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Check my CVAre you ready for something more and looking to make a difference to a worthwhile charity that makes a difference to many people’s lives? Look no further! Yellow Submarine, an award-winning Oxfordshire charity that enables people with learning disabilities and autism to live life to the full, is on the look-out for a new Chair of Trustees. We welcome applications from individuals who share our values, meet the criteria in the role description, and are committed to helping Yellow Submarine thrive.
Yellow Submarine is in its 12th year. It started as a niche charity offering holidays for children and adults and now also offers a range of activities, training and work opportunities through the cafés, and an especially designed skills development programme. We’re unashamedly ambitious to make things better. With a financial turnover of £800,000 (Y/E June 2020), we currently support over 500 members and their families through 20 members of full-time staff and 100+ members of sessional staff and volunteers.
If you are committed, passionate and strategic, we would love to hear from you. If you also have experience in either fundraising or business development and/or have links to the local business community, do get in touch.
It matters to us to ensure everyone, from whatever background, and regardless of sex, gender, race, age (as long as you are over 16), sexuality, belief or disability has an equal opportunity to be considered for the role. If you are interested in the role, we would love to hear from you.
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Chief Executive Officer
Salary Scale: C35 – C41 (£58,279.71 - £65,632.42 per annum)
Hours: 37.5 (plus additional on-call hours)
Location: Dartington, Devon
We are seeking an inspirational Chief Executive Officer to join our independent charity, someone who shares our vision and values, consistently achieves excellence, invites innovation and thrives on making a positive difference to the people we serve.
As Learning Disability Champions with over 20 years of success, Lifeworks work to support people with learning disabilities to have a great life. We are committed to creating opportunities for these people and their families so that they can reach their full potential and are engaged with and valued by their communities.
The opportunity to join as our new Chief Executive comes at an exciting time for the charity. We are at a pivotal time in our journey having successfully adapted ways of working during the Covid 19 pandemic. We are now seeking to grow our assets, resources and expertise to support more people than ever before.
We are seeking an individual with experience of developing or leading strategy using a creative approach, who has successfully developed and implemented growth strategies. Someone with high levels of emotional intelligence and the ability to influence, you will bring senior level experience, having led and empowered effective teams and managed broad budgets. You will provide inspirational leadership to colleagues, empowering them to exceed expectations and ensuring a culture of collaboration.
As Chief Executive Officer, you will lead and guide your management team and support them to adapt and develop their services to ensure sustainability and identify opportunities for new ways of working, delivering plans that meet strategic aims.
Reporting to the Chair of Trustees, the role of Chief Executive will support the Board of Trustees in fulfilling their responsibilities in the governance of the charity and will bring good strategic and analytical skills coupled with the credibility and gravitas to represent the charity, motivating and empowering through values driven leadership.
Potential candidates will need to be fully motivated to provide the dynamic and inspiring leadership needed to ensure the charity grows and to be able to support the Charity’s vision, mission and values. You will have already had a successful career at senior management level and have an outstanding track record of inspiring leadership and delivery. You will ideally have previous experience leading in the Charity sector, however we will consider applications from a wide range of backgrounds, but you must be able to show a strong and detailed understanding of Regulatory Frameworks within the care and education sectors.
If you have the ambition, credentials and values to help steer our charity to the next level, we would love to hear from you.
Any offer is made subject to satisfactory references to the charity and an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring service (DBS) will be essential if successful.
To apply please provide a comprehensive CV, including details of your achievements in each role. Please include a supporting statement, explaining how you believe your skills and experience match the requirements of the role, directly addressing the criteria as outlined in the person specification. Please also outline your motivation for applying for this role.
Closing date: 15th May 2021
Interview date: Week commencing 24th May 2021
WHO WE ARE
Small Green Shoots was founded in 2009. We are dedicated to increasing career opportunities for NEETs (not in education, employment or training) within the music and creative industries. We are the only UK arts organisation with both a black female Chair and black female CEO. We have 85% BME staff and 100% from low-income backgrounds (or parents with less than £24k per annum household earnings).
