Deputy Executive Director
Location: Stevenage Office, Hertfordshire
Hours of work: Full time (37.5 hours plus unpaid breaks)
Contract: PermanentMain Purpose

The candidate will hold direct responsibility for the organisational brand, communications, marketing and donor relations function. They should be able to inspire a high performing team to achieve ambitious income targets and future growth. Overseeing complex risk factors and international relationships the candidate will be part of the Executive leadership team alongside the Executive Director, Head of Business Development and Finance Director.

The new Deputy Executive Director should be of independent mind and judgement, goal focussed, determined, enthusiastic and persuasive. They should also be able to uphold and advance the values of the organisation through strong interpersonal skills and role modelling.

Main Responsibilities

• To work with the Executive Team and in collaboration with Mercy Ships globally to further develop the strategy for the charity going forward as we work towards the launch of Mercy Ships second ship the Global Mercy.
• To significantly raise the profile of Mercy Ships in the UK, and to actively oversea the increase of the charity’s supporter base both financially and in crew numbers in preparation for the launch of the Global Mercy through marketing, Christian engagement and communications.
• Oversee the change management of core systems and organisational training to ensure a fit for purpose donor experience and customer support experience.
• Have a data driven strategic approach to income generation and the ability to oversee complex campaigns and deadlines.
• Demonstrate the ability to work in a fast-paced communications environment responding to and activating the press in coverage of Mercy Ships work.
• To provide comprehensive and experienced leadership to the organisation and in particular to work with senior management to deliver the vision and strategy while improving both efficiency and effectiveness in regard to processes and costs.
• Prepare papers & reports as required by the Committee and the Board.
• The organisational culture is results focused and flexible, fostering teamwork across departments and enhancing the ethos of the charity in a culturally appropriate manner.
• Demonstrate exceptional and interpersonal skills and 'emotional intelligence’ being able to relate to a wide range of stake holders.

About us

Mercy Ships is a faith based charity, bringing safe surgery to people in Africa who have no access to healthcare or money to pay for it. For over 40 years Mercy Ships has visited more than 55 developing nations. Passionate to serve those in need and to leave a lasting impact for the future of those we serve. Our volunteer crew represent our organisation onboard through excellence and diligence. 16 Mercy Ships offices around the world work on fundraising, recruitment and public relations

Closing date: 3rd January 2020
Interviews: Friday 10th January 2020

If you would like to apply for this position, please click the apply button and attach your CV and covering letter, it will be sent automatically to us.

No agencies please.

Would you like the opportunity to lead a new ground-breaking charity which is furthering medical research into one of the most neglected of common diseases?

The 'NewCo' is an independent charity formed through the merger of Bowel & Cancer Research and the Bowel Disease Research Foundation.  We believe that creating a single organisation provides the opportunity for real additional benefits; to be the leading specialist Bowel Research Charity in the country; to increase understanding while delivering direct and demonstrable improvements in the treatment of and survival rates for people with bowel disease; and to fund the best research and the best researchers in this field. Together the two charities have awarded grants totalling £9 million in the last 10 years and more than £3.5 million in the last five years towards research into bowel cancer and bowel disease. That positions the new organisation as the leading charity dedicated to funding research into both bowel cancer and bowel disease in the UK.

We are looking for a Chief Executive to join us at this exciting time in our development who can lead and inspire our new organisation as we continue to provide an invaluable service in an area where there is potential for significant advance.

The new CEO will be a senior leader of the highest calibre.  The successful applicant will provide strategic and operational leadership and be able to demonstrate outstanding management, communication skills and financial acumen.

Working with the Board of Trustees the Chief Executive will:

• Provide strategic and operational leadership and management
• Lead on the integration of BCR and BDRF to form the NewCo
• Develop the organisation in accordance with its constitutional and statutory obligations, financial framework, code of conduct and best practice
• Report regularly to the Board of Trustees on progress and any other matters relevant to the discharge of the Board’s responsibilities
• Act as an ambassador for the organisation and develop relevant and effective strategic relationships

This role presents an exciting opportunity to work with an organisation at a key point in their development.  We are looking for a CEO who shares our ambition for the new charity to become the go-to organisation in this field.

