Role: Manager – Musselburgh Meeting Centre Company
Company – Dementia Friendly East Lothian
Location: Musselburgh
Salary: up to £30,000 per year, depending on experience
Hours: 35 per week
Dementia Friendly East Lothian exists to transform the daily lives of people with dementia and unpaid supporters, so they are equal and valued members of their community, with a life that gives them meaning and joy.
As Manager of the Musselburgh Meeting Centre, you will play a central role in creating and running the Centre as an integral part of a Dementia Friendly Community. You will appoint, develop and lead a small team of paid staff and volunteers, working with people with dementia and unpaid supporters to set up and run the Centre.
Main duties are to:
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Establish and run the Musselburgh Meeting Centres to deliver key outcomes for people living with dementia and unpaid supporters
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Promote and enhance the participation and leadership of people living with dementia and unpaid supporters in all we do
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Provide operational leadership and management of the Centre
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Ensure the Centre is adequately resourced
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Ensure policies and processes are of a high quality
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Promote the Musselburgh Meeting Centre as a resource for the whole community and supporting Dementia Friendly Musselburgh
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Develop and promote the Musselburgh Meeting Centre and the wider Meeting Centre Community, by working with partners.
Responsibilities:
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Delivery – provide leadership and management so the Centre delivers core aims and objectives
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Staffing: responsible for Meeting Centre staff, initially a Support Worker and Administrative Manager and volunteers.
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Finance: all financial and asset reporting for the Meeting Centre
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Reporting: ensure the Musselburgh Management Committee and key partners have the information they need when they need it to meet reporting requirements for financial management, reports to funders and partners, legal and audit requirements.
Skills and Experience:
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A deep understanding of the challenges faced by people living with dementia, unpaid carers and friends and families
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Creativity, flexibility and ambition in how they would work practically to help people thrive.
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Skills in working with people and communities
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Competence in managing people, projects and budgets/money
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How they personally or professionally can make a difference
Approach:
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Ability to use own initiative
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Confident
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Team player
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Good timekeeper
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Positive, ‘can do’ attitude
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Honest, trustworthy & reliable
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Flexible
For more information, and a job application pack, contact Sue Northrop at sue@dfel.org.uk or 07727 883881