Founder Natalie Wade acknowledges that some of the shoots will have absolutely no previous awareness of what a ‘professional’ job means, so her approach to training begins with social skills - how to introduce yourself, how to hold yourself in meetings, building confidence, how to write minutes. On the artist side, throughout the past 10 years Natalie and SGS have been vital in helping kickstart the careers of artists such as Jorja Smith, Mahalia and Emelie Sande - providing funding for recording sessions, video shoots and much more.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We’re looking for an engaging, nurturing, resourceful, community minded team player, with excellent relationship building and leadership skills, who shares our vision and values and wants to bring their own ideas and energy to the table. The ideal candidate will be an inspiring people manager, have built credibility in a creative industry (preferably music), have solid business acumen, and previous experience working in either non-profit arts or a youth organisation. A natural communicator, you’ll be as comfortable chatting with our Shoots as you are updating the Board, getting the best out of everyone and making meaningful progress every step of the way.
The Managing Director will lead a staff team of 9, plus 10 part-time trainees and a rolling programme of work-placements. They will have the support of the outgoing CEO who founded the organisation 10 years ago and report to the trustees of this innovative youth-led charity.
We need an MD who can demonstrate their executive leadership skills, a dynamic person with a passion for the arts and the impact of art on the lives of young people. Someone who will guide the development of a vision and strategy for the organisation’s long-term growth and will provide strong leadership for the Board, staff and our young beneficiaries.
The MD will support the organisation in reaching its potential in terms of profile and in realising its goals for artistic excellence, youth training / education / employability within the creative industries, financial stability, fundraising and audience engagement. They will be responsible for galvanising the Board, staff and stakeholders in contributing to and supporting Small Green Shoots mission.
Responsibilities will include:
- Executive Leadership the organisation, working with the Board to update, maintain, and execute Small Green Shoots’ Strategic Plan.
- Lead the planning and management of all Development and Fundraising programmes to meet financial development goals. This includes overseeing communication with donors and patrons when it relates to fundraising or institutional advancement, ensuring best practices are being used in stewarding and overseeing our database and ensure that best practices are being used in recording and analysing data.
- Oversee and manage finance operations and our financial reporting. This includes provision of financial reports to the Treasurer of the Board of Directors and to the wider Board and ensuring financial systems and internal controls are adequate to for Small Green Shoots and guard against fraud and waste.
- Serve as the lead ambassador of Small Green Shoots in the community, cultivating of donors, funding bodies and creative industries
- Provide additional support for and attend meetings, fundraisers, events, celebrations etc.
- People Management; Manage, coach, and supervise Small Green Shoots employees and ensure that our employment policies and reporting are consistent with the Law and our commitments to representation and diversity and are regularly updated/reviewed.
- Oversee recruitment, training, coaching and retention of Small Green Shoots staff, this includes fostering an office culture of teamwork, generous collaboration, clear communication, effective delegation, and mutual support.
- Overseeing contracts of staff, freelancers and consultants.
- Board Relations: Work with the Chair of Trustees to identify need for committees and prioritize work of the Board, provide short quarterly written reports to the Board. Support the development of the Board through active cultivation and recruitment. Serve as liaison between Board Committees.
- Communications and Technology Management: Ensure that Small Green Shoots has the information, communications, and technology systems that it needs to be effective. Ensuring that our external communications are consistent and representative of the organisation.
THE PERSON
The ideal candidate will:
- Possess demonstrated business acumen along with strong management and leadership skills.
- Have the vision and enthusiasm to design and execute Small Green Shoots’ development as a charity in the short, intermediate and long-term and help us achieve sustainable growth into the future.
- Be a passionate communicator with the ability to establish long-lasting, productive, relationships with the Board, staff and community of stakeholders and funders.
- Have proven ability to generate earned income and philanthropic support and a passion for organizational development.
- Be able to deliver compassionate, unique, people centred approach to the job role.
Qualifications
- Proven executive experience in non-profit arts or youth organization.
- Previous experience of interacting with Boards, Volunteers and Funders.
- Proven experience building revenue and philanthropic support, including bid writing.
- Experience of working with the Arts Council England.
- Level 3 in Safeguarding young people and vulnerable adults (Desirable).
- At least 2 years of experience in youth work. (Desirable).
- At least 1 year of experience in recruitment. (Desirable)
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Solent Mind and Mayfield Nurseries
4 x Trustees and Chair
Voluntary Roles
We are working in partnership with Solent Mind & Mayfield Nurseries (subsidiary of Solent Mind) whose mission it is to make sure anyone in the local community experiencing a mental health issue has somewhere to turn to for advice, information, and support. They have a strong reputation for the work they do locally to support people with mental ill-health, and to prevent people becoming unwell. Solent Mind & Mayfield Nurseries work as active members of the Mind Federation, which supports people across the whole of England and Wales, to make sure their pioneering campaigns, information and research makes a difference in Hampshire.
