Job Vacancies – Veterans Ambassador

Reading Force – Veterans Ambassador

Reading Force is a charity that supports shared-reading within the military community, to mitigate the impact of separation and change that are so often part of Forces life.

We are seeking to recruit an ambassador to continue our work with veterans. We need someone to work with veterans, and organisations that represent them, but in also to liaise with our eight part-time staff, all of whom work from home but are in regular contact with each other. The Veterans Ambassador will also work from home. The role is kindly funded by Veterans Foundation, for three years, but our aim is to extend this.

Key areas of responsibility

We need an outgoing individual who delights in making and maintaining connections. We seek an excellent organiser with strong planning and time-management skills who is able to communicate in a variety of formats. We want you to support us as we seek to build and manage relationships with the veteran community that can really benefit from Reading Force.

It is vital that our new colleague understands our charity’s principles, values and strategic direction and is focussed on helping us achieve our goals, objectives and plans. We want you to have an understanding of Forces communities and also appreciate the value of reading and literacy for all, with a particular emphasis on sharing books as a mechanism to foster improved communication.

In brief

We are looking for someone who is in sympathy with our organisational goals and ethos and is a natural team-player. We want someone who is good at building relationships and networking, but also organised, detail-orientated, proactive, responsive and collaborative. As a group of colleagues, we are a well-established team, and the role is fully supported. We want you to be part of our informal, proactive and fast-developing future.

How to apply

For more information on the role, please see the full job description and also look at our website www.readingforce.org.uk If you would like to apply, please submit your CV along with a one-page summary of why you would be a good fit for the role and for Reading Force as a whole. Applications should be sent to our founder and director info@readingforce.org.uk by Friday 23^rd August 2024.  Interviews will be held online on Tuesday 10^th September.

Reading Force is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (No. 1159890), with a management team overseen by a Board of Trustees, and the Board manages us in accordance with our charitable constitution. Cobseo member.