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

We are looking to appoint a Chief Executive who has a non-judgemental approach to those in crisis to provide strategic and operational  leadership. The Andover Crisis and Support Centre is a registered charity providing help and support for women, men and children who have been affected by domestic violence and abuse. 

About the role

Following an extensive review of our services we have created a new Chief Executive role to take the charity to the next level and help us identify new opportunities to reach more people who would benefit from our support. We have a small team of 17 committed staff and the Chief Executive will play a key role in leading and developing both the organisation and the team.  The role is based in our women’s refuge in Andover.

About you

This exciting and challenging role is for someone who wants to make a difference with their drive, integrity, empathy and passion for our field of work. We’re looking for an enthusiastic leader who has a successful track record of securing funding applications from a variety of sources and with experience of working with a range of stakeholders including funders and service users. You will also play a key role in ensuring that we have the financial stability to continue and grow.

The successful candidate will have:

•Significant experience of working at an appropriate level and capable of leading and developing the organisation, working alongside the Trustee Board.

•Success in seeking out suitable funding sources and preparing funding applications.

•Excellent communication, planning and organisational skills.

•Collaborative leadership skills with the ability to bring the best out of a team.

How to apply

For more details about the role, including details about how to apply, please download our candidate application pack which is available from our website.

The closing date for applications is noon on Tuesday 4th May 2021. Interviews to be held shortly after.

Due to the sensitive nature of the charity’s work this vacancy is open to females only (exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part1).  This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Beyond The Page aims to contribute to a strong, positive inter-cultural community in east Kent, in which women born outside the UK participate as confident, active citizens. We provide safe, creative and high-quality English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) programmes for migrant women, and work with local partner agencies and residents to develop activities and services which support multi-directional integration.

Our current Director is stepping down and we are looking for someone to lead our organisation as we develop new services and strengthen our team. BTP is recognised as having pioneered ground-breaking community work, through its creative partnership of ESOL, Natural Voice and community arts practices. Whilst continuing to focus on local grassroots activities, we are now engaging with a wider network of women through our online Chatrooms project.

Chief Executive Officer: full time, starting salary £33,799 - £34,728 (NJC pt31)

We are recruiting a suitably experienced CEO to guide Beyond The Page through its next stage of development. In particular we are looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• A deep motivation and commitment to integrating practices and policies of equality and social justice in our work
• Knowledge, experience and understanding of the challenges faced by migrant women in learning English and settling in the UK
• Strategic awareness and the ability to lead an organisation into a new stage of development
• An ability to work collaboratively and allow creativity to thrive within a teaching and learning environment
• A track record of securing funding from trusts, contracts or other income-generating activities

How to apply: visit our website for full job description, application form and contact details. 

For an informal chat, please email Sheila Macdonald at the address given in the application pack.

Closing date: 5pm Monday 24th May 2021

Interviews and practice assessments take place in 3 sessions over 3 weeks, from Monday 7 June. The final session will be face to face. If you may have difficulty attending during this time, please advise us when you apply.

Ideal start date: September 2021

Female only applicants.
BTP provides lawful services to women only. This post is advertised under Schedule 9 Part I of the Equality Act 2010.

Twins Trust is the only UK-wide charity dedicated to improving the lives of families with twins, triplets or more. Our vision is a world where families of twins, triplets and more are happy, healthy and supported. Our mission is to provide our families with the information they need to enable them to thrive. We raise awareness, invest in research and campaign for the best possible outcomes for our families. By 2022 we aim to:

•           Save 580 babies lives
• Stop 1,100 babies needing neonatal care
• Reduce 8,300 expectant parents’ anxiety and prevent up to 800 from developing PND
• Support 7,500 concerned or upset parents
• Be the first place our families go to for information

Twins Trust are keen to appoint a new CEO who embodies our values of being passionate, supportive and positive. This will be a competent, collaborative leader who has worked at CEO or Senior Director level previously, in a dynamic and innovative environment. This person will bring financial acumen and the ability to manage budgets, alongside a strategic mindset and understanding of good governance. They will be a highly compelling, diplomatic and inspiring communicator, both internally, particularly around empowering and developing teams, and with external stakeholders and partners.

Reflecting the diverse communities that Twins Trust are proud to support, we are committed to finding a CEO who is dedicated to furthering diversity and inclusion within the charity. We actively and warmly encourage applications therefore from a broad and deep range of backgrounds and experiences. We are also open to individual discussions around flexible working arrangements.

Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to Twins Trust on this appointment. For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit the Saxton Bampfylde website, by clicking to apply, using reference UANAHB. Alternatively telephone +44 (0)20 7227 0880 (during office hours). Applications should be received by noon on Friday 7th May 2021.

Care & Repair Leeds, an award-winning home improvement agency, is looking to recruit a Chief Executive Officer, who will be responsible for the strategic direction and operations of our client-focussed charity, providing innovative housing solutions to enable people to live comfortably and independently in their own homes for as long as they choose 

We are looking for an outstanding and passionate individual who will lead the organisation through its next chapter. This is an exciting challenge for someone with a track-record of inspiring operational and strategic leadership and the ability to build meaningful and influential relationships with key stakeholders. You will have strong financial acumen, business planning, budget setting and operational resource management.

Together with our dynamic, talented and experienced team you will build on a successful track record of delivering excellence and grow the business, ensuring the organisation provides modern and effective services reflecting the needs of people in Leeds and surrounding areas.

Care & Repair Leeds celebrates diversity and is an age-friendly and LGBTQ+ friendly organisation.  We welcome applications from all sectors of the community and ask that you assist us to ensure we reach the diverse communities by completing the equal opportunities monitoring form, which is anonymous and will be separated from your application form upon receipt.

This role will be subject to a clear enhanced DBS check

The interview process will consist of:

1. an initial zoom meeting held by our recruitment partner A.L.L. Recruitment Ltd.
    
2. Shortlisted individuals will be invited to the second stage which will be face to face to a selection of our Board of Trustees, and a brief question and answer meeting with our Senior Management Team. This stage will be subject to current COVID-19 guidelines and held at The Vinery Centre, Leeds.

Flexible Location with regular travel to London

In2scienceUK is an award-winning impact led organisation founded in 2010 by Dr Rebecca McKelvey, who aimed to provide young people from low-income and disadvantaged backgrounds an opportunity to gain practical insight into the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) sector as well as the knowledge and confidence to progress to degrees and careers.

Since it was founded, In2scienceUK has supported thousands of young people and has engaged hundreds of volunteer researchers and STEM professionals who provide inspiring placements, mentoring, information, guidance and expertise. Internal and external evaluations highlight the proven impact of this inspiring programme which receives over 3000 student applications each year. During COVID-19, we quickly transformed the programme online and we now have an interactive and engaging mentoring, workshop and information sharing platform that going forward will add value to the placement programme.

More recently we have launched our Alumni and in2research programmes. The Alumni programme focuses on boosting employability skills and opportunities for its former students while in2research provides opportunities for young people from under-represented backgrounds to progress into postgraduate research.  

After five highly successful years, Rebecca will be stepping down from the CEO role later this year but is remaining within the organisation to focus on advocacy and advancement.  The organisation has an experienced and passionate team with a good base of funders and partners.  We are now looking for a new CEO who brings with them a new set of skills that will enable us to achieve our ambitions for growth.

We are looking for an entrepreneurial and inspiring leader who knows what it takes to scale up an organisation that is current modestly sized but highly successful and impactful to achieve even greater reach and support more young people from low-income and disadvantaged backgrounds to move into STEM.  It may be that you are a CEO currently and looking to be part of an organisation that is going through an exciting period of growth, or you could be operating as a COO or Director and looking to step into your first CEO role.  Whatever your background, you will share our mission to empower people from disadvantaged backgrounds to achieve their potential and become the next generation of researchers, innovators and pioneers.

We are committed to building a truly diverse workforce here at In2scienceUK. If you share our commitment to this, bring the skills and leadership qualities we are seeking and are excited by our vision we’d love to hear from you.

This appointment is being handled by our advising consultants, Starfish Search.  To find out more about the role please visit their website via the link below, where you can download a full copy of the candidate pack and apply.

We are seeking a new Chief Executive Officer to work alongside our Programme Manager who will have the drive and ambition to lead the charity, expand current services, as well as developing new avenues of support to the community which fall within the charity’s objectives.

The successful candidate with require good interpersonal skills, organisational ability and the drive to lift the charity’s profile.  Experience in the voluntary sector in the fields of special educational needs and mental health is vital in this role.  As our title suggests, music is the main driving area of our provision so a candidate with experience in the field of music therapy or similar would be a great benefit. 

