Assistant Manager - The Footprint Trust

Job Posted: 24 June 2025

• Contract Term: Permanent
• Location: Isle of Wight
• Contract Type: Part time
• Salary: up to £16ph (depending on experience)
• Industries: Administration Charity / Voluntary General Office

Job Title: Assistant Manager

Location: Isle of Wight

Organisation: The Footprint Trust

Salary: up to £16ph (depending on experience)

Contract: Part-time 14-21 hours - flexibility required, permanent.

Make a real difference to people’s lives with your passion and skills at the Footprint Trust.

The Footprint Trust:

Join the Island’s leading charity tackling fuel poverty. Since 2002, The Footprint Trust has promoted sustainable living and helped people stay warm and well at home through expert energy guidance.

Our Values: Integrity – Respect – Compassion

Key Responsibilities:

Energy Guidance

• Support and carry out home visits with the Energy Team
• Deliver energy advice by phone, at home visits, and at community events (training provided)
• Represent the Trust at events and give talks on energy and water saving

Project & Admin Management

• Help plan and deliver activities
• Support project management, manage budgets and funding applications
• Monitor progress, data and reporting
• Assist in team development and quality service delivery
• Management support

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Required:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, both externally with vulnerable clients and within the team
• Supervisory and team building experience
• Good attention to detail
• Ability to problem solve
• Proactive and solution driven
• Highly organised and ability to prioritise.
• Happy to work under direction as well as use initiative.
• Strong IT Skills: Excel & other MS Office programmes

Desirable:

• Driver
• Flexible worker
• Knowledge of home/building energy efficiency
• Interest in sustainability
• Experience with vulnerable people or social setting

What We Offer:

• Flexible working hours (fewer hours in summer)
• Pension scheme
• Training opportunities

(post may be subject to a DBS – Disclosure & Barring Service - check)

We accept voluntary experience is equivalent to paid.

Please email [email protected] for a full job specification and application form. Applications must be received by Tuesday 29th July. Do not send a CV.