Assistant to chief executive jobs near Marylebone, Greater London

Salary: Band 5 (£25,646, plus London Weighting in applicable, pro-rata).

Location: UK Location – Newcastle or London (hybrid working).

Contract and Hours: Permanent contract. Part time, 25-30 hours per week worked flexibly Monday to Friday.

Traidcraft Exchange works for trade and climate justice. In South Asia and East Africa, we support farmers, workers and artisans to benefit from more sustainable and equitable trade, and in the UK we advocate and campaign for changes to business practices and government policy.

It is an exciting time to join our organisation. Following a strategic review, we are embarking on a process of change to shift power to groups in the global south, and to rethink the way we work in the UK. We are committed to equality and providing a diverse and inclusive workplace.  We particularly welcome applications from those who are significantly underrepresented in our sector, including disabled people and individuals from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities.

We are recruiting for the newly created role of Personal Assistant to the CEO/Office Administrator.  This role will provide PA support to the CEO and also take on administrative duties as part of the Central Operations team.  The ideal candidate will bring excellent organisational, administrative and interpersonal skills, along with knowledge of MS Office IT packages. You should be able to work collaboratively, proactively and confidentially with a variety of senior level management, the central operations team and board members. Understanding of charity governance and statutory compliance would be beneficial but is not essential. A major part of your work will be coordinating and proactively managing the CEO’s busy diary, responding to and prioritising internal and external meeting requests.

 You will ideally have previous experience of working as a PA and/or administrator, be confident in multi-tasking and able to arrange tasks in a timely manner showing great attention to detail.

 The role will be based out of one of our friendly UK offices in Newcastle upon Tyne or London (hybrid working with 1-2 days a week office based, rest of the week may be home working).  Hours can be flexible between 25-30 per week to suit the candidate though we do need this role to be available to work Monday to Friday.

 As well as a competitive salary we offer flexible working hours, 25 days holidays in addition to UK bank holidays (increasing to 27 days upon 2 years service), a healthcare cash plan, life assurance and pension plan with 7.5% employer contribution.

Interested? All information is available on our website. Please complete an application form and email it to us.

Closing date for applications: 9am on 18th July 2022

Provisional date for interviews: Friday 22nd July 2022

The National Deaf Children’s Society is the leading charity dedicated to creating a world without barriers for deaf children and young people.

Personal Assistant to Executive Director

London office/Hybrid

£25,716 - £30,689 per annum, depending on experience

35 hours per week

Permanent

Are you a professional, experienced, and skilled Personal Assistant with the ability to work at Director level? Do you have experience of providing excellent administrative support to Directors? Are you organised, flexible and motivated with meticulous attention to detail? Do you have excellent minute taking, communication and relationship building skills with stakeholders at all levels, and can you always maintain discretion? 

If you have answered yes to all these questions, then this role presents an excellent opportunity for you to establish yourself as a Personal Assistant supporting one of our Executive Directors, for which we have 2 positions. You will have outstanding organisational skills and the ability to remain positive and flexible at all times. You will provide a broad high-level administrative function including diary management, minute taking, managing confidential correspondence and information. You will organise meetings as well as occasional functions and travel itineraries. You will be able to support and complement the Executive Director’s style and add value to the team.

The successful candidate will be proficient in using all Microsoft Office packages with the ability to efficiently produce and present written information to a consistently high standard. You will deliver the administrative systems that support the department, identify problems, and put in place measures to improve their effectiveness

The role comes with an attractive benefits package, which includes flexible hours and hybrid working, a generous pension contribution of 5.5%, life assurance cover, death in service benefit of 3 times basic salary, discount retail vouchers, 25 days holiday allowance (rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service) as well as 3 additional days off between Christmas and New Year.

To apply for this role, you will have to complete an online application and specify how you meet the person specification criteria, as outlined in the job description. To do this, we suggest that you download the job description from our website prior to starting your application.

Currently, the application process works best on desktop / laptop devices. 

The closing date for applications is on Sunday 17 July 2022 at 23:59.

We expect interviews to be held remotely on Tuesday 26 July 2022.

We reserve the right to close the response cut-off date for the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

The National Deaf Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young adults and expects staff and volunteers to share that commitment. 