Solent Mind is now seeking to appoint 4 Trustees together with a Chair for Mayfield Nurseries to play a key role in the leadership and governance of the charity by setting the future strategy, assuring the quality of services that they provide and considering the most effective use of their resources for the benefit of the people they serve. They believe good leadership and governance are best achieved through diversity within the Board. They already have a diverse range of people on their Board but wish to increase this even further by recruiting candidates from a range of different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to reflect more closely the communities they work with. Applications are particularly welcome from candidates with personal lived experience of mental health issues, and from BAME and LGBT communities.
The successful Chair for Mayfield Nurseries will need to demonstrate knowledge or experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Business, entrepreneurial, and commercial skills
- Customer service focussed – ideally horticulture or other retail experience
- Fundraising and marketing
- External Communications including work with media and PR
- Digital Transformation
Trustees for Solent Mind will need to demonstrate knowledge or experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Business development, entrepreneurial and commercial skills
- Governance; specifically GDPR & Health & Safety, ideally in the charity sector
- Campaigning
- Digital services
- Information governance
- Audit & Risk Management
The Chair and Trustees should be able to commit themselves to the work of the Board for up to ten days per annum (for further details see role descriptions). Board members will serve on a voluntary basis, though reasonable expenses will be paid.
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.
These unremunerated roles are open to all who meet the essential criteria. To apply for these exceptional opportunities, please send your CV, Supporting Statement and Equal Opportunities and Diversity Monitoring Form to Jenny Warner, Managing Director, Charisma Charity Recruitment, quoting the correct reference below.
Chair of Mayfield Nurseries: JO2818
Trustee for Solent Mind: JO2820
Closing date for applications: 22 April 2021
Interviews with Charisma: no later than 29 April 2021
Interview date, with the Charity: May 2021, tbc
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Every child has the right to fulfil their potential through the love, care, and support of a family, and we ensure that no child, no family anywhere is left behind.
SOS Children's Villages UK specialise in caring for unaccompanied and separated children and strengthening families. We give a voice to children and young people, helping them to engage directly with governments and international organisations, and we advocate side by side with them to advance children's rights.
Chair
Meetings are usually held in Cambridge, currently via video conference
Unremunerated
SOS Children's Villages UK, is part of a global charity supporting children without parental care and families at risk of breakdown or separation. We work in 136 countries and territories worldwide with local staff to provide long-term family-like care, education and healthcare as well as a wide range of family strengthening programmes.
At this critical time, we are seeking a new Chair of Trustees who is truly committed to our mission; to ensure that no child grows up alone.
The new Chair will bring a strong understanding of the role of Charity Boards as well as good governance experience and significant strategic leadership. You will serve as an effective ambassador working closely with the CEO and motivated board. It would also be advantageous to bring knowledge of the International NGO sector or an international context.
SOS Children's Villages UK is committed to achieving greater diversity in its board and welcomes applications from currently under-represented groups at Board level including people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, and disabled people.
For more information about the organisation and this important opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please find the appointment brief below.
If you wish you have an informal discussion about the opportunity, please contact our retained advisors Camille Revuelta or Emily Hayman at Prospectus
Deadline for applications: Sunday 23rd May
Initial interviews with Prospectus: w/c 31st May
Staff Session and Final Panel Interviews: 25th, 28th & 29th June
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We are looking for a new, third member to join our Independent Remuneration Panel which annually reviews our Trustees remuneration.
Role of The Panel
The Independent Remuneration Panel is responsible for determining the level of remuneration for Trustees, including the Chair and reviewing the policy for payment of expenses to Trustees.
Members of the Panel will be independent of the Charity itself.
The Panel will normally meet once a year but may meet more than once a year if necessary.
Specification for members of The Panel
Members should have a broad understanding of the role of organisations such as or similar to Affinity Trust which is a charity providing social care and support to people with learning disabilities.
Members do not need detailed understanding of social care or learning disabilities but need to understand that, though it is a charity, Affinity Trust is a large and complex business operating in a competitive environment. Annual income is currently £55m with almost 2,000 employees.
Members should have some understanding of the role and responsibilities of Trustees of a charity.
Some members should have experience of reviewing and setting pay rates, job evaluation or similar understanding which they can bring to the role.
