As one of the UK’s leading charities for Young Carers and vulnerable children, HONEYPOT provides a safe and nurturing environment for children aged between 5- 12 years; where children can develop their potential and achieve the key outcomes needed for their future well-being.

With 25 years of service experience, a newly developed and ongoing range of Wrap Around Services both face to face and digital; we are seeking an exceptional individual, experienced childcare  professional; to take the strategic lead on further developing operations and ensuring the quality of service delivery.

As Operations Director you will be an integral part of the Senior Leadership Team with the responsibility for  developing and embedding our 3-year strategy in line with our values. This includes not only optimum service delivery but equally to drive HONEYPOT in its mission to be one of the nationwide young carer and vulnerable children’s support providers.

Experience:
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• Proven leader able to demonstrate coaching and collaborative approaches to managing teams and stakeholders.
• A proven track record in multi-site management.
• Strong capability of researching market trends in child development provision and offering timely up to date techniques to the Senior Leadership Team.
• Strong communication skills; to identify and approach educational and social services; to enhance HONEYPOT’s exposure whilst supporting the needs of the community.
• Strong operational management experience including budgets, resource allocation, timelines, employment law principles and priorities.

Benefits package:

• Salary £60,000.00pa
• HMRC mileage allowance
• 25 days basic holiday rising annually.
• Health and Wellbeing Assistance Programme
• Rewards and Recognition programme

The closing date for applications is midday on 12th March 2021

The Claudia Jones Organisation (CJO) is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced person to lead the Charity.

CJO is an African Caribbean Women and Families charity with over 38 years’ experience of providing services in the London Borough of Hackney and surrounding boroughs. We work primarily to eliminate the worst aspects of poverty and deprivation within our community. We use a multifaceted approach, with a strong focus on improving life chances, addressing gender-based violence and providing therapeutic interventions. Our work has never been more important.

Please download and review the Executive Director - Job Description (available under 'Additional documents') to determine your interest in and suitability for the position.

Chief Executive Officer 
£130,000 per annum 

Flexible location – with regular travel to Chesterfield and London

We are Versus Arthritis.

We’re the 18 million people with arthritis and related conditions across the UK.

Together, we’re working to achieve a world where no one is limited by the pain, isolation and fatigue that arthritis can cause. Our galvanised community shapes government policy, invests in cutting-edge research, and ensures that every person with arthritis, no matter where they live in the UK, has access to the support and services they need to live well.  

You are a bold, inspiring, visible CEO who can help us grow.

You will help us grow our influence so that we can make an even bigger impact now and sustain our work in the future. You will bring an innovative, creative leadership approach to support our leadership team at a pivotal time in our organisation’s history, and you will help us invigorate our operations and empower us all to achieve a national impact. You will help us reach farther, support more people, and achieve our vision of a world free of the pain of arthritis.

Are you ready to join in with the push against arthritis?

For more information and to apply, click on the HOW TO APPLY link.

Closing date: 11:59pm on Monday 8 March 2021. 

This leadership role requires a highly competent, driven and hands-on individual to provide strategic, communications and operational support for this small but leading national charity at an exciting stage in its development. Key to this will be ensuring that any of the 16 million people living with high blood pressure in the UK have easy access to the best and most up to date information and medical advice.

Our vision is for everyone to know their blood pressure numbers in the same way they know their height or weight and take steps to keep them healthy, both now and in the future.

Responsible for developing the charity’s business plan and securing funding to deliver and sustain it, you will inspire and manage a small but committed team and work comfortably with our Board of Trustees (many of which are the authority on blood pressure management and research).  

The ideal candidate will demonstrate vision and creativity, as well as the skills and hands-on experience in senior management and fundraising. As an inspiring leader, you will build strong relationships with our supporters, donors, stakeholders and the media whilst ensuring that the charity is the number one ‘go to’ to help lower the nation's blood pressure and prevent stroke and heart disease. 

We are looking for a new Chief Executive Officer to lead our highly successful independent charity. The Students’ Union supports over 15,000 students at Huddersfield University with representation, social activities and advice and support, and we are proud of the levels of engagement we have achieved over the last three years with the current strategic plan. Our new Chief Executive will have the opportunity to develop that strategy to the next stage and use data to gain a detailed insight into the diverse student community at Huddersfield University.

We are looking for someone who is a motivating leader and a real team player. Someone who has the enthusiasm to support five elected Officers in their roles and responsibilities, as well as supporting a great team of over 40 permanent staff and up to 90 part time student staff.

You will have a good knowledge, and feel passionate about, the importance of extra-curricular activity as part of the University experience and understand the value it has in personal and skills development, as well as in social mobility. You will also have some understanding of the current Higher Education landscape and demonstrate strong partnership working skills, as the University and Students’ Union relationship will be a key part of your role.

The Students’ Union is emerging from the current pandemic in a strong financial position, so there will be plenty of opportunity to maximise the opportunities for students going into the next academic year and develop the digital as well as physical capabilities of the charity. All surplus generated, including income from a retail outlet and a lettings agency, is invested back into the facilities provided across the organisation for our members.  

