Careers

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We are currently recruiting for the following roles:

Bike Mechanics – Various Opportunities

Location: Deptford or Balsall Heath (Birmingham)
Contract: Full time, Part time, Freelance

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The Bike Project is always very keen to meet bicycle mechanics (with varying levels of experience) that are passionate about the impact of our work.

We regularly have paid opportunities for skilled freelancers to contribute to bike refurbishment at our London and Birmingham workshops.

We also occasionally advertise for permanent and fixed-term full and part time positions on our technical team, as well as opportunities to develop as a mechanic whilst working with us. If you would like to be notified of future positions, or are interested in offering your services on a freelance basis, please upload and submit your CV at the link below…

We particularly encourage applications from disabled, and global majority candidates, and those who have personal experience of being a refugee or the asylum system.

Birmingham Workshop Lead

Location: Balsall Heath, Birmingham
Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: £26,500

ABOUT THE ROLE

Are you passionate about cycles and technical repair work? Are you passionate about helping people and providing a service for people in need?

The Bike Project are looking for a Lead Technician to service and repair cycles and lead a technical team ensuring the highest standards of quality are kept.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

To act as key contact for our Birmingham Workshop for the wider TBP team, as well as liaising with landlords.
To oversee the high-quality refurbishment of bikes in our Birmingham Workshop together with the team of technicians, freelancers and volunteers.
To manage all on site roles.
To oversee the ad-hoc support we provide to beneficiaries that visit our workshop, ensuring a welcoming and safe environment.
To repair and service on average a minimum of eight bikes per week.

APPLICATION

To apply please submit a CV and short cover letter telling us why you think you’re the ideal candidate for this role.

The official closing date for applications is Thursday 24th July. To be considered for this position, you must demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.

Our interview process consists of a technical assessment followed by an interview, held in person at our Birmingham Workshop on either Tuesday 29th or Thursday 31st July.

BENEFITS

Joining our team at the Bike Project comes with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you.

This includes enhanced family leave with 13 weeks of fully paid maternity leave, 3 weeks of paid paternity leave, and a generous holiday allowance starting at 25 days (plus bank holidays), increasing annually up to 30 days (plus bank holidays).

You’ll also have access to our Reward Hub and Employee Assistance Program, providing confidential support for you and your immediate family. Where possible we offer a flexible approach to work to accommodate your needs.

Full Job Description & Apply Here

Why work with us?

Flexible approach to working hours

At The Bike Project, we know all our staff are deeply committed to our cause, love their jobs, and want to do well. This is great because we do expect hard work, passion, commitment, but we also want staff to have a good work-life balance and do not expect them to be working a lot of extra hours on a regular basis. We therefore have a truly flexible approach to working hours and a TOIL policy so that staff can manage busy projects without damaging their overall work-life balance.

Professional development and training

The Bike Project aims to provide varied and rewarding roles, a supportive and ethical culture, lots of opportunities for development and progression as well as competitive levels of pay to retain a suitably skilled and experienced professional staff. We have an appraisal scheme that focuses on development, a range of training available around topics such as personal productivity, mental health fitness, culture and values training, as well as training specifically tailored to individual roles.

Holidays

We offer 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays. Staff accrue an extra day for every year of service, up to a maximum of 30 days per annum. Sabbaticals are available for staff with long service.

Family and sick leave

We offer enhanced maternity pay (thirteen weeks full pay, including statutory maternity leave, and thirteen weeks half pay) subject to eligibility criteria. We also offer enhanced paternity pay of three weeks full pay.

We offer enhanced pay for sick leave; 8 weeks of paid leave after 3 months’ service, and after 2 years service we offer 13 weeks paid sick leave within a 12-month period.