A disclosure check will be sought in relation to the successful applicant for this post. This will be shared with Human Resources and may also be shared with the Safeguarding Manager and the relevant management team. All applicants must also complete a self-disclosure form. 

We strive to provide an accessible recruitment process. If a disability or long-term condition makes it difficult for you to complete our application form, please contact us to discuss alternative formats. If you require reasonable adjustments for taking part in the interview, please indicate this in response to the corresponding question in the application form. 

Additional information about the support we offer is on our jobs page. 

We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to offering interviews to candidates who request to be considered under the disability confident scheme and meet the minimum requirements of the person specification.

We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to promoting work life balance amongst its staff. 

As part of the recruitment process, candidates will be asked to declare and explain their gaps in employment. All our offers of employment are subject to pre-employment checks – these checks include but are not limited to references, right to work in the UK, disclosure (if applicable) and qualifications (if applicable).

The National Deaf Children’s Society is a registered charity in England and Wales (1016532) and in Scotland (SC040779).

We are working with an exciting environmental charity that is seeking a PA to the CEO and COO to join their team.

You will provide support to the COO and CEO, managing their offices efficiently and professionally. You will also work closely with other PAs in the organisation to ensure effective teamwork and communication, as well as senior staff in the Corporate Services department to help them with administrative and logistical support. This role involves working to tight deadlines and ensuring all actions, activities and projects led by the COO are followed through.

Your duties will include:

• Complex diary management – planning the charity’s annual schedule of corporate governance meetings and overseeing the Executive Committee’s collective diary planner
• Dealing with invoices and expenses
• Travel arrangements and itineraries
• Planning and organising events
• Facilitating team meetings and minute taking

You will need:

• Previous experience of working as a PA at a senior level
• Excellent ability to manage relationships with stakeholders
• Highly organised and able to prioritise tasks with great attention to detail
• Proficient in MS office applications

Salary: £41,000 - £50,000

Contract: Permanent

Working hours: 35 hours per week

Location: London – Hybrid

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Chloe or James on 02030 062787 or email [email protected]

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here. We proactively welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates.

JCORE-HIAS UK

Chief Executive

£65,000

Full-time, permanent

Flexibility considered

London office and hybrid working

JCORE and HIAS have combined their two organisations in the UK, to connect JCORE to HIAS’ international Jewish movement for refugees. Together, JCORE and HIAS will significantly enhance the UK Jewish response to issues of asylum, refugees and racial equality.

The organisation is now seeking a Chief Executive – an exciting opportunity to lead this new, expanded and ambitious venture. The role is to drive the mission and oversee its operations, providing leadership, strategy and inspiration in policy and campaigning, as well as leading on fundraising.

The Chief Executive will activate Jewish community support for racial equality, refugee/asylum/ displacement issues and humanitarian assistance throughout the UK. They will initiate projects and public education, and build links with other minority communities and organisations committed to racial justice, the interests of refugee/asylum seekers and humanitarian aid. They will provide a Jewish voice on mission-related issues for the Jewish community, the general public and decision makers.

During a transitional period, the new Chief Executive will work closely with JCORE's founder, who after 45 years is stepping back to take on the role of Honorary President, where she will be available to provide support for the activities of the charity.

The successful candidate will have a demonstrated ability to build organisational capacity, manage a small professional staff and volunteers, engage board members, cultivate stakeholder relations and lead effectively on the organisation’s core issues. They must be willing and able to be based in London.

How to apply

Application is by way of CV and a Supporting Statement, which should be around two sides of A4 and set out your motivations and credentials for the role.

Closing date: Sunday 31st July

Selection process and timescales

Stage 1 – Week beginning 8th August

First round of screening interviews conducted by NFP.

Stage 2 – Week beginning 15th August

Part-time (30.0 hours per week) or Full-time (37.5 hours per week)

The Brent Centre for Young People is looking for a dynamic person to provide Executive PA support to its busy CEO & Clinical Director who is also the Head of the Centre’s Private Services.

The Brent Centre for Young People is a charity based in North West London that provides psychotherapeutic treatments to young people aged 11-25 years, who suffer with emotional and mental health difficulties. The Centre has an international reputation for clinical work and research and delivers world-leading evidence-based practices to young people across North West London. In 2020-21, through its in-house and outreach Services, the Brent Centre helped over 600 young people to be healthier and better prepared for adulthood.

The suitable candidate will have at least three years’ experience of supporting a Senior Manager and clinical and/or general administration. The applicant would be committed, enthusiastic, confident in Information Technology, able to maintain a client database, a good team worker with good client focus skills, reliable, adaptable and flexible. He/she would have excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills, to produce work of a high standard, demonstrate a high level of professionalism and confidentiality, and be able to manage own work to meet deadlines. The post requires sensitivity to the management needs of the CEO and of young people with emotional difficulties and the nature of therapeutic work. Experience with young people or with mental health is advantageous. 

The candidate will have excellent skills, when carrying out duties of the post.

Closing date: 8 July 2022

Interviews: 20 July 2022

Youth Futures Foundation was established in December 2019 to improve employment outcomes for young people from marginalised backgrounds. Youth Futures launched with an initial endowment of £90 million from the Dormant Assets Scheme and, in January 2022, the government announced that we had been allocated a further £20 million.

Their vision is to create a society where all young people have equitable access to good quality jobs, by removing the structural and systemic barriers to employment and progression young people from marginalised backgrounds face. They take an evidence-led, structural and systems-based approach that recognises the importance of national learnings and local context.

Chief Executive

Youth Futures Foundation

London/Hybrid (ability to be in London a minimum of 3 days a week)

£100,000-120,000

This is an outstanding opportunity to lead an organisation that will deliver a profound change in the way this country supports young people from marginalised backgrounds into employment.

As the leader of an organisation that launched in 2019 and has grown quite quickly, you will have the opportunity to build on our success to date, and work with a new Chair to help shape our long-term strategy and create a strong, supportive and inclusive culture.

Credibility authenticity focus on impact, be a champion for the organisation, experienced passionate team, ability to work with a board strong and supportive culture, coherent, constructive challenge and executive decisions taken and strong accepted after discussion

We are looking for a highly authentic and capable leader who can empower a highly experienced and committed team to make a real change in the lives of young people.  With a compelling track record of achievement, you will have the experience, emotional intelligence and personal credibility to champion the organisation to a complex and diverse range of clients, stakeholders and partners including other charities and NGOs, government, businesses and funders. 

Most importantly, you will share our commitment to achieving lasting, positive change for young people.

Our commitment to inclusion across all protected characteristics, experiences and socioeconomic background forms the cornerstone of our work. Youth Futures Foundation welcomes applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, sexuality, belief, or disability and particularly would like to encourage applications from ethnic minorities.

To learn more about this unique opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please read the full appointment brief, on the Prospectus website, which can be reached by clicking on the “Apply on Website” Button.

Closing date: Sunday 24th July 2022 (midnight)

We are looking for an Executive Assistant, Finance & Corporate Services to provide comprehensive and proactive executive assistance to the Director of Finance & Corporate Services and departmental functions across the Directorate.

About us

Battersea is here for every dog and cat and has been since 1860. We are a leading animal welfare charity and over the last 160 years we’ve grown from one home in London to three rescuing and rehoming centres across the South East. With c500 staff and 1000 volunteers, we have cared for over three million vulnerable animals We also campaign tirelessly to make things better for dogs and cats; sharing our expertise and educating the public and policymakers about responsible pet ownership. Join us and make a difference for every dog and cat.

Our Finance & Corporate Services Team

Battersea’s Finance and Corporate Services Department incorporates a range of functions that support the rest of the organisation. From IT helpdesk and systems support, to financial accounting, legacy administration, procurement and facilities management, these teams work strategically and collaboratively to ensure that Battersea can be here for every dog and cat.

What we can offer you

Our dedicated people mean that we can be here for every dog and cat. Whether you are sharing an office with our dogs or directly caring for our cats, our animals show their appreciation every day. There is no better reward than seeing the difference you make to the lives of our dogs and cats first-hand; although we also provide a wide range of employee benefits, including:

• 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
• Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
• Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental (£100), optical (£100), physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture (£325) every year
• Annual interest-free season ticket loans
• Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
• Life insurance

During the Coronavirus restrictions, our animal-facing staff continued to work on site and our office based staff worked from home. We are currently operating a hybrid working model with our office-based staff splitting their time between site based and home working. We believe this will support office-based staff to maintain the benefits of home working, while allowing for collaboration and interaction with our animal-facing staff and maintaining a connection to our cause.