 “By combining our individual strengths we are confident that we will be able to raise more money and fund more research aimed at ending the scourge of bowel cancer and chronic bowel disorders, such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, for which there are currently no cures.” Asha Senapati, Chair of Bowel Disease Research Foundation

If you want to play a leading part in shaping the future of our services across the UK, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

This is a full-time role although we are happy to consider applications on a part-time basis (e.g. 0.8 days). Our offices are based in London.

Eastside Primetimers is supporting us in recruiting for this role. Please download the candidate information pack for further information. Application is by CV and a covering letter which should indicate why you are interested in applying for the role and how you meet the role requirements. If you would like an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Paul Venning on +44 (0) 77 71 99 71 24.

The closing date for applications is Saturday 28th December with initial interviews with Eastside Primetimers taking place in week commencing 6th January. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the Board.

The Rainbow Centre is a vibrant Christian Charity that supports individuals and families who are experiencing deprivation and hardship in the Folkestone and Hythe area.  

We operate a range of services including the Homeless Support Service, FoodStop - a mobile soup kitchen, a Winter Shelter for rough sleepers, run the Shepway Foodbank and Family Contact Centre.  Additional revenue is provided through our trading arm, the Rainbow Shop. We have a small staff team which is supported by over 300 volunteers.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to lead and inspire the team of staff and volunteers and move the charity forward as it seeks to develop its services further in the light of changing needs.  The Rainbow Centre is a charity at the heart of the community, so this is your chance to make a real difference at a local level. 

How to apply

If you are interested in applying, your application should comprise:  

• A covering letter outlining your motivation and relevant experience for the role.  Please ensure that you give details about your Christian faith as this is an Occupational Requirement for this position. 
• A full CV, including educational and professional qualifications, a full employment history showing the more significant positions, responsibilities held and relevant achievements. 

The closing date for applications is noon on Tuesday 7th January 2020.  Enquiries about the job role can be made to the email stated in the covering letter. 

Interviews will be held on Friday 17th January and Monday 3rd February 2020 
 
 

We are looking for our next CEO who will lead us through the next stage of our journey: building on our success, retaining our independence and agility, securing and retaining funding sources, and ensuring internal operations and governance arrangements are fit to deliver benefits for both our clients and the continued success of the organisation. You’ll be a credible figurehead and a passionate advocate for making a difference in the field of homelessness. You’ll have a genuine passion for our work, a track record of making a difference, with strong financial skills and commercial acumen. You’ll also be a great people person and an inspirational and collaborative leader with the ability to develop highly effective partnerships, drive performance, motivate and develop a strong internal team and work with and support a highly committed board. An understanding of development would be desirable and we are open to hear from people for whom this would be their first Chief Executive position. 

Key contact

For an informal discussion and further information about this role, please contact Yvonne Frayling at Campbell Tickell. For details on how to apply please download the recruitment pack from the Campbell Tickell website

Harris Hill is proud to be partnering with Free Tibet in their search for a new Director to lead Free Tibet and Tibet Watch through a new phase of growth and development.

The new Director will be a dynamic individual capable of providing strategic and operational leadership as well as excellent communication skills and financial acumen. A core component of the role will be to represent both Free Tibet and Tibet Watch and their work externally with both current and new key stakeholders in a variety of capacities, including advocacy and fundraising. The postholder will also grow a strong internal organisational culture, working collaboratively with the core teams, Executive Committee and Board of Free Tibet and Tibet Watch.

This is an incredibly varied position with strong elements of advocacy, public campaigning, fundraising and operational senior management, and responsibilities will be both strategic and hands-on. The successful candidate will be a creative thinker with a strong sense of integrity and a values-driven approach. It is not necessary to have already led an organisation, but the successful candidate will have a proven track record in building and leading a team within the voluntary sector. They will also be able to demonstrate sound relationship management skills, a strong understanding of fundraising, outstanding interpersonal and communication skills and a passion for the mission of Free Tibet and Tibet Watch.

