Strategy & Business Development Adviser – Housing & Social Impact
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Volunteering • Longer term volunteering
Contact person
emias martin blessed
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We need an experienced adviser to strengthen strategy, partnerships and business development while helping us build sustainable housing pathways.
New Life New Journey is being built from lived experience and a simple belief: people need more than a temporary roof they need a genuine pathway forward.
Our Founder has experienced housing instability, supported accommodation and hostel living across Birmingham and Wolverhampton. That journey now drives a mission to create better housing pathways for people who need stability, opportunity and a real chance to rebuild.
Our immediate focus is building strong relationships with councils, housing providers, landlords and accommodation partners, while developing sustainable property and housing opportunities.
The bigger vision is to create supported transitional accommodation alongside an 18-month pathway that helps people move from instability → stability → personal development → purpose → independence → a place called home.
We are looking for a Strategy & Business Development Adviser who can help us turn that vision into a clear, sustainable plan.
You could help us:
- shape our growth strategy
- develop partnerships
- identify the right opportunities
- strengthen commercial thinking
- review ideas before we invest time or money
- open doors through your experience and network
- challenge us to think bigger, but grow wisely
This is not about simply attending meetings. It is about helping shape the direction of an organisation while it is still being built.
The role is flexible and voluntary at this stage. As the organisation grows and becomes financially sustainable, there may be opportunities for the right person to move into a more formal leadership or Director position.
If you want to use your experience to help build something with purpose, impact and long-term potential, we would love to hear from you.
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About New Journey New Life
New Life New Journey is a growing social-impact organisation built around one simple belief: people deserve the opportunity to rebuild their lives.
Our work is focused on creating housing pathways for people facing homelessness, housing instability and disadvantage, while building partnerships with councils, housing providers, landlords and organisations that share our commitment to long-term change.
Our vision goes beyond providing a roof. We want to help people move from instability to stability, confidence, purpose and ultimately independent living.
The organisation is being built from lived experience. Our Founder, Ermias Martin-Blessed, has experienced prison, homelessness and rebuilding his own life, and now wants to use that journey to create opportunities for others.
We are still at an exciting early stage, which means volunteers and trustees joining us now have the opportunity to genuinely help shape the organisation, influence our direction and grow with us.
We are looking for people who believe in social impact, bring valuable skills and want to be part of building something meaningful, sustainable and capable of changing lives.
We don’t just want to provide housing.
We want to help people build a new life and a new journey.