About us
Affinity Trust supports over 1,000 people with learning disabilities across England and Scotland, helping them live as independently as possible. We’ve been supporting people with learning disabilities for more than 25 years.
Whether enabling people to live in their own homes, giving opportunities to enjoy community-based activities, or supporting people into work, we aim to ensure that those we support can live life to the full.
Remuneration of Panel members.
Panel members will be paid £350 after tax per meeting plus reasonable expenses.
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We are seeking an inspirational Chief Executive Officer to join our small independent charity, someone who shares our vision and values, invites innovation and thrives on making a positive difference to the people and communities we serve.
Martineau Gardens, holders of the Queens Award for Voluntary Service, is an organically managed community garden close to Birmingham city centre. We offer volunteering opportunities for Social and Therapeutic Horticulture; work placements for SEN students; environmental education for schools; family activities and courses for adults. We supplement our charitable income through public engagement activities including events; plant and produce sales; venue hire and visitor donations.
The opportunity to join as our new Chief Executive comes at an exciting time for the charity as we seek to grow our resources and expertise to support more people and maintain the restorative properties of the Gardens. We are seeking an individual who can develop strategy using a creative approach; someone with high levels of emotional intelligence and the ability to influence, who has experience of managing a team with diverse skills and who has expertise in budgeting and governance.
As Chief Executive Officer, you will lead and guide your team of 10 and support them to adapt and develop their services to ensure sustainability and identify opportunities for new ways of working, delivering plans that meet strategic and operational aims.
Reporting to the Chair of Trustees, the role of Chief Executive will support the Board of Trustees in fulfilling their responsibilities in the governance of the charity and will bring good strategic and analytical skills coupled with the credibility and gravitas to represent the charity, motivating and empowering through values driven leadership.
Potential candidates will need to be fully motivated to provide the dynamic and inspiring leadership needed to ensure the charity grows and to be able to support the Charity’s vision, mission and values. You will ideally have previous experience leading in the Charity sector, however we will consider applications from a wide range of backgrounds. Knowledge of Social and Therapeutic Horticulture is desirable but not essential.
If you have the ambition, credentials and values to help steer our charity to the next level, we would love to hear from you. Any offer made is subject to satisfactory references to the charity and an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring service (DBS) will be essential if successful.
Closing date: 27th May 2021
Interview date: Week commencing 9th June 2021
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
South West Wildlife Fundraising Limited (SWWFL)
Job Title: Chair (Non Executive) South West Wildlife Fundraising Limited (SWWFL)
Remuneration: £10k per annum subject to deductions plus out of pocket expenses
Closing date: 26th April 2021
Do you care about the work of the Wildlife Trusts and want to make a real difference to the future of our treasured wildlife?
SWWFL is a successful fundraising business that provides a vital service to the 8 Wildlife Trusts that own it. The Board of Directors is seeking a commercially astute, financially literate and strategically minded Chair, with demonstrable experience of leadership at Board level, of fostering collaborative approaches and of nurturing strong customer relationships. SWWFL is a financially robust, growing organisation that is at an exciting stage of its development. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a welcoming, dedicated team and use your experience to support nature’s recovery.
An application pack and form can be downloaded from the SWWFL website or upon request by emailing Karen Churchward (please use ‘SWWFL Chair Application’ in your subject header). The deadline for applications is APRIL 26TH.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Starfish Services Limited are looking to recruit new Trustees.
Starfish Services Limited is a Charity 1146237 with a focus on Mental Health and Wellbeing. We are committed to improving lives, by building communities, through community transformation models including ABC, Co-production/Co-design, and practices-based learning.
Starfish have projects in communities across the midlands and the North East, which includes projects to improve employability, reduce loneliness and improve social connections, also projects to enhance our digital offer to reduce social and digital isolation.
Trustees Roles
We are looking for individuals who have worked at a management/senior officer level and have had or are in roles in Mental Health or Community development, with a skillset that will complement the existing expertise of the board members. They will have strong inter-personal skills, with an adaptive approach and strategic mind-set. Additionally, they will be committed to Starfish Services ltd ethos and values.
The core functions of these roles are to ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction, holding leaders to account for outcomes and financial performance of the charity. The board of trustees manages the business of the charity and may exercise all the powers in compliance with its charitable objects, company and charity law.
Every trustee is expected to abide by the Starfish Services Ltd code of conduct and the seven principles of public life set out by Lord Nolan: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.