This is a full-time, permanent position paying up to 42,000 p.a., based at Free Tibet's Office in Old Street, with flexible working and some working from home policies in place once the right candidate is established in the role. Free Tibet and Tibet Watch are proud equal opportunity employers, celebrating diversity and committing to creating an inclusive environment for all applicants and employees.

If you are interested in this position, please email your CV to [email protected] with an expression of interest.

Free Tibet is a leading human rights organisation campaigning for an end to China's occupation of Tibet and for international recognition of Tibetans' right to freedom. Their vision is a free Tibet in which Tibetans are able to determine their own future and the human rights of all are respected. Funded entirely by their supporters across the world, they mobilise active support for the Tibetan cause, champion human rights and challenge those who sustain the occupation. Free Tibet works closely with its research partner, Tibet Watch, to securely obtain, verify and distribute information and news from inside Tibet.

We’re recruiting: Chief Executive Officer

The Finance Innovation Lab works for a financial system that serves people and planet – one that’s democratic, responsible and fair. We incubate the ideas and people with the potential to transform the system, and we advocate for changes in the rules that shape the way finance works.

We’re a unique charity with a global reputation as a pioneer in systems change. Our work is driven by the belief that the dysfunctions of our financial system contribute to some of our most pressing social and environmental challenges, from fossil fuel extraction to unaffordable housing, but that it doesn’t have to be this way: people created the system and people can change it.

The Lab began as a collaboration between WWF-UK and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in 2009, and became an independent charity in 2015. We’re incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved since independence, including:

• Lab Fellowship, our flagship programme for financial innovators focused on social and environmental impact
• Our groundbreaking report The Regulatory Compass, arguing that policymakers and regulators should put social purpose at the heart of their work
• Our pioneering work supporting finance professionals to transform their organisations from the inside
• Our growing community of changemakers in finance – innovators, intrapreneurs and influencers all working to build a better financial system.
• Our highly-regarded publication A Strategy for Systems Change, documenting the Lab’s journey from conception to independence.

This is a unique opportunity to lead a global pioneer in systems change. You’ll shape our vision and strategy for a financial system that serves people and planet, guiding our programmes and scaling our work to achieve maximum impact. Acting as a strategic partner to our COO, you’ll support the development and delivery of the Lab’s financial strategy and operational plans, and you’ll work with the COO, chair and vice-chairs to ensure we have a strong, engaged board.

You’ll lead our relationships with a wide range of influentials, harnessing our networks to develop powerful new initiatives and secure new sources of income for the Lab. You’ll build our reputation as a thought leader and maximise our brand profile with key audiences, and you’ll lead our relationships with key funders. As custodian of our methodologies and theory of change, you’ll ensure we’re responsive to change and we embed evaluation and learning throughout our work. You’ll lead and inspire our team to fulfil their potential, and support them to develop thought leadership around their work.

In all of your work and relationships, you’ll reflect the unique nature of the Lab’s approach to financial systems change and you’ll act in line with our values of collaboration, action learning and empowerment.

The role involves frequent travel, both in the UK and internationally, and you’ll need to attend events in the evening and at weekends (for which time off in lieu can be claimed). You’ll be based in our modern offices in Farringdon, with flexible working hours and scope for remote or home working some of the time. We also welcome applications from candidates wishing to job share, either individually or in a pair.

The person specification asks for a wide range of competencies and we recognise that we’re unlikely to find a candidate who fits every requirement. If you don’t meet all of the essential requirements but still believe you could thrive in the CEO role, please consider applying or get in touch to discuss your fit for the role.

Please note that from 20 December to 6 January we will have reduced capacity for responding to enquiries, so we encourage you to contact us as soon as possible.

Applications close at 9.00am on 7 January 2020. Please do not send a CV or letter of application – these will not be read.

Interviews will take place week commencing 27 January, with second interviews week commencing 3 February.

No recruitment agencies please – we will only consider direct applications for this role.

This is an exciting time to join the Muscular Dystrophy Support Centre in our newly developed Executive Director role.  We are a small but growing charity, at a key point in our development. The Executive Director will help shape our future and develop the charity in innovative and creative ways. This is a unique opportunity to have a genuine impact.

