Travelling with Confidence Team Lead at Adapt North East

Contract Type: Permanent

Role Type: Employment

Hours: Part time

Application deadline: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 - 05:00

Based: Northumberland

Salary: £22,703 Pro Rata

Salary Type: Fixed Salary

Location: Northumberland

Role description: Senior Project Support

Travelling with Confidence is a brand new project funded by the Motability Foundation. It aims to increase opportunities for people with learning disabilities in the North East and Cumbria to enjoy and benefit from the ability to travel.

Purpose

• To manage the Travelling with Confidence team
• To lead our learning disability-targeted Travelling with Confidence project, deliver independent travel training courses, and recruit, train and coordinate Travel Buddy volunteers
• To deliver our Getabout travel information and access provision
• To lead the delivery of this team’s projects and contracts to achieve the objectives of this work area – Access to Travel
• To improve travel experiences for people who live in Northumberland
• To lead on complex aspects of project development and delivery, and championing co-production, practice-driven learning and development in your team
• To represent Adapt (NE) and your area of responsibility to funders, stakeholders and partners

If you would like an informal chat about this opportunity, please call Chris Barker on 01434 600599.

Please send completed application forms, along with the GDPR consent form to chrisb@adapt-tynedale.org,uk, by 5pm Tuesday 25 February 2025. Or post to Adapt (NE), Burn Lane, Hexham NE46 3HN.

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 5 March 2025.