Management Team Leader
Description
Are you a natural leader who wants to change lives in Waltham Forest? Do you want to make a real difference in your community? Do you believe everyone deserves the chance to unlock the power of literacy? Would you like to lead a small team of enthusiastic, friendly volunteers? Then you could be our new Management Team Leader! As Management Team Leader you will be at the heart of our operations. You will guide and inspire our established team, manage meetings, set agendas, take responsibility for the project, network within your local community and be a passionate spokesperson for our local group.
The impact you'll have
You'll be instrumental in helping our charity grow and reach more individuals in need. Imagine the satisfaction of knowing you're helping adults gain confidence, access new opportunities, and connect with the world around them through reading.
The skills you'll need
You will need to have the following skills in order to participate:
An ability to think and act strategically, set goals, plan work and delegate. Strong leadership and team management skills and experience, with ability to motivate and inspire trust and confidence in others. Non-judgmental attitude and respect for others, with a commitment to equality and diversity. Reasonable confidence in using IT. Time, energy and enthusiasm to make a real contribution and commitment to the people Read Easy works with.
When
Commitment
Ongoing
Available Slots
1
You will need
Minimum age: 18
Getting here
E17 5AL
READ EASY WALTHAM FOREST
Education, employment and training
Read Easy Waltham Forest is a charity that works within Waltham Forest with adults who struggle to read. There are as many as 16,000 people in Waltham Forest who struggle to read or cannot read at all. This makes all aspects of their work and family life more challenging. Learning to read can be transformational.
Read Easy Waltham Forest recruit and train Reading Coaches who then work one to one with individuals, using a proven programme, until they can read. All reading coaching is free. The Reading Coaches have a team of volunteers behind them to support them in their roles by providing literacy support, promoting the service, finding appropriate public venues for coaching, raising funds and providing financial and administrative back up.
All our team are volunteers. We work as a supportive and friendly team, helping each other in our volunteering roles, and the results are very inspiring. To hear that a parent can read to their child for the first time, that someone can read the aisle names in supermarkets or that someone has been able to fill in a form by themselves for the first time in their life means that we know that we are making a positive change. One of our Coaches said that being a Reading Coach is the most rewarding thing they had ever done! One of our management team said that they thought they were just volunteering but now realise that they were also making new friends! Our aim as a group is to continue to expand the number of Readers we can help and to do that, we need to expand our team.
Do you have some time each week you could use to help someone learn to read? We have various roles on the Team where you could use your enthusiasm and skills to help. Would you like to be part of a wonderful team quietly making a big difference?