Right to Succeed is a fast-growing national charity, working to deliver place-based and educational change in the most disadvantaged communities. Together, alongside their local and national partners, Right to Succeed delivers coordinated, impactful programmes aimed at improving outcomes for vulnerable children and young people, their families and wider communities.

We are looking for an Executive Assistant to provide first-rate support to the Chief Executive, the wider Senior Executive team and the Board of Trustees. The ideal candidate will be highly organised, resourceful, and have high attention to detail, as you will be responsible for the day-to-day coordination of all relevant meetings and travel arrangements.

You will be a professional self-starter with an excellent eye for detail, and will take a keen interest in understanding the work the Charity does on the ground.

To apply for this role, please submit your CV and a supporting statement detailing how you meet the requirements of the person specification via CharityJob.
 

We’re looking for a Chief Executive Officer to drive the growth of Young Citizens, and ensure that citizenship becomes an increasingly integral part of education in the UK.

Closing date: Monday 26th April

Today’s young citizens are shining a light on critical issues such as Climate Change, Black Lives Matter and LGBT+ rights. The potential for the UK’s youth to actively drive true change and impact within society, through campaigning and education, has never been greater.

Young Citizens is a national charity working to promote citizenship education and social action throughout primary and secondary education in the UK. We operate as a crucial support system for young people and educators alike. Through a range of initiatives, including education programmes such as the Make a Difference Challenge and Democracy Ambassadors, and immersive learning experiences such as the National Bar Mock Trials, Young Citizens actively engages over 350,000 children aged 5-18 years old every year. We operate at the intersection of politics, the law, social action and the media, and the work we do has never been more important or influential.

This is an outstanding opportunity to join and lead Young Citizens and build a stronger and more effective organisation that champions active citizenship for life.

As our next Chief Executive, you join us at a pivotal time. With a 30-year heritage, a respected position in education and education policy, and a highly energised team, we are looking for a strategic and hands-on leader who can help us work smarter and improve our impact in a post-pandemic world.

You must have social action in your DNA. You must also be aligned to our values, have a track-record that demonstrates commercial acumen and innovation in business development and fundraising, be able to galvanize teams and effectively engage senior stakeholders, including policy makers and the media.

If you think this describes you – and you care passionately about empowering future generations of young citizens to positively shape society – then please get in touch. Recruitment pack available on our website.

WAY is the only national charity in the UK for men and women aged 50 or under when their partner died. Founded in 1997, WAY now has more than 3,800 members throughout the UK.

We are recruiting a new CEO to lead our small but dynamic charity through its next important stage of development.As we approach our 25th year, our organisation is now at a particularly exciting time in its journey and we are searching for our next Chief Executive who will provide clear leadership and deliver our new five-year strategic plan.

To do that, you will review, update and deliver the fundraising, marketing and communications strategies, aligned with the wider charity strategy.You will effectively manage a small team of dedicated staff, guide a large network of volunteers and will work closely with the Board of Trustees to ensure the effective financial, legal and moral governance of WAY. 

We’re looking for a vibrant, creative, and inclusive leader who will enthuse, encourage and inspire our staff and volunteers, offer understanding and empathy to our members, improve awareness of the organisation and continue to successfully lead the charity’s growth.

You will need to be a hands-on leader with an understanding that the role is diverse in nature and you must be flexible to best meet the needs of the organisation and our members. 

If you have the passion, drive, skills and experience required to be the person to shape the future of WAY and the ability to develop our services, secure income streams, raise our national profile and be the face of the charity, please do download the recruitment pack for further details.  

The mission of Everyman Project is to benefit the community by eradicating domestic violence and abuse and by relieving victims from the effects of violence and abuse. It does this by providing in-depth counselling to people who want help to change their violent and abusive behaviours, as well as by offering practical and therapeutic support to survivors of domestic violence.  The counselling programme consists of a series of one-to-one counselling sessions followed by a series of group counselling sessions.  First registered with the Charity Commission in 1996, Everyman Project is a long established charity.  The Trustees registered the charity with Companies House in 2005 to additionally become a limited company.  Referrals come from Social Services, GPs, family and criminal courts, solicitors, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals, as well as self-referrers who find EP by word of mouth and by the website. 

Each year around 2.1m people suffer domestic abuse.  The Early Intervention Foundation estimated that in 2016-17, late intervention in domestic violence and abuse cases would cost the NHS £2,479 million, police £879 million, justice system £1,230 million, and local government £642 million.  Evidence suggests that re-offending rates are high, and by some estimates, they are higher than for any other category of offending.  Everyman Project enables individuals stuck in cycles of violence to reclaim their lives and often the lives of their loved ones by breaking cycles of domestic and other interpersonal violence.