Time Commitment
The trust board meets 6 times per year, and normally last 2 hours; at the moment meetings are taking place via Zoom or Teams (Training will be given to use both of these methods).
Closing date: 16th May 2021
No agencies please.
Trustees wanted for Hammersmith & Fulham charity
We want to ensure we reflect the wide range of people in the borough
Bishop Creighton House (BCH), established in 1908, runs projects for older and disabled people and families with children under five.
Despite the challenges of the pandemic, we continue to offer vital services for the most vulnerable, promoting their independence: from enabling people to make friendships, develop their interests and find work; to helping them feel safe and secure at home, avoiding residential care.
We want to recruit more trustees. Our trustees are responsible for developing strategy, providing governance and directing the charity towards achieving its mission.
Trustees, who are volunteers, meet ten times per year. We have well advanced plans to redevelop our popular community centre, on Lillie Road in Fulham, with building work due to begin in early 2021, so it’s an exciting time to become a trustee. An induction as well as training on being a trustee and governance matters will be offered. Trustees are unpaid but reasonable expenses will be reimbursed.
We are particularly interested in applications from the diverse range of groups we are here to help, including those from BAME populations and the LGBTQ+ community.
As an organisation that embraces diversity and accessibility, BCH is committed to representing the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do.
As well as ensuring we are a diverse board, we are interested in people who have skills and experience in any of the following:
- charities
- social work
- education
- disabilities
- fundraising
- business and finance
- building development
Above all, you will need a commitment to social justice and improving the lives of disadvantaged people in Hammersmith & Fulham and surrounding areas.
To apply, please contact Lee Smith, chair of the board of trustees.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Board Chair (Social Housing)
Circa £8,000 p/a and expenses
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Closing Date: 5th May 2021 at 12 noon
Our client are all about people; the 7,000 people living in their affordable homes, the 2,000 people who rely on their care, support and community investment services each year, and their 360 people who deliver their high-quality services. They are a charitable housing association and social investment agency, providing a wide range of housing, care and support services across Cambridgeshire.
They are seeking a new Chair of the Board to lead the organisation in setting a new course for them over the next 5 years. They are excited about their future and are looking for someone who will care passionately about providing great quality services and affordable homes
You must have prior experience of Chairing a Board of similar scale and complexity, strong people skills, substantial commercial understanding, excellent business, and financial skills with a demonstrable background of delivering social value to customers.
They’re looking for someone who understands the challenges within Cambridgeshire and its local context who brings with them local networks and an appreciation of the key issues affecting housing, poverty, and vulnerability in their local community.
Our client welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds reflecting the communities they serve, who can apply their experience from different sectors to this demanding role and who can support their commitment to be a diverse and inclusive organisation
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With the retirement of the current Director later this year, the Chair and Trustees are looking for someone with a passion for community development, who is an innovative, flexible leader with prior fundraising or income generating experience and comfortable in public, private and voluntary sector settings.
If you have the drive and enthusiasm to respond to this exciting challenge, then we would like to hear from you.
The closing date for recipt of completed applications is Friday 28 May and interviews will be held in Wakefield w/c 21 June.
Cloudesley is seeking two experienced and motivated Grants Managers to join its small team as it increases its grant-making over the coming period.
Cloudesley is an independent charitable trust, working in Islington to support people, organisations and churches. As a local relational funder, we aim to add value to our funding by using our knowledge, sharing information, facilitating networking, learning from our grants and working with other organisations.
About the roles
These are interesting and varied positions which involve forging strong relationships with many different partners, helping to develop new initiatives and supporting a wide-ranging portfolio of funded organisations.
For 2021/22, we have a grants budget of £1.6 million, including additional funding to help respond to the ongoing impacts of Covid-19. Our Grants Managers will oversee our grant-making activity and other support which is delivered through two main programmes:
- Health Grants to support Islington residents with health problems or who are disabled and struggling financially, as well as for local organisations.
- Church Grants to support Islington’s Church of England churches to help them maintain their church buildings and the services within them.
The Grants Managers will support the work of the charity by:
- Developing and implementing our grant-making programmes, procedures and policies
- Continuing to develop good relationships and work collaboratively with local voluntary organisations, churches and other agencies
- Researching the needs of Islington residents, local voluntary organisations and eligible churches and developing appropriate programmes in response
- Producing written grants, policy and other reports
- Deputising for the Director as required
We are advertising these as full-time posts (37.5 hours per week) but are also open to considering applications to work four days per week. Occasional evening work will be required, particularly for Board and committee meetings which usually finish around 6.30pm, and for other events.
