We’re looking for the best candidates to help us to promote the greater understanding of yoga and its safe practice through education, experience, study and training.
Equity and Diversity
As an employer, we actively seek to ensure that our workforce reflects the communities we serve, recognising that this makes us better able to understand their needs and priorities.
We can only do this by ensuring that the people who work for us are the best they can be irrespective of age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, disability, marital status, religion or belief.
What matters to us is that we have talented, enthusiastic and experienced professionals working with us who can help deliver our mission and vision. You don’t have to be a yoga expert to work at BWY.
We value the ideas and contributions from everybody and welcome and support difference. Our aim is to make sure that equity, diversity and inclusion run through everything we do as an employer.
Job vacancies
Quality Assurance Officer – remote working 24 hours per week
The post holder will support all quality assurance activities within BWY Training (BWYT), including all internal and external quality assurance activities and reviews, ensuring compliance with the Awarding Organisation, British Wheel of Yoga Qualifications (BWYQ), and all Regulatory requirements. They will also assist in implementing robust policies and processes to ensure the effectiveness of all the BWYT Centre’s standards, activities, performance and improvement strategies. Click the job description button below for full details.
Please email your CV and covering letter to: [email protected]
Closing date for applications: Friday 9th May
Recruitment process
The first stage of the recruitment process is to complete our application form. For some roles you may be asked for your CV and a covering letter.
What to expect
It is important that you let us know about your skills and experience relevant to the job you are applying for. Please answer the questions on the application form as fully as possible as the information you provide will be used in our shortlisting process.
Once we receive your application it will be reviewed and evaluated. If we feel you may be suitable, we will send you an invitation for an interview – this could be by Zoom or an in-person interview, depending on the job vacancy position.
There may be additional testing as part of our selection process and/or a second stage interview depending on the role. If your application is unsuccessful, we will contact you to let you know.
Please read the application form guidelines here.
The application form is available to download below.
Volunteering vacancies
BWY is a volunteers-led organisation where our grassroots network of yoga communities come together to create and develop yoga events and training opportunities.
There are a range of opportunities to support at a local level, from donating a few hours of support to help run or host an event, or getting involved with a BWY region/nation’s committee in your area.
If you’re interested in getting involved in yoga in your area, get in touch with the Regional/National Officer near you by clicking on the relevant community page from the top menu. Here you will also see the current vacancies for volunteers in each area.
Current volunteering vacancies
There are a number of roles available on the Board of Trustees including: Trustee Treasurer and Member-elected Trustee
There is no specific document for the roles and responsibilities of the Member-elected Trustee. The document for those interested in this role is the Statement of Roles and Responsibilities for BWY Trustees (below). Here are the details for the Trustee Treasurer (Remote working)
The British Wheel of Yoga is looking for a qualified finance professional to join our Board and lead the Trustees’ scrutiny of the charity’s financial performance and formulation of future financial strategy, working with our staff finance team.
Following a change to our Articles concerning the composition of our Board, the successful candidate could be the first Trustee in the 60-year history of the British Wheel of Yoga to be drawn from outside the membership, as part of our commitment increasing the skills base and diversity of our Board.
We have a high-performing staff finance team so this is not a “nuts and bolts” Treasurer role where you are required to do the book keeping. Instead you will be the key link between the finance team and the Board as you lead your fellow Trustees in the performance of their fiduciary duties and engagement with the charity’s finances.
Key requirements include:
- Good knowledge, understanding and experience of charity and company finance, accounting requirements and procedures
- Good knowledge and understanding of the regulators’ (Charity Commission, Registrar of Companies) requirements regarding charity and company finance and reporting
- The ability to be an effective member of the Board team and its finance sub-committee (which you will chair), thinking strategically and working cooperatively.
- The ability and willingness to commit sufficient time to fulfil the role effectively.
Meeting schedule:
- Quarterly Board meetings in March, June, September and December
- Financial Planning Workshop in May
- The above meetings are all held via Zoom
- In person Board Retreat (January). A 24-hour residential event which gives an opportunity for Trustees to get to know each other and do some strategic thinking and planning.
With the exception of the Board Retreat, this is a fully remote role that would suit candidates from anywhere in the UK.
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