Managing Director

Woking - £35,000

Link Leisure Ltd (LLL) is a registered charity providing support to individuals with a learning disability and their families.

Based in Woking, Surrey the charity is seeking a Managing Director to lead, provide direction and promote the organisation to the wider community. The charity supports many local families and employs 6 office based staff. LLL also employ sessional staff to help run the programme of some 20 weekly activities across the age range. There is a large pool of volunteers from many different backgrounds, without whom the charity would not be able to provide its services.

This is a key post for the organisation. You will work with our Board of Trustees to further enhance and expand the services provided by the charity. To be our next Managing Director, you will need to:

• Have significant experience in the delivery of services to learning disabled members
• Demonstrate a proven track record of achieving sustained growth in a charitable context over at least 3 years
• Be a strategic thinker, with an eye for detail
• Deliver exceptional customer care to our service users
• Have experience of managing staff and volunteers

In return, we will give you a role that is not only rewarding but also making a real difference to the local community. We think it is a great place to work - we hope you'll agree.

Ideally, candidates should live within 30 minutes travelling time by car of our Woking office. Knowledge of the local operating environment for a small charity would be an advantage.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Mrs Debby Fieldus (Trustee) on 01483 211 242 or email .

How to apply

Full details of the application process can be found in the recruitment pack. Please download and review the recruitment pack and associated documents below:

• the recruitment pack (.pdf file)
• the compliance form (.doc file)
• the equality and diversity form (.doc file)

To request the documents by email, please email your request to

Send an up to date CV and supporting statement, detailing how you meet the criteria for this role using the person specification, along with your completed compliance and equality and diversity forms.

We advise that your supporting statement and CV are no longer than 3 pages each. Your CV must contain dates worked and a brief description of your key responsibilities for each role including consultancy / project work.

Once complete, please send your application in MS Word format by email to or by post to:

Mrs Debbie Fieldus
c/o Link Leisure Ltd
New Horizons
4a Board School Road
Woking
Surrey
GU21 5HW

Please mark your application as Private and Confidential.

Key dates

Closing date: Friday 23 July 2010, 5pm.
Shortlisting & invitation to interview: Monday 26 July 2010 - by 8pm.
Interviews: Friday 30 July 2010.

Equal Opportunities

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. We are an equal opportunities employer.