To find out more and submit your application, please visit our website https://www.huddersfield.su/main-menu/jobs/su-staff-vacancies

The closing date for applications is 14th March.  A shortlisting process will then take place and applicants will be invited to interview with dates set for 24th, 25th or 26th March, depending on the number of applications we receive.

Wirral Ark is looking for an experienced, proactive innovator as its new Chief Executive to help us both consolidate and build upon our current provision. Your experience might come from the charity, homelessness or housing sectors – but it is your personality that will be important to us.

The overall purpose of the role is to work with the Chair, Board and staff to maintain a clear and compelling vision for the organisation whilst effectively delivering our mission to reduce the impact of homelessness on the Wirral.

The new CEO will also be responsible for growing our business by developing an asset base and services that can help the organisation achieve its strategic objective to become substantially independent from government income streams in the medium to long term.

History of the charity 

Wirral Churches’ Ark Project, known as Wirral Ark, is a registered charity that exists to provide accommodation for the homeless, under the MainStay framework, as well as providing support and guidance for individuals to secure long-term accommodation.  We offer services throughout the region. 

We started life in 1991 as a temporary shelter. The service was set up by the Wallasey Council of Christian Churches with the aim of offering emergency accommodation for those who found themselves homeless.

Wirral Ark has evolved enormously over the years and now offers a whole range of support provision for homeless people. These include isolated people with mental health or substance problems, current and ex-offenders, former rough sleepers and people who are begging or street drinking. 

Through our work, we have become experts at working with, and supportively housing, people with complex problems – for example, people with severe mental health problems, a lifelong alcohol addiction, very challenging behaviour, or a combination of these and other issues. Our support pathway is designed for people with particularly complex needs. Its function is to help them into securing a permanent and sustainable home which they will remain in.

New leadership

Wirral Ark has undergone a significant period of growth in the last 4 years, increasing turnover from around £875K in 2017 to £1.2M in 2020, with a budget for around £1.3M in 2021.

Wirral Ark has successfully diversified its income during this period. It has done so in a climate of continuous cost cutting of welfare and homelessness support - both at a local and national level. The income of the charity is derived largely from Wirral Borough Council and primarily from  its Supporting People Contracts and Housing Benefit. Wirral Ark has targets to grow its own independent income from fundraising activities and the creation of income streams derived from its subsidiary, the Wirral Ark Trading CIC.

We believe this strategy is putting Wirral Ark into a robust position and will gives us a strong platform to further improve and build rounds our services. There are several important aspects of the work for Wirral Ark are still under development. We are now looking for an excellent leader to take us to the next level.

The charity have a stakeholder pension open to all employees satisfying the auto-enrolment criteria with employees currently contributing 5% and the charity 3%. Other options could be negotiated within the package.

To apply, please download the attached application form and job pack - including application guidance notes, person specification, job description and other key information.

WR Fundraising Recruitment is delighted to be working again with the UK’s largest organic horticulture charity that has an amazing track record of providing impact in a wide breadth of programmes that include environmental, health, education and community.

At a very exciting time of development we are looking for a new Chief Executive to lead the strategic operations and development of the C£3million charity. The pandemic has seen a renewed passion in horticulture and gardening at many levels alongside an increased awareness of the benefits of organic growing relating to climate change, health and wellbeing, biodiversity, economic development and stronger communities.

As a membership organisation, the charity is in a position of strength to further develop innovative work with individuals, communities and schools – helping people to grow and garden following organic principles. Further support comes from a strong trading arm, fundraising and corporate / government funding for long lasting, impactful research and programmes.

We’re looking for a dynamic leader to steer the charity through its next cycle of development. Candidates would be preferred with experience or demonstrable knowledge in: Environment / sustainability, food security, health / well-being, organic / sustainable gardening /farming, community / consumer education programmes.

Chief Executive

£65,000 per annum

Midlands Office – Flexible / Remote Working Available

Full time, Permanent (35 hours per week)

The Role

• Take leadership of the charity in the pursuit of its Vision, Mission and Purpose, ensuring that the highest standards of integrity, openness and professionalism are maintained
• Ensure that the charity has a successful external profile by developing relations with relevant partners at national and local level, including members, the media, the public, benefactors and other stakeholders
• Develop market opportunities: forge creative partnerships with business, government and the wider voluntary sector
• Develop and nurture the team, ensuring that staff, the SMT and the Board of Trustees all play a part in furthering the organisation’s goals.
• Expand the charity’s supporter base: make membership relevant to diverse populations.
• Carefully balance financial sustainability with the organisation’s mission
• Raise the income needed for the implementation of strategic and business plans; using all appropriate available funding sources and developing new enterprise and sources.

The Person

• Ability to develop a long-term vision and think entrepreneurially and strategically to grow the organisation.
• Excellent ambassadorial, networking and negotiating skills.
• Demonstrable success at inspiring and developing a senior management team. Excellent financial management skills. Commercial insight.
• Successful management and application of an income generation model with multiple streams, including membership, public and private funding and commercial ventures.
• Team management experience at Chief Executive or executive level with dedicated resources and budgets and leadership of a multi-disciplinary team.