As such, you’ll be expected to work in our Battersea office for at least 50% of your working week.

So, if you are passionate about dogs, cats and about our work, then we’d like to hear from you.

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and valuing diversity for all current and prospective staff, volunteers and Trustees. We aim to ensure that this commitment, reinforced by our values, is embedded in our day-to-day working practices and our work together. We would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic and disabled candidates, who are currently under-represented at Battersea.

Closing date: Sunday 17 July 2022

Interview date(s): Tuesday 26 July 2022

For full details, please download our recruitment pack. To apply, click the button below.  All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised; we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.

The Prader-Willi Syndrome Association UK is seeking a strong strategic leader with a fundamental belief in the potential and value of people with Prader-Willi Syndrome and a desire to serve the wider community. 

The Prader-Willi Syndrome Association exists to represent and support the entire Prader-Willi Syndrome community.  This rare, complex genetic disorder currently has no cure and we wish to ensure that every member of our community has access to high quality care, opportunity and support. We are passionate about promoting awareness, building knowledge and furthering research so that the challenges of Prader-Will Syndrome can be overcome.  In serving this community we are guided by the principle of “nothing about us without us”, which puts our community at the heart of everything we do.

The Prader-Willi Syndrome Association UK is seeking a strong strategic leader with a fundamental belief in the potential and value of people with Prader-Willi Syndrome and a desire to serve the wider community.  We are looking for someone with a proven record of commanding trust, respect and confidence to lead our small but highly skilled team.  You will have the experience and ability to turn strategy into operational delivery and in so doing, deliver life changing support to our community.  This is an exciting opportunity for someone with vision, creativity and ambition to drive our organisation to the next level and to deliver the strategic direction of the Trustees.

Development Initiatives is a mission led organisation working globally to ensure that data-driven evidence and analysis are used effectively in policy and practice to end poverty, reduce inequality and increase resilience.

Headquartered in the UK, Development Initiatives works locally, nationally and globally, and in the last five years our work has covered 78 countries. Our team is based in the UK, Kenya, Uganda and the United States.

Development Initiatives is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment and is an equal opportunities employer

Chief Executive

Hybrid working with significant time spent at DI’s global hub in Bristol

Salary £110,000-140,000

This is an exciting time for Development Initiatives as we begin to operationalise our new strategy, regionalising our work through a network of Hubs around the world to ensure we are much closer to partners and enabling us to respond more efficiently to changes and challenges in each region.  We are a not for profit company, and are ambitious to grow our consulting business to balance earned income and grant funding.

Our new Chief Executive will be joining a passionate, committed and highly experienced team who are recognised experts in their fields, and supported by a cohesive and supportive Board.

You will bring us proven credentials as an inclusive leader in a global organisation, with commercial business acumen and experience of managing, developing and retaining a geographically dispersed team. You bring deep understanding of the political economy of poverty, data and development, and experience of building long term funding and business partnerships.

To learn more about this unique opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please read the full appointment brief, on the Prospectus website, which can be reached by clicking on the “Apply on Website” Button.

Closing date: 02.08.22

Preliminary Interviews: 09-15.8.22

Final Interviews and assessments: September 2022

Our Vision

The past does not have to determine the future. The Difference is a new education charity, founded to improve the life outcomes of the most vulnerable children by raising the status and expertise of those who teach them. By 2030 we want a new story on school exclusion:

1. People - The best teachers working with the children who need them most – A third of the 350 schools for excluded pupils in the country have benefitted from a Difference Leader leading improved practice and outcomes for excluded children in their setting; and are part of a growing Community of Schools through which The Difference learns more about effective practice and policy to improve life chances of excluded young people.
2. Practice - An evidence base of what works with the most vulnerable shared widely – The Inclusive Leadership Course has shaped the strategic approach of over 1,000 of the 3,500 secondary schools nationally, leading to lower incidence of school exclusion in individual schools. Meanwhile research findings, school tools and development experiences by The Difference inspires hundreds of teachers each year to join The Difference Community, learning from what works to improve childrenʼs safety, wellbeing and learning.
3. Policy – Changing incentives are reducing exclusion and improving preventative investment – Schools whose outcomes buck the trend for vulnerable children are identified, facilitated and amplified by The Difference, influencing other schools and policy-makers. Local, multi-academy-trust wide and national policies which help and hinder excluded pupils are identified through our research; and changed through our advocacy relationships.

Our Journey

From next academic year, The Difference Executive team need a new colleague to support them across the whole organisationʼs work: orchestrating the rhythm of the year with internal and external work and events; managing correspondence with a growing number of externals; coaching the Directors to use their time strategically to have the most impact, and working closely with our trustee team to oversee the continuously improving work of the charity. Could you make this difference?

Our Values

• Purpose driven - Our work is guided and galvanised by our values and beliefs. We are problem-solvers, and do not wait to act. We are inspired by our purpose to improve life-chances of the most vulnerable young people, and to develop new expertise in the teaching workforce.
• Strong relationships - We prioritise genuine relationships over transactional interactions, and know that this requires deliberate relational practice and achieves the best outcomes. We see those we work with as people first and their roles second; and know this greater trust allows us to take more risks, gain more feedback and have greater impact. Working through a network of relationships allows us to achieve more than we could do alone.
• Internalised locus of control - We work hard to reframe difficult situations to discover what we have within our power in terms of solutions. We take it upon ourselves to walk towards challenges and can take a high level of ownership and agency in our work and its continuous improvement. We never shout “fire” without first picking up our own bucket.
• Scientific approach - We take a diagnostic approach to unpicking causes of problems. We are loud and proud of our failures, recognising failing fast and often is key to finding the best solutions. We test solutions and are willing to use data and feedback to make adjustments and choose new directions. We look for a measurable shift in outcomes before we declare we are having an impact.
• Not squeamish about structural inequalities - We believe patterns of inequality can and should be disrupted. We strive to be clear-eyed about how these inequalities work, and both the individual practice and system-changes required to address them. We push ourselves to overcome awkwardness in talking about this; and to begin with acknowledging our own biases and blind spots.
• Value voices of dissent and difference - We are brave enough to share our minds with others; and nurture that bravery in our collaborators. We build feedback loops to learn from othersʼ perceptions – especially if they differ from our own. We donʼt mind disagreement, are wary of group-think and seek out different perspectives to make our work stronger.
• Asset-based - We work hard to avoid deficit thinking and aim to start with whatʼs strong, not whatʼs wrong. We are careful not to frame our colleagues and stakeholders - particularly young people and families – as othered victims but instead to recognise their agency and to talk with and about them with empathy and respect. We build relationships with, feedback loops from, and recruit into our teams, people who have the assets of insights into our delivery work and the young people we work with.

The Challenge Ahead: Executive Assistant

The Difference is a growing charity, in both the size of its team and the reach of its delivery. As our delivery and team both grow, we must develop our ability to manage competing strategic priorities and their demands on our time, and to communicate and collaborate effectively across a wider group of colleagues, Trustees and external stakeholders. This requires a high level of coordination, strategic time management, and internal communication that we have not needed until now - qualities which we hope you will help to foster and grow.

As the Executive Assistant, you will work closely with the CEO and Directors to develop a deep understanding of the organisation’s strategic goals, how they interrelate, and the operational approaches designed to achieve them. Through this understanding, you will support the Exec team to manage their time and input towards the charity’s goals; ensure effective communication across The Difference team and with external stakeholders; as well as personally delivering on key projects across the charity.

Key Tasks Required of this Role

Strategic support for CEO & Directors

• Play a strategic role in balancing competing priorities, to ensure that sufficient time is given by CEO and Directors to each of the organisation’s objectives.
• Manage the CEO’s diary on an ongoing basis to ensure it continuously reflects current priorities, and responds to emerging needs.
• Support the CEO in preparing for meetings - through both written and verbal briefings - and ensure communication of key headlines to relevant team members.
• Coordinate Directors’ meetings, supporting the creation of agendas, and helping to determine how questions and topics are prioritised across the year.
• Support on the delivery of cross-organisational projects, focusing on topics such as team development; ways of working; culture and values.
• Manage CEO and Directors’ logistics, including travel arrangements, venue booking and processing expenses.

Internal Communication & Collaboration

• Own and maintain an accurate organisational calendar, ensuring teams are aware of one another’s capacity across the year, and can plan accordingly.
• Deputise for the CEO in internal meetings, to ensure that adequate briefing can be given to the CEO meaning ongoing oversight is not lost when external meetings are given priority.
• Project manage key cross-organisational events, such as conferences and school visits, ensuring timely input from all relevant team members.
• Develop shared processes & norms to nurture constructive communication with internal & external stakeholders.

