About West Lancs CVS
West Lancs CVS is a registered charity and the local infrastructure organisation for the borough of West Lancashire. It acts as umbrella organisations providing capacity building support to local voluntary sector organisations and community groups. Our core services are to encourage and support volunteering, help to raise funds, provide networking, sector communications, sector representation and partnership brokerage especially with the public sector and commissioners. Increasingly we expect to develop and incubate new services and projects in West Lancashire.
This new role of Business Support Officer is funded through our four-year National Lottery Community Fund project, designed to increase the sustainability and resilience of CVS, and its collaboration with local voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise organisations.
Job Purpose
The Business Support Officer’s (BSO) role will be two-fold. Firstly, being skilled and experienced in this area of work, the BSO will contribute to our continued growth by supporting the financial, HR, governance, and office logistics functions of the organisation.
Additionally, they will support the development and delivery of WLCVS’s new business services offer and the development of the West Lancs Consortium, helping local organisations improve their efficiency, sustainability, capacity and partnership working. The role will provide practical, hands-on support to member organisations, assist in the delivery of business services, and contribute to the development of new income streams for WLCVS.
The ideal candidate will possess strong financial acumen, excellent organisational skills, and the ability to work effectively across departments and with partner organisations.
Fixed Term initially to 31st May 2030
For more information on the role and a person specification, please see the attached documents.
