Visually Impaired Sailing Association, a registered charity and the Uk’s leading provider of offshore sailing for the visually impaired. The charity is run by blind and visually impaired trustees and delivers sailing trips in the UK and Europe with help from sighted volunteers.
The philosophy is the empowerment of those with a visual impairment to both run the charity, plan and deliver high quality sailing experiences for its members and for those taking part to not only sail the boats but run everything involved.
For 2021 and beyond we have an ambitious program of sailing trips and events planned and need help to deliver Sea Vision 2021, our flagship event next year.
The outline plan for Sea Vision 2021 is to promote the ability of the visually impaired and the skills and benefits gained through offshore sailing. The program includes visits to a number of ports along the South coast to promote the benefits of our activities, increase membership and to show more people in the visually impaired community the benefits of sailing. We will also be promoting the abilities of our community to potential employers by demonstrating what we can do.
To deliver this program we are looking for a self-motivated, well organised, computer literate person to help us, the outline job specification is as follows, please note this is a part time and temporary self employed position:
What we need from you:
Project management skills, the ability to plan and communicate, you would need to coordinate the logistics of getting people and organisations to the right place at the right time.
Communication skills, you will need to be happy to talk to people and organisations, to arrange visits and meetings to promote Sea Vision 2021. You will need to report to the charities trustees on progress.
Computer skills that allow you to manage email marketing, the recording and reporting of data, using social media for promotion of the event.
Support:
The trustees will support you throughout the project, there will be a budget to cover expenses. You will report to the vice chairman who will in turn call on colleagues and volunteers to support any work that needs to be delegated.
Payment:
We have some funds from our national lottery award to cover your costs, we envisage the project lasting a minimum of three months and a maximum of six. We have a budget that will pay an allowance of £10 per hour with a maximum of 32 hours per month for three months. The position would be reviewed at the end of the three months and if funding is available continue for a further three months.
Outcome:
We want to successfully deliver Sea Vision 2021. We hope that the experience gained will enhance the employment opportunities for the successful applicant.
Contact: Keith ‘Lofty’ Sims at Lofty.sims@visa-gb.org.uk or call him for a chat on 07854245276.