The founder and current leading member of staff intends to retire this year, and the Board of Trustees/Directors is seeking to replace him with a dynamic new CEO, able to lead and promote the organisation effectively and provide the vision necessary to take the organisation forward.  This will initially be a part time post, starting at the equivalent of two days per week, possibly increasing in line with the resources of the company and the preferences of the post holder.  Pending satisfactory performance at the 6 month review, the post will be ongoing.  The Board acknowledges that the current level of part time working and salary (£36,000 pa, FTE) are themselves insufficient remuneration for the challenges the CEO would have to face.  That is why candidates must be motivated to help the community by making a positive difference to the domestic violence sector.  If the CEO is successful at fundraising, greater remuneration would be readily approved by the Board.

With the support of a capable and motivated new CEO, Everyman Project will be able to develop and grow to be of even greater benefit to the community.  The successful applicant will be rewarded with a role enabling her or him to make a significant positive impact on the lives of many individuals, as well as on their children and partners, and indeed on the wider community, by working towards relieving the affliction of interpersonal violence, and in particular domestic violence. 

How to Apply

To apply, please email

• A comprehensive CV, and

• A supporting statement, explaining how you believe you match the requirements of the role 

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.

We regret, only candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

Timetable

Closing date for applications: 30 April 2021

Interviews to be held on Zoom.

Are you looking for a new challenge?
Derbyshire Carers Association is a Charity Company dedicated to supporting unpaid carers of family members or friends who cannot manage at home without help.
We are seeking an enthusiastic leader – working an average of 26 hours per week – to drive forward the changes needed to tackle the challenges facing the Charity during 2021 and beyond. Our staff teams have successfully adapted ways of working during the Covid 19 pandemic to ensure that as many carers as possible continue to receive help and support. The new Chief Executive will build on the Charity’s experiences in order to develop services and partnerships across Derbyshire and the Midlands Area thus ensuring DCA’s long term financial sustainability.
The successful candidate will have an innovative approach and be able to demonstrate senior level experience of financial planning and management, project management, and successful tendering for contracts.

Closing date – 7th May 2021

Introducing Global Climate Collaborative

Global Climate Collaborative (GCC) is a new international organisation seeking to make a distinct and important contribution to tackling climate change — the greatest challenge facing humanity.

Our analysis: to overcome this challenge, we need to generate the political and societal will to take the specific actions needed to rapidly reduce emissions from different sectors. While an incredible array of organisations is building pressure to achieve this and winning many battles, we believe we need both to deepen trust and collaboration among these organisations and to expand this community in order to accelerate progress and increase our collective impact. We aim to make a significant contribution to this.

As a strategic convenor, we will bring together civil society, business and new champions for climate action. We will enable high-impact international and national coalitions to secure decisive action by governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, likely focusing on two to four issues annually. We will not focus on the international negotiating process.

In addition to convening campaigns GCC also aims to deliver wider and lasting benefits to the climate struggle, by enhancing connections and learning on how we achieve our shared goals among a diverse network of allies including the private sector. 

GCC is currently housed by fiscal sponsor Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, who are responsible for issuing contracts. 

Values

Our starting point is a commitment to practice four core values in all that we do.

1. Courage: we are highly ambitious for the impact we want to achieve, and determined to be open-minded and innovative in the strategies we develop to achieve this.

2. Collaboration: we work with others in all that we do.

3. Diversity: we reflect the diversity, scale and complexity of the climate struggle in our recruitment, our geography, and our external relationships.

4. Learning: we listen and learn from leaders driving change on climate, and learn actively from our own experience.

Summary of Responsibilities

The Executive Assistant will be a vital member of the GCC team, providing critical, executive administrative support to enable the Chief Architect and GCC to operate effectively as a fast moving and developing start-up NGO. 

The Executive Assistant will produce written briefings and carry out basic research where needed to support the Chief Architect in leadership of GCC. The duties associated with the role will evolve significantly as GCC evolves. 

The Executive Assistant reports to the Chief Architect.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage calendars, negotiating and managing the needs of individuals or groups requesting time with, or information from, the Chief Architect and other senior staff; commit their time based on an in-depth understanding of priorities.

