Careers

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.

Finance Assistant

Location: Hybrid (1 day a week in our Brixton Office)
Contract: Part Time: 15 Hours
Salary: £26,000 FTE (pro-rated to £10,400 pa) Fixed term contract for 1 year

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The Bike Project are currently recruiting for a finance assistant to work for a small charity to help deliver our impactful work. The role is offered on a 12-month fixed term contract basis.

We are looking for an organised and detail focused individual with a willingness to learn and collaborate with others. The role is a chance of joining a skilled and dedicated team with an opportunity to develop your finance skills and build experience working across the charity.

The role has a broad range will support the Finance Manager in managing the accounts email inbox responding to queries as well as working across accounts payable and receivable and preparing bank reconciliations. Full details can be found in the attached job description.

TOP BENEFITS & PERKS

As a team member at the Bike Project you’ll enjoy a fantastic benefits package, including enhanced family leave, a standard holiday allowance starting at 25 days and increasing with each year of service, access to the Reward Hub, and an Employee Assistance Program. Generous cycling benefits and a flexible work schedule.

LOCATION

This role is hybrid in nature. Attendance at our Brixton office will be required at least 1 day a week. Work may also be done from our Deptford site or from home.

How to Apply

Please could you refer to the job description and email your CV and a cover letter describing how you meet the requirements by Friday 5 July. You can apply here

Closing date: 5th July 2024

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.

Free bike

All staff are entitled to one free bike up to the value of £400, subject to eligibility criteria. We also offer additional discounts on bike parts and cycling accessories. After two years of employment, staff are entitled to exchange their bike for another one, up to the value of £400, so long as the original bike is donated back to The Bike Project.

Lifetime bike service

For those who have received a bike from us, we will offer a lifetime of free service and repairs for the duration of your employment, so long as this doesn’t impact customer servicing. Eligibility criteria apply.

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, plua 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.