All applications will be anonymised to remove bias from the recruitment process

Closing date for applications: 7th March 2021

Interviews will commence week beginning: 15th March 2021

Chief Executive Officer

Norfolk CAB

£50,000

Full-time, permanent

Norwich

Norfolk Citizens Advice is looking for an experienced executive to lead and inspire our highly committed team of staff and volunteers.

Our goal has always been to help everyone find a way forward, whatever problem they face.

The effects of the Coronavirus pandemic on people’s livelihoods and well-being will be felt for many, many years to come. Being able to meet the increasingly complex needs of a growing number of Norfolk people who approach us for quality assured, accredited advice will continue to both challenge and provide opportunity for service innovation.

Ultimately our success will require entrepreneurial flair and commercially astute rigour. We are a business that means business.

Our face-to-face service, offered free and impartially throughout the county, will continue to be our main focus for providing help and support. But we will also need to develop further our ability to provide advice and information through digital channels.

Looking ahead, we will also need to continue to focus on seeking new ways to supplement our main funding sources to ensure we can continue to meet the growing demand for our services. To be effective in this we will need to emphasise the impact and value we provide as a local charity for the benefit of the whole community.

It is vital that our next Chief Executive Officer will share our passion for supporting our communities, valuing diversity, promoting equality and challenging discrimination wherever we see it.

Your role will be to give strategic direction to our teams, ensure we build on the new delivery models we developed during the pandemic, and develop close relationships with a broad range of government and charitable bodies to enable highly effective partnership working.

How to apply

Application is by way of CV and a Supporting Statement.

For an informal and confidential discussion about the role, please contact our recruitment partner, Simon Lloyd, Director.

Closing date: Monday 29th March, 2021

Job Title: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Salary:  £55,000 - £60,000

Hours of work: Full-time/Permanent

Location:  St Albans, Hertfordshire

We are working in partnership with Emmaus Hertfordshire, one of 29 Emmaus communities across the UK supporting more than 800 formerly homeless people, known within Emmaus as companions. Each community provides a home for as long as needed and meaningful work in a social enterprise. 

Emmaus Hertfordshire are seeking a new Chief Executive Officer.  This is an exciting and important opportunity for the right individual as Emmaus Hertfordshire is embarking on a significant expansion project at its St Albans site as part of a new partnership with the St Albans Foodbank and other agencies. A key element of the CEO role will be to provide leadership to this project alongside overall management responsibility for our existing community and social enterprise businesses.

Given the growth of the community in recent years, the ambitions of the Emmaus UK Strategic Plan 2020-2025, and the need to consider new directions and initiatives, the Board is looking for a dynamic leader with the right values and vision for this role. The successful appointee will report to the Board, manage and motivate the whole community, deliver our strategic objectives, and work with other stakeholders to address homelessness issues.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the following:

• Relevant experience at a senior level in a similar organisation or related field
• an understanding of and commitment to the Emmaus values
• an ability to understand and empathise with people in vulnerable circumstances
• Proven experience of leading, inspiring, and motivating a workforce with diverse needs to meet organisation objectives
• Previous financial management and control responsibility
• Experience of designing, developing, and implementing business strategies to fulfil Board vision and goals
• Innovative skills in seeking new revenue streams and business models
• Experience of retail business strategy and implementation
• Proven skills in change management, organisational design and organisational development.

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

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. 

To apply for this role, please e-mail your CV, Supporting Statement and Equal Opportunities and Diversity Monitoring Form to Jenny Warner, Managing Director, Charisma Charity Recruitment, quoting our reference JO2817.

Closing date for applications: 21 March 2021

Interview dates: early April TBC

Are you committed to improving the lives of older people? Looking for a new challenge? A change in direction or a new job?  We are looking for a highly skilled and dynamic CEO to take our ambitious charity forward. 

With an annual turnover of £750k, over 50 skilled staff and around 200 dedicated and committed volunteers, we provide a range of services to 3,500+ older people but must do more. It is a period of great change for our organisation so this is a real opportunity to shape our strategy and achieve our vision that all older people in Bath and North East Somerset love later life.

You will be supported by a diverse and effective Board of Trustees who bring strategic insight and experience.  You will be part of the Age UK national network working closely with other Age UKs in the country. 

South Wales based charity, Valleys Kids has an exciting opportunity for the right person to be their new Chief Executive.

Over the last 40 years we’ve built up an impressive track record of improving the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in society through working closely with the local community.

We’re now looking for someone with energy, passion and experience to build on this success and ensure that the pioneering spirit of Valley’s Kids flourishes into the future. 

If you want to be a key part of this exciting journey, and think you’re up for the challenge, we want to hear from you!

For a full introduction to Valleys Kids and the CEO role, please download the job pack below. 

Job title: Chief Executive

Responsible to: Valleys Kids Board of Trustees

Salary: £45,000 per annum

Location: Penygraