{"id":15749,"date":"2023-09-05T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/?p=15749"},"modified":"2024-01-31T16:29:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T16:29:11","slug":"how-to-become-a-charity-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/how-to-become-a-charity-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Become a Charity CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":15770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[189,9141],"tags":[9131,9145],"class_list":["post-15749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-development","category-developing-charity-career","tag-charity-skills","tag-leadership-and-management"],"acf":{"job_search_bottom_form":false,"image":15770,"background":15770,"excerpt":"Are you a charity leader in the making? As Working Families CEO Jane van Zyl explains, you don\u2019t need to have started out with a long-term career plan. What matters is how you can apply the skills and experience you\u2019ve gained from your current and previous roles. Whatever stage of your career you\u2019re at, and whichever sector you\u2019re in, here are some pointers if you\u2019re aspiring to become a charity CEO. ","contenttypes":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text_content","menu_title":"","content":"The best thing about being a charity CEO is getting to work with such extraordinary people. The passion of the team at Working Families<\/a> and the generosity of our donors make it the most rewarding job I\u2019ve ever had.\r\n\r\nI first wanted to work for a charity to do what I could, in my small way, to improve the world. I grew up in apartheid South Africa, where \u2018injustice\u2019 doesn't begin to cover the atrocity that was committed. Aware of my privilege, I\u2019ve always wanted to make things fairer.\r\n\r\nI found that the more senior I got in roles, the more autonomy I had over what I did\u2014I really enjoyed being able to influence the working culture. But for me, the path to becoming a charity CEO wasn\u2019t linear.\r\n\r\nWhatever stage of your career you\u2019re at, and whichever sector you\u2019re in, here are some pointers if you\u2019re aspiring to become a charity CEO.\r\n\r\n "},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_content","menu_title":"Identify your transferrable skills","content":"

Identify your transferrable skills<\/h2>\r\nYou don\u2019t need to have started out with a long-term career plan. What matters is how you can apply the skills<\/a> and experience you\u2019ve gained from your current and previous roles.\r\n\r\nI've always been ambitious, but I\u2019ve had a squiggly career (a term coined by recent Working Families trustee Helen Tupper). My degree was in Industrial Sociology and Psychology, and from that I went into publishing, then into change management. I came to the charity sector quite late, having worked for large organisations for many years.\r\n\r\nSome charities still prefer to recruit people who\u2019ve only worked for charities, but I think that's a mistake. If you\u2019re applying to become a charity CEO from within the sector, you\u2019ll know how to balance the needs of service users and may have a better understanding of co-creation. But if you\u2019re coming from a commercial background, you might bring experience of making tough decisions about an organisation\u2019s sustainability."},{"acf_fc_layout":"single_image","menu_title":"","image":12456,"image_link":"","image_link_new_tab":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_content","menu_title":"Volunteer to gain charity experience","content":"

Volunteer to gain charity experience<\/h2>\r\nIf you\u2019re coming from outside the sector as I did, then volunteering<\/a> will be helpful. It was when I started volunteering for the Samaritans that I decided I wanted to work in charities.\r\n\r\nThe role taught me how to listen, and reinforced that everybody experiences things differently. It also made it much easier for me to work toward a more senior role within a charity.\r\n\r\n "},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_content","menu_title":"Learn from challenging circumstances","content":"

Learn from challenging circumstances<\/h2>\r\nPush yourself to try different organisations and to move into different roles to broaden your experiences and competencies.\r\n\r\nI applied for a couple of charity CEO roles before I got the one I'm in now. The role that equipped me best was as Deputy CEO of an organisation with significant governance challenges. I left after a very challenging year\u2014but that experience meant I felt absolutely confident I could become a charity CEO.\r\n\r\n "},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_content","menu_title":"Understand yourself","content":"

Understand yourself<\/h2>\r\nThe great charity CEOs that I\u2019ve seen come in all shapes and sizes. There\u2019s no one personality or style best suited to the role. You can be equally good if you\u2019re reflective and introverted as if you\u2019re an extrovert and make decisions quickly. They\u2019re different skill sets.\r\n\r\nWhat matters is that you understand yourself, your strengths and your challenges, and surround yourself with people who help you make better decisions. And be open to other ways of doing things. You may do things a certain way, but that doesn't mean there isn\u2019t another way that\u2019s different or better."},{"acf_fc_layout":"single_image","menu_title":"","image":15773,"image_link":"","image_link_new_tab":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_content","menu_title":"Don\u2019t be put off if you\u2019re not a generalist","content":"

Don\u2019t be put off if you\u2019re not a generalist<\/h2>\r\nYou don\u2019t necessarily have to be a generalist to become a charity CEO. You can be a specialist in an area and then pick up the rest of the skills you need. What\u2019s important is to hire the right people. It's about making sure those you\u2019re working with really know what they're doing.\r\n\r\nAs a previous manager once told me, you don't want to be the same as everybody in the team\u2014you need a mixture of different people. It's not only about things like gender and ethnicity, it's also about diverse ways of thinking. That\u2019s something to be celebrated and explored.\r\n\r\n "},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_content","menu_title":"Learn from your colleagues","content":"

Learn from your colleagues<\/h2>\r\nExperience of giving and receiving honest feedback and managing conflict are essential preparation for becoming a charity CEO. Working closely with a board and a senior management team, you\u2019ll need to be open to challenge without being undermined.\r\n\r\nThe people who report in to you can probably teach you the most, because they're the ones who\u2019ll tell you whether the way you\u2019re working with them is reasonable.\r\n\r\n "},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_content","menu_title":"Be ready to make tough decisions","content":"

Be ready to make tough decisions<\/h2>\r\nI\u2019ve seen organisations go through very difficult times. The best CEOs are those who are passionate about the cause but don't allow themselves to get lost within the circumstances. They can see a path through, and take people on the journey with them.\r\n\r\nCan you show you\u2019re prepared to prioritise the needs of the charity itself? Sometimes tough business decisions need to be made to ensure it continues to exist\u2014to support not just the current service users, but future ones too."},{"acf_fc_layout":"single_image","menu_title":"","image":11324,"image_link":"","image_link_new_tab":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_content","menu_title":"Be ambitious","content":"

Be ambitious<\/h2>\r\nI regret that I didn't apply for roles that I probably could have done a good 60% of\u2014I waited until I could do 80%. I would have learned much faster if I'd applied for roles when I thought I was about 60% of the way there.\r\n\r\nMy advice is to apply before you think you're entirely ready, because you will learn. It may be bruising, but it's absolutely worth it.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAspiring to become a charity CEO? Take the leap and browse opportunities on CharityJob today<\/a>.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n "}],"keyword":"","related_articles":null},"yoast_head":"\nHow to Become a Charity CEO - CharityJob Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Are you a charity leader in the making? 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