The Muscular Dystrophy Support Centre is in its 6th year. We support adults with muscular dystrophy (pwMD) by providing specialist physiotherapy and other therapies that help them to manage their condition and maintain their independence.  We are the only organisation in the Midlands region to do so, and one of only two in the UK. 

We have secured five year funding from the National Lottery Community Fund to expand across the Midlands.  Key targets include opening three new satellite clinics in the Black Country, Worcestershire and Northants and expanding capacity at existing sites in Coventry, Birmingham and Loughborough.

We are looking for a talented and creative person with excellent project and people management, communication and relationship building skills to take over management of the charity from our Chair of Trustees from April 2020.  Reporting to the Board of Trustees you will be responsible for developing and delivering the Lottery project alongside future organisational strategy.  You will come with experience of developing partnerships within the voluntary, social enterprise and / or statutory sector; crucial in developing our new satellites and engaging investors to sustain them.

You will have an entrepreneurial flair, alongside effective leadership skills, and an appreciation for the use of paperless and digital technologies for increased efficiency.  A self-starter with a creative streak, an innovative approach and an aptitude for problem solving and logistical planning, you will also engage with fundraising and be supportive of the Philanthropy Manager and team in achieving income targets.

During an initial development phase, you will lead on recruitment of new staff for the project team and oversee a consultancy assignment to create an evaluation plan for the project.  Working with the Trustees, you will facilitate a new Project Board, and steering groups at each satellite led by pwMD to oversee and co-produce key activities for the project.

Initially we are offering 28 hours per week, with the potential to increase to full time from years 4-5.  Since we are looking for someone very special we are prepared to be flexible for the right person.  The nature of the role will involve travel to our satellites, meetings with stakeholders and some out of hours work.  Other benefits include a salary of £38k - £42k per annum dependent on experience (pro rata), 28 days annual leave per annum including bank holidays (pro rata); and a 3% employer contribution pension scheme.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further information. For an informal discussion about this role please contact Natasha Sweet, Philanthropy Manager.
 

How to apply

Applicants are requested to upload a CV and covering letter detailing how your experience fits the person specification. The closing date for applications is 5th January 2020. We will be holding initial interviews w/e 19th January 2020. Further information is available on our website.

Other information

We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community and actively promote equal opportunities. Please note this position requires full references and a DBS check which will be carried out prior to employment.

Chief Executive

Liverpool

c.£95K

Inspirational Chief Executive required to lead an ambitious and high-quality provider of services to adults and young people.

Career Connect is a North-West charity with a track record of delivering high quality and innovative services across the region, including working at a national and international level to further the promotion and impact of careers related services.

Our current Chief Executive, Kieran Gordon, is retiring and under his leadership we have become a nationally established brand leader of information, advice and guidance in the areas of careers, learning and employment. During this time, we have successfully navigated major changes in public policy and funding affecting the sector, by being innovative and creative in our thinking and delivery.

We are now seeking a new inspirational leader to become our next Chief Executive and help us build on our exceptional track record and shape our future. You will lead our committed team to seek new service opportunities, ensure that we constantly evolve and continue to deliver sustainable business outcomes. Working with an engaged Board of Trustees, you will lead the charity through the next era of our development to secure a confident future in these times of continuing uncertainty.

You will bring a values-based approach and an in-depth understanding of how to build and run agile service organisations, highly developed strategic abilities, experience of influencing commissioner/funder agendas and in securing significant funds from a diverse range of public and private sources. You are passionate about creating positive and sustainable outcomes along with the personal credibility to make a real difference. 

Specific knowledge of the careers sector is not essential.

Closing Date for applications: 6th January 2020 

Interviews are planned for 23rd & 24th January 2020

Straight Talking is seeking an exceptional Chief Executive who shares our vision to raise the aspirations and achievements of teenage mothers and young fathers who drive the organisation from the ground up. Trained as peer educators, teenage parents deliver a programme in schools on the realities and implications of early parenthood plus relationships education.  The charity is currently expanding its work both geographically and its service, adding new programmes to enable pupils to make educated and positive choices for their future.