Board

• Project manage production of board papers, including support with writing them, and ensuring timely input from across the Difference team.
• Plan and coordinate Board meetings, including supporting the CEO and Chair to set agendas, and ongoing communication with all Trustees.
• Take and distribute Board minutes, and ensure timely follow up on any actions.
• Organise and coordinate Trustee engagement events, e.g. social dinners and school visits

External Communications

• Manage correspondence between CEO and external stakeholders, including categorising incoming mail, and triaging or delegating to other team members where relevant.
• Ensure a welcoming experience of The Difference for external stakeholders, both for those visiting the office, and those reaching out via email or social media.

Operations Team support

• Assisting the Operations Team, updating the staff leave sheet as well as helping with the induction and onboarding of new staff members.
• Updating policies and processes, to ensure key staff documents are kept up to date
• Manage the office, updating the office tracking sheet, ensuring meeting rooms and resources are available, and liaising between team and office staff.

Person Specification

Essential 

• Self-direction/autonomous worker  - Evidenced capacity to take high levels of ownership over your work, proactively anticipating problems that may arise, diagnosing need and changing course quickly; taking initiative within the role to ensure success.
• Ability to take ownership over your self-development, proactively diagnosing skills and information gaps and making use of others’ expertise to continually grow your skills, and make a success of tasks at hand.
• Strong communicator -  A clear communication style which is concise and effective - both verbally & written - as well as strong interpersonal skills.
• Stakeholder management -  Evidence of having established, developed and managed effective relationships with a range of senior stakeholders.
• Organisation & project management – A track record of coordinating projects to tight timelines and a high standard, communicating proactively if timelines need to shift; as well as sharp attention to detail and thorough approach to organisation and project management.
• Agility in problem-solving – Ability to thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment, comfortable with making decisions in ambiguous contexts and rapidly diagnosing any need to reprioritise and change course; ability to think creatively/laterally and strategically to find the most effective solution.
• Values – A career or personal experience which evidences shared values with The Difference (see above) and a personal commitment to our mission to improve life outcomes for vulnerable people.

Desired 

• Experience in start-up/charity sector - An understanding of the fast-paced nature of start-up, and/or how small charities work.
• Experience of diary management for senior colleagues.
• Experience of coordination across broad teams - You may have worked in another role which sits across different functions within an organisation.

How To Apply 

Please email our jobs account no later than Sunday 10th July, including the following:

1. When submitting your application, a link with questions will be sent to you to complete as a part of the application process.
2. Your CV including references (maximum two pages)
3. Your salary expectations and notice period (if applicable)
4. Confirmation of right to work in the UK
5. How you found out about the role/where you saw it advertised

For an informal and confidential discussion about the role prior to application, please contact our jobs account with a brief summary of your experience and questions that you have. We will attempt to offer calls to those who want, but please bear in mind that this may not be possible within our team’s capacity.

We are committed to building a diverse team and strongly encourage applications from under-represented groups in the charity sector such as people from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, people with experience in the care system, non-graduates and first-in-family graduates.

As part of our commitment to fairer recruitment, all applications will be assessed with names and any protected characteristics redacted.

This role supports both the Artistic and Executive Directors, their roles support the creative vision of the the theatre and sets the strategic direction of the overall business. Your organisational skills and 'can do' attitude, will be key in providing a reliable and accurate service, Skillful facilitation of meetings and adept at using Microsoft word applications.

The Lyric Theatre  is in the heart of Hammersmith  supported by excellent transport links, surrounded by numerous high street shops, cafes and restaurants.    The Lyric's vision includesyoung people and emerging artists  to: nurture a new diverse generation of theatre artists, technicians and
managers.including those from socially excluded and disadvantaged backgrounds.

If you are curious to know more about the role and the Lyric, read the job pack and our website.

Family Voice Surrey is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation run by parent carers which aims to bring about positive change for young people with additional needs, living in Surrey by giving families a strong collective voice.