Cloudesley operates a pension scheme into which it makes a contribution equivalent to 8% of the employee’s salary. Employees are required to make a minimum contribution of 3% of their salary, with the option to make additional voluntary contributions. Cloudesley staff also have access to a range of benefits available through an employee assistance programme.
Cloudesley is committed to valuing diversity, promoting equity and equal access, and ensuring inclusion in all it does. We recognise that we need to do more but are strongly committed to combatting racism, discrimination and inequality and ensuring that we work in order to achieve this. We recognise the power, resources and advantages that Cloudesley has as an independent, endowed charitable trust and strive to act responsibly and fairly in line with our stated values. We seek to develop and retain a staff team and Board that reflect the Islington community within which we work. We will identify and take positive steps to remove any barriers to participation and recruitment of people who are currently underrepresented as staff or Trustees.
Person specification
Essential
- A minimum of two years’ experience in a comparable role
- Experience of grant programme management
- Excellent relationship skills management and the ability to work professionally with a wide range of people
- Excellent written English and attention to detail, with research and report writing experience
- Excellent analytical skills and the ability to interpret accounts, financial data and complex information
- Ability to think and plan strategically
- IT literate, including experience of grants management software, preferably Salesforce
- Experience of organising and managing meetings and events
- Self-motivated with experience of managing a diverse workload
Desirable
- Knowledge of issues faced by inner city communities
- Knowledge of current welfare benefits system and/or health inequalities
- Knowledge of the Church of England and the work of churches
To apply
If you are interested in finding out more about these roles, the charity's work and how to apply, please see the recruitment pack below and our website.
Deadine for applications: Monday 4th May, 10am
We will contact you to acknowledge receipt of your application and will let you know by Wednesday 12th May if you have been shortlisted for interview.
Interviews: Monday 17th and Friday 21st May
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About The Hilden Charitable Fund
The Hilden Charitable Fund is dedicated to funding community groups to work with asylum seekers and refugees, disadvantaged young people, penal affairs, homelessness and small projects in developing countries. The fund is committed to social justice and focusses its funding on grassroots organisations, which make a big difference at the community level.
As we begin the journey into a post-Covid and post-Brexit country the Fund approaches its 60th anniversary and there will undoubtedly be challenges and opportunities to be faced. So, we are now seeking a Director who will work closely with the Trustees to help shape and develop the Fund going forward.
A high impact, hands-on role, with scope for creativity and innovation!
The opportunities for the Director to make a real contribution are manifold, including:
- Working with the Board to develop strategies, plans and ways of working for the future, including supporting the trustees to set grant making policies.
- Managing the grant making process, including assessing applications for funding and presenting them to the trustees at quarterly meetings.
- Engaging with grassroots voluntary organisations in a period of major change.
- Building on our collaboration with the community and voluntary sector, other funders, and networks such as ACF and IVAR, enhancing Hilden’s profile and enabling its involvement in innovation.
About you
The Director could come from a range of relevant backgrounds and be someone who is ready to lead a small organisation for the first time, or who already has experience of being a Director. Whatever your background we should be delighted to hear from you, especially if you have a strong track record of:
- Voluntary sector experience at grassroots level and knowledge and understanding of grant making,
- Managing in a collaborative environment, and
- Relationship building and networking.
We value and respect all the differences that make us who we are, including: age, cultural background, disability and mental health, ethnicity and race, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, and social background.
Become is a growing organisation which needs strong operational support so that it is able to effectively deliver its strategy.An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated person with the skills, energy and enthusiasm to lead Become’s operations, ensuring our hard-working teams are able to make a real difference in the lives of children in care and care leavers.
We need someone who can help us to ensure all operations are carried on in an appropriate, cost-effective way and is committed to working with us to improve the organisations operational management systems, processes and best practices.
This is an excellent opportunity for a highly organised, self-starting individual with proven experience in a not-for-profit, public or private sector organisation. An ability to work independently is key, as is the experience of handling multiple and varied priorities. You will have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to get things done.
How to apply
To apply, please provide a CV (in Word or PDF format) alongside a supporting statement detailing your suitability for the role by the closing date of 9am Monday 10th May.
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