Work for the Abhayaratna Trust

Opportunity for an Order member to join the Team as Order Care Co-ordinator.

The Abhayaratna Trust works to relieve financial hardship among Order members, particularly in the face of sickness, ageing and disability. We also take a strategic view, helping to respond to crises (e.g. COVID in India) and the implications of the Order’s ageing demographic.

We are looking for an Order member who is an effective and sensitive communicator, with good organisational skills and a commitment to the aims of the Trust, to be our new Order Care Co-ordinator. The successful applicant will play a key role in the Abhayaratna Trust not only in managing grants and appeals, but also in other areas of work, such as the publication of the Trust’s Annual Review and monthly Newsletter.

This is a part-time role (nominally 17.5 hours / 2.5 days - a week), including attendance at weekly Team online meetings, and attendance at part of each, normally quarterly, Trust meeting. These are usually on Zoom, but once a year in-person at the Birmingham Buddhist Centre, UK.

Our support package is based on the UK Real Living Wage. Help with occasional unexpected additional living expenses may also be available. In addition, a retreat allowance of up to £750 a year is available, plus costs to attend an annual Order Convention/Combined Order weekend. Annual leave is normally 6 weeks (pro rata). The Abhayaratna Trust offers membership of a contributory pension scheme.

The Abhayaratna Trust promotes equality of opportunity, but there is a genuine occupational requirement for a Triratna Buddhist Order member.

A basic DBS check will be required for this role.

Essential Skills and Attributes

· Kindly, clear communicator, able to gather grant information sensitively via email, texts, phone calls or Zoom

· Proficiency in Microsoft Office software

· This is a home-based role and therefore the person will be good at day-to-day self-management and working independently

· Comfortable with remote collaboration (email and zoom) with the other three team members

· Commitment to maintaining confidentiality of grant and appeal applicants

· Open-minded attitude towards financial and health hardship

Desirable

· Supervisory skills as the role may in time include line management of the Donor Communications Officer

To discuss further informally and for details of how to apply, a full job description and person spec, contact Taradakini (taradakini@abhayaratnatrust.org). THE DEADLINE FOR COMPLETED APPLICATIONS IS MIDNIGHT 30 MAY 2025.

Interviews are expected to take place in early June (either in-person in Birmingham or on Zoom for overseas applicants), with the successful applicant ideally starting by mid to late June.