We know that parent carers are the best people to help identify any problems families experience with getting the right support for their children and will work with Surrey families in fulfilling our vision, which is for a society that: 

• allows families whose children have additional needs to be heard 
• allows ALL children to thrive and are supported to achieve their dreams 
• celebrates difference and diversity 
• breaks down the barriers faced by children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

FVS is now looking for their next Chief Executive Officer, a strong operational leader, networker and communicator who is able to make a significant contribution in helping us to achieve our mission. The CEO will have the determination to ensure that when key decisions are made that we see the faces, hear the different voices and perspectives of our community reflected, so that we can bring about positive change.

With a growing membership and a challenging financial environment, we must become more innovative in our approach, more agile in how we do things, more aware of the importance in harnessing the talents of our members, staff, and together with our partners, more determined in addressing equality of access to services and timely support for SEND families.

If you think that you’ve got what it takes to: 

• ensure that the FVS offer remains relevant to its Members
• inspire, lead and manage the organisation
• work closely with our team, the Trustee board and external partners to ensure our plans align with the FVS mission, vision, values and positioning.

………..then we would love to hear from you. 

To be considered for this role, you must have lived experience of living with or caring for a young person with additional needs; demonstrate that you can develop innovative and creative solutions to problem solving; and how you have applied your unique leadership skills and experience while learning from others too.

The CEO will engage and build strong relationships with our Members and Surrey families, staff, funding partners and partner organisations so you will have the confidence to speak up in meetings, and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people in a variety of situations in representing a range of views.

FVS welcomes applications from a diverse and broad range of backgrounds. We offer flexible and home-based working – however, the successful candidate will be expected to travel to various locations within Surrey, with the Family Voice Surrey office based in Leatherhead. 

Closing date 10th July 2022.

1st round interviews will be held via Teams on 15th July.

2nd round interviews will be held in person on 18th July. 

Do you want to work for an organisation that promotes responsible business, corporate responsibility and is one of the Princes charities of Charles, Prince of wale's? They work with companies in the UK and Internationally who are committed to improving their impact on society. Do you have experience of supporting a senior Director? Do you enjoy working independently and using your own initiative?

The role is currently a hybrid of remote and office-based working, but there are likely to be some occasions where the post holder is required to join the CEO at various events/meetings across the country.

As the Personal Assistant to the CEO you will manage relationships with some of the biggest names in business, from the leaders of established, influential companies to the start-ups which are shaping the future. You will assume responsibility for diary management and secretarial support within the Chief Executive's office.

The Chief Executive's schedule is complex and flexible, often changing at short notice, with events ranging from high-level meetings to conference speeches. You will be resourceful, driven and a fantastic team player.

You will work to the Chief Executive's Executive Assistant in ensuring the Chief Executive is adequately prepared for external meetings and speaking engagements. Organise the weekly executive team meetings, including agendas, papers and minute taking. You will maintain and process records of the Chief Executive's expenses for travel, office and other expenses.

You will have managed complex diaries, coordinated logistics and travel arrangements.

If you are interested in this role please get in touch now for a more detailed job description.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

We are working in partnership with Emmaus Greenwich, a charity that provides a home and meaningful work for up to 35 people who have experienced homelessness and social exclusion.  Their goal is to help homeless people regain their self-respect and move on to independent living when they are ready.

Emmaus Greenwich is now seeking to appoint their new Chief Executive who will be responsible to the Board of Trustees for the overall strategy, direction, development, and management of the Community and of the business and social enterprise activities. You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time and will be responsible for leading the organisation through significant changes, embedding an expanded organisation, building on and managing the established staff team and developing strategic partnerships.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate:

• Proven strategic and commercial understanding with the experience to develop and grow an organisation financially
• Significant leadership and management skills in a growing organisation
• Excellent financial and budget management skills
• Project management experience
• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and written
• An empathy and genuine interest in working with vulnerable people

The new CEO will be an entrepreneurial individual with excellent communication, planning and organisational skills and the ability to influence and engage with a wide range of stakeholders.  The successful applicant will be strong strategically with excellent commercial acumen.  You will be a team player, with drive, integrity and enthusiasm and have a true belief in the ethos of the charity and the services they offer and be committed to the causes of social inclusion and empowerment.

This is a fantastic opportunity for the right person. For more information, please contact Sandra Smith, Associate Director, Charisma Charity Recruitment.

Applications should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.

Closing date for applications: 25th July 2022

Interview dates: TBC