Christians Against Poverty Debt Centre Manager

Posting date:	17 December 2025
Salary:	£14.00 per hour
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	12 January 2026
Location:	St Aidan's Church, 20 Ridings Way, Bradford BD6 3UD
Remote working:	Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week
Company:	St Michael's Shelf and St Aidan's Buttershaw Church
Job type:	Permanent
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Summary

CHRISTIANS AGAINST POVERTY (CAP) DEBT CENTRE MANAGER
8 hours per week
£14 per hour

CAP Debt Centre Manager – Job Description

Your role as the CAP Debt Centre Manager will be to set up and manage the running of the Bradford South West Debt Centre at St Michaels/St Aidan’s in partnership with CAP and Bradford South Churches. You will support clients on their journey to becoming debt free through home visits and ongoing support. All of this must be done in a way that positively reflects the Christian faith and the core values of the charity.
The minimum time commitment is 8 hours per week, though as grant funding is secured we would hope the role can expand to have a greater impact.
Because this role can involve working with vulnerable people, you’ll need to have an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
The CAP Debt Centre has secured funding for ¾’s of the first year and has plans in progress for the next 2 years after that.
Initially, this role will build up a caseload at the rate of 1 new household per month. As funding allows, we expect the centre to grow and serve more clients.

Location: St Michael’s Shelf and St Aidan’s Church Buttershaw
Diversity: St Michaels with St Aidan’s believes that diversity enables us to thrive and develop and is committed to race equality, welcoming applications from UK minority ethnic backgrounds.
Special conditions of employment: As a faith-based organisation and a place of Christian worship, our beliefs are foundational to everything we do. The post-holder will be expected to be sympathetic to these beliefs and work actively to support our ministry and vision.
Salary: £14 per hour for 8 hours per week.
Working days/hours: Part-Time - 8 hours per week
Pension: Employer contribution of 8%.
Pre-employment checks: Appointment to the role will be subject to receipt of two satisfactory references, eligibility to work in the UK, DBS checks, and completion of an occupational health check/survey.

Key Responsibilities
- To manage all elements of the debt centre including recruiting and managing volunteers,managing the caseload, and all central operational tasks (such as monthly reports and reviews)
- To visit clients in their homes and to explain the CAP service
- To be part of a team that delivers the debt advice to the client
- To oversee the provision of holistic support to our clients, for example, accompanying clients to court for issues relating to their debt situation, accompanying on medical appointments or helping with shopping
- To publicise the CAP debt centre, developing links with relevant referral agencies
- To promote the work within local churches to encourage volunteers to become involved in the many aspects of the work (Support team, Prayer team, financial support etc)
- To provide feedback to partner churches and assist with partnership governance arrangements
- To positively promote the Christian faith to clients, in line with the objectives of CAP
- To take part in all initial and ongoing training to offer the best service possible
- To engage in fundraising for the debt centre to secure the centre’s continuing work

CAP Debt Centre Manager – Person Specification
Essential criteria
- Committed Christian exhibiting devotion to prayer and evangelism, and a passion for bringing freedom from debt
- Great written and verbal communication skills, and able to quickly develop positive working relationships
- Comfortable working with numbers, able to effectively work with and understand a household budget
- Ability to use IT to communicate with clients and professionals, and to manage case loads.
- Ability to manage and prioritise workload
- Ability to maintain client confidentiality
- Have transport to travel to clients’ homes in the Bradford area


Desirable criteria:
-Experience of successfully leading and motivating a team of volunteers
- Experience of leading a partnership of different organisations
- Experience of working with other agencies
- Experience of marketing and promotion to get engagement from a local community / churches
- Experience of fundraising
- Understanding of safeguarding

How to apply
To apply, please click this link to fill in this short form to request the online application form:
https://forms.gle/TEJWwrVuL4ibvJJN9

In the online application form please show how you meet the person specification and send an email to stevehaines@capuk.org with details of 2 references, one of which should be from a Christian leader. We will only contact your references after the interview.

The deadline for applications is Monday 12th January 2026
The interviews will be held on Tuesday 20th January 2026