• Assist the Chief Architect and other senior staff in preparing for meetings and appointments with external partners and allies, donors, board members and staff and external constituents by securing information and supporting materials from others. 

• Take minutes of Leadership Team meetings, board meetings, and other meetings as needed.

• Chief Architect email management — identifying priority emails, ensuring follow-up is completed, drafting responses as needed.

• Ensure there are clear agendas and defined purposes to meetings, set up meeting rooms, conference calls and video conferences.

• Develop relationships with and act as a liaison with staff and external stakeholders, sustaining a high level of professionalism in interactions on the phone and via email.

• Draft written products and respond to information requests.

• Assist with research related to key organisational goals.

• Organise and support recruitment processes for new GCC staff.

• Complete and process expense reports.

• Create and maintain filing and other administrative systems.

• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Person Specification

The ideal candidate will bring a proactive, creative and tactful approach to making logistics run smoothly, and will have strong interpersonal communication skills.

Essential

Experience

• At least two years work experience supporting an executive or senior-level manager in a similar function with a proven track record of autonomously managing a complicated schedule

• Experience and understanding of working in an international campaigning organisation

• Demonstrated experience in handling sensitive information in confidence and with discretion.

Competencies

• Resilience for working in a fast-paced, start-up environment

• Ability to work independently, and successfully handle and prioritize diverse, simultaneous tasks.

• Desire and ability to take initiative, and to learn as you go.

• Meticulous attention to detail, reliability and organizational abilities

• Poised, confident, tactful and flexible approach to communications.

• Excellent judgment, tact and discretion. 

• Ability to manage upwards and sideways

• Demonstrated experience working with and across teams and time zones

• Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrable ability to get results working with a wide range of stakeholders.

• Excellent oral and written communications ability.

Qualifications

• Commitment to the values of the Global Climate Collaborative.

• Proficiency in office and collaboration tech tools, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.).

Desirable

• Experience working in a start-up environment

• Demonstrated research skills

• Understanding of the climate issue and commitment to action on climate change

• Fluency in a second language, other than English.

Location

Remote, from Europe or UK.

Salary

Salary will be competitive, and depends on location.  Indicative range for Belgium: € 32.000-37.000

Diversity is a matter of principle for us. It is also critical to our long-term success. GCC aims to recruit leaders with different experiences, networks and perspectives, to help us design strategies that can be highly effective in many different national contexts and with different stakeholders.

About the role:

This is an important time to join S.H.E. We were set up 20 years ago as a self-help group and since that time we have grown to delivering a wide range of activities to support the women who come to us. We are proud of what we do – we are a survivor centric charity who puts the voices of the women who come to us at the heart of all we do.

But we know that we can do so much more, and we are now looking for a CEO to take the charity to the next level and help us identify new opportunities to reach, help and support more survivors.  You will also play a key role in ensuring that we have the financial stability to continue and grow this essential work.

About you:

We’re looking for an enthusiastic leader who has a successful track record of securing funding applications from a variety of sources with experience of working with a range of stakeholders including funders and service users.

It’s essential that you have an ability to empathise and be an advocate of survivors and ideally you will have experience of working in a similar environment.

We have a small team of committed staff and volunteers and we envisage that the CEO will play a key role in developing and leading the team to develop and enhance their skills. So, we’re looking for someone with a passion for getting the very best from our people.

This is an exciting and challenging role but you will have the full backing of the Chair and Board of Trustees as you work with them and our staff and volunteers to make a difference to many more survivors of sexual abuse.

About S.H.E  

Our vision is to support adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse and adult sexual violence through a range of services from counselling through to life skills workshops. Our uniqueness comes through our Evaluative Need Therapy and our Lounge service; we deliver services based on individual need rather than a fixed number of sessions recognising each person’s journey from surviving to thriving is different.  The work that we do really matters. Our clients tell us that we provide them with a pathway to move beyond the pain and trauma they have suffered to a place where they feel they have a future and a hope for a fulfilled and happy life where they are able to thrive and be the very best they can be.

How to apply

For more details about the role, including details about how to apply for the role, please download our candidate application pack which is available from our recruitment consultant’s website your one click away so click apply via website.

The closing date for applications is 9am on Friday 23 April 2021  

Registered Charity Number: 1086697

No agencies please.

We are flexible about your working location, although we would expect you to be in our head office in Mansfield, Nottingham around one to two days a week when Covid restrictions are no longer in place.