Jobs in the Voluntary Sector: Cycle Saviours -Cycle Mechanic – social enterprise worker

Cycle Saviours –Cycle Mechanic – social enterprise worker

Job type: Full time 37.5 hrs a week (5 days a week including weekends on rota)

Salary £16,000-£17,000 pa

Cycle Saviours is a social enterprise whose mission is to save unwanted bikes, save the environment and help get people on their bikes. We achieve this with the support of young people looking for an alternative path towards qualifications and employment. In addition to our work recycling, repairing and servicing bikes we have been awarded a large contract to maintain bikes for the new Milton Keynes’ public bike rental scheme and are also expanding our community engagement services to encourage more people to get on their bikes.

You will be an enterprising, environmentally committed, cycling enthusiast with high level cycle mechanic skills who is keen to share those skills with young people and others in our community.

For this post you will need an enhanced DBS check.

The purpose of this post is to work with and train young people on our pre-apprenticeship programme to:

Source, refurbish and sell unwanted bikes and bike spares and repair and service customer bikes

Service, repair and relocate rental bikes (involves driving a small van)

Develop community activities that promote access to cycling

Key requirements

Ideally you will:

Be an enterprising cycling enthusiast with good cycle maintenance skills

Ideally hold a cycle maintenance qualification

Have an ability to, and experience of, working with young people

A passion for cycling and the environment

Have strong administrative skills