: We understand that you may need time to settle children into a new school, or you may want to spend more time with a child. Bendrigg offers 18 weeks unpaid leave for each child up to their 18th birthday (maximum of 4 weeks per year).
  • Emergency Dependant & Compassionate leave: Up to 5 paid days per year

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, irrespective of gender, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, religion or criminal records.

Current Vacancies


Marketing & Communications

Co-ordinator

Salary:                               £23,562 – £28,917 FTE

Contract:                          Permanent, part-time (minimum 0.6FTE)

Hours:                               21.75 hours per week (0.6FTE)

Location:                          Remote, Hybrid or Office-based (Kendal) available. If remote, there would be an expectation to attend the office for a period of time during the induction process, and on agreed ‘anchor days’ throughout the year.

Closing date:                   9am, Monday 8th April 2024

Interview date:               TBC

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, irrespective of gender, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, religion or criminal records.

The role: Marketing & Communciations Co-ordinator

The Marketing & Communications Co-ordinator will join a small but passionate Business Development team, working together to harness the power of adventure to create lasting change and transform communities for all.

The successful candidate will be responsible for raising awareness of Bendrigg’s work to a wide range of new and existing stakeholders including visitors, donors, and supporters. For example, one day might involve scheduling social media content whilst another might involve working with the fundraising team to design new and engaging fundraising materials.

This exciting opportunity will involve a wide range of skills from content creation, to graphic design, and will support the charity to meet short and long-term objectives across multiple departments.

The ideal candidate will have the ability to collaborate well with the team whilst successfully managing a full and varied workload. This role would suit a self-starter who is passionate, motivated and can manage a diverse portfolio of relationships whilst managing evolving priorities.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, irrespective of gender, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, or criminal records.

How to Apply

If you feel you could belong at Bendrigg then please download the full job description for more information. Please submit your CV and a covering letter detailing how you fit the person specification to vacancies@bendrigg.org.uk A strong cover letter will include:

  • why you want to work at Bendrigg and why this role appeals to you personally,
  • highlights of your previous experience, knowledge, skills, and personal attributes that clearly and succinctly match the person specification.

For more information

We welcome informal enquiries so please do contact our office if you have any questions.

 


 

Other opportunities

Outdoor Instructors

We are often looking for more amazing outdoor instructors to join our team. We take on full time, part time, freelance, job shares and seasonal positions regularly. If there are no vacancies above but you are interested in recording your interest with us for a position in future, please contact us via our contact form specifying what your preferences are and your qualifications for our future reference.

Volunteering

Bendrigg have a well established volunteer scheme where by people can come and support our work on a voluntary basis. This could be a one off day/week/month or on a regular basis within our maintenance or office team. Click here to find out more about our volunteering opportunities.