The Organisation

RightsInfo is an award-winning digital human rights charity that builds knowledge and support for human rights in the UK by producing engaging, accessible and beautifully-presented online human rights content.

In the UK, human rights are often controversial and often misunderstood. Many people see human rights as protecting villains and the “other” rather than themselves, leading to calls for the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights. Brexit will create multiple challenges for those who value the protection of human rights in the UK.

RightsInfo is fighting back against media misrepresentation of human rights. We want people to understand why human rights matter to them and people like them. We tell the positive stories of human rights with news stories, features, infographics, videos, documentaries - anything which gets people inspired and engaged over human rights. Our work now reaches tens of thousands of people every week. In just a few years, RightsInfo has gone from a start-up project to a leading charity with full-time staff, a talented team of volunteers, significant multi-year grants, an experienced board of trustees and an exciting future.

The Role

This is an exciting time for the charity as RightsInfo will be launching a new brand identity and name in December 2019, and are now looking for a new CEO to help this dynamic, young organisation evolve and grow, leading the organisation including working closely with our Creative Director and dynamic staff team.

The successful candidate will have strong experience leading high-performing teams in the charity sector and a good understanding of the UK human rights landscape. You will be a natural leader who has robust experience delivering against strategies, cultivating a portfolio of new major donors and achieving funding targets, managing grants, measuring impact, working positively with trustees, setting policies and processes, engaging thoughtfully with complex or controversial issues, representing your organisation publicly and inspiring teams.

RightsInfo welcome applications from dynamic and passionate senior leaders looking to step into their first CEO role.

The Person

Experience and attributes to include:

- Significant management and team leadership abilities

- Track record of securing five and six figure partnerships from trusts, foundations, and individuals; prospecting; pitching; writing bids; and solely delivering six to seven figure income targets each year

- Strong networking and relationship-building experience, including with donors, key stakeholders, supporters and peers in the sector

- Proven understanding of charity operations, governance requirements and impact-focused organisational growth

- Extensive experience with programme and project delivery and strategic planning

- Experience setting budgets, tracking cash flow, and forecasting

- Experience reporting to trustee boards and supporting trustees in setting organisational strategies and objectives

- A belief in and commitment to human rights and education

- Understanding of and passion for social and/or digital media

To Apply

To apply, please upload your CV in Word format and include a supporting statement as part of your application. Please address why this role and organisation is of interest, and outline your experience in relation to the key points on the person specification (Supporting Statement to be no longer than 2 sides of A4).

A Prospectus consultant will review and assess all submitted applications. As part of the selection process candidates may be invited to meet with a consultant at our offices.

Based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Lifespace Trust is a charity that provides mentoring for children and young people in schools across South Warwickshire.  Established in 2004, Lifespace has grown significantly in order to meet increased demand and in 2015 received the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in recognition of its mentoring support for young people.

Following a recent restructure, Lifespace is looking for a dynamic and commercially minded CEO to lead Lifespace; setting a clear strategic vision and identifying growth opportunities in order to ensure that it stays viable and continues to provide high quality, safe mentoring services for the young people it serves.

We’re looking for an exceptional leader, with a proven track record of successfully leading teams in similar organisations and a demonstrable commitment to improving the lives of young people. In addition to embedding a values driven culture and overseeing the efficient day-to-day running of the organisation, our new CEO will represent Lifespace in the wider community; building strong and lasting relationships with schools, parents, funders, partners and other key stakeholders.

This role reports into the Chair and Board of Trustees and has full accountability for the delivery of operational and fundraising, control of expenditure and risk management as well as responsibility for all aspects of the operation including team and mentor development, service delivery and business development.

If you’re excited by the opportunity to lead Lifespace and firmly believe that you meet our criteria,  please email your CV and brief covering email telling us why we should consider you for this role.

Milestones Trust

Bristol

Full-time, permanent

One Trust, one vision: getting it right for everyone.

For over thirty years Milestones Trust has played an important and active role in the pattern of social care in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.

Through the sixty residential, supported living and complementary personal development services we operate the Trust supports people with mental health needs, learning disabilities, and dementia as well as individuals with complex behavioural needs.

We enjoy a hard-earned and well-deserved reputation for the quality of the services that we provide, which is recognised by both commissioning bodies and inspectors alike. Quality and the outcomes we achieve provides the foundation for future sustainability.

On behalf of the staff and volunteers and the people the Trust supports, the trustees are seeking to appoint a new Chief Executive who will bring structured and dynamic leadership underpinned by the effective, high quality guidance, advice and support that ensures that statutory and regulatory duties are met and that strategic objectives are delivered.

You will be accountable for the overall management and development of the Trust, leading on the development of the strategic plan, annual delivery plan, budgets and all the organisational development strategies that will equip us with the workforce, structures and systems that our complex operation requires.

As well as maintaining excellence in service quality, fundamental to future success will be raising our profile as the provider of choice in the region, seizing new opportunities as they arise, and securing best value in our contract negotiations and service delivery. Accompanying this is the need to maintain a dynamic approach to the pattern of service delivery in order to better meet the needs of the people we serve and the evolving requirements of funders.

We seek a suitably experienced and skilled Chief Executive but above all else, you will need to match our genuine care for others that is embedded in our values, our heritage and the ambitions for the future.

How to apply

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact our recruitment partners, NFP Consulting:

Simon Lloyd, Director

Chief Executive
St. Catherine’s Hospice
£75,000 - £80,000
Full-time, permanent
Lostock Hall, Preston, Lancs.

Here for when it matters most.

St Catherine’s Hospice is a registered charity inspired, built and driven forward by local people for local people, which is held in high regard locally, regionally and nationally for the quality of the care it provides.

Our mission and commitment to the communities we serve is to continually strive to help more people facing life-shortening illnesses and to enable them to have quality of life to the end of life. To achieve this we need to balance the goals of quality, quantity and sustainability in equal measure so that we are able to meet the needs of a growing local population.

Each year St. Catherine’s helps around 2,000 patients and touch hundreds more through the experience of their loved ones. We serve a population of around 380,000 people across Chorley, Longridge, Preston and South Ribble.

Our specialised hospice care and complementary therapies are free of charge and it costs £11,500 each day to deliver our services and this excludes our ambitious plans for the re-build of the in-patient facilities by 2025. The annual running costs are currently in excess of £7m and the greater part, £4m, is the voluntary income raised through the fantastic community and business support we nurture. Alongside our fundraising, there are 18 shops and a successful trading company.

To be successful in the role, you will need to be able to demonstrate the senior management experience that this complex role demands as well as bring the dedicated, inspiring and empowering leadership qualities that are essential. 

With a strong ethos of team working based on values of care, compassion and commitment, the leadership of the Chief Executive is pivotal to the motivation and coordination of a large and hugely diverse team of both paid and voluntary staff.

Our success since the hospice was founded in 1985 is rooted in our ability to inspire others and this will only ever continue to be the case.

Application is by way of CV and Supporting Statement.

CVS South Gloucestershire is looking for an inspirational strategic leader with business acumen who will join us to lead the organisation through the next stage of our development.

Celebrating 16 years of supporting voluntary, community and social action in South Gloucestershire, 10 of which have been led by our outgoing Chief Officer, this is a unique opportunity to lead and develop this effective and impactful local charity. 

CVS is highly valued by the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector and well regarded by public sector colleagues and has an excellent reputation in the area.  CVS is well respected for its model of delivery using professional Associates to build skills, capacity and competence for the local VCSE. 

An experience strategic leader, the Chief Executive will facilitate an effective Board of VCSE Leaders, working strategically with senior colleagues from the public sectors.

The post is based in Poole Court in Yate, with the opportunity for some home working and involves travel across South Gloucestershire and the West of England.

Closing Date: 12 noon Friday 3rd January 2020

Interviews: Wednesday 8th January 2020

CVS South Gloucestershire

A company limited by guarantee, registered in England.

Company Number: 4831569 Registered Charity Number:1099702

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification in the recruitment pack when describing your suitability for the role. Candidates selected for interview will be asked to prepare a 10-minute presentation the topic will shared with details of confirmation of invitation to interview.