Managing Director

Bankside Open Spaces Trust

Needs a temporary

Managing Director
Salary circa £35,000 pro rata
3½ -5 days per week to be agreed
To ensure the organization runs and develops smoothly

This is Maternity Cover starting in November 2007 for at least six months.

Bankside Open Spaces Trust is a small and energetic organization working with communities near London Bridge.

We need somebody special to ensure the smooth running of the organization for six – ten months, and work on projects for long term sustainability during this period of crucial activity. The organisation is welcoming this as a chance to work with someone with distinctly complimentary skills and knowledge to that held by the existing Director.

This is an excellent opportunity to enjoy and learn from the experience of leading a small energetic organisation for a short duration. It might for example, suit a secondment from a senior management position in a charity, development trust, or council department, or an executive job seeker intending to widen their work experience before a permanent return to work, it would be particularly appropriate for an individual with sound business experience hoping to break into management in the charitable or environmental sector.

BOST is

Bringing people together to create inspiring urban green places

We do this by running consultations, bringing together steering groups, holding events, managing major works, looking after gardens, working in partnerships, holding children’s and adults’ gardening sessions, commenting on plans and strategies, enabling volunteers, and providing resources to support urban gardeners

Ethos:
BOST was founded on the principle of local involvement and representation. Thus, community support and development share importance with our environmental work

In our work, we strive towards:
• Listening to, and understanding, local people’s needs
• Quality of process and product
• Open-mindedness
• Creative and flexible thinking
• Transparency
• Integrity and trust
• Enjoyment

In our work we value
Open space as a community asset
Engagement with nature and plants
Environmental sustainability
Participation and local self-determination
Inclusivity, and accessibility
Diversity
Integrated healthy communities

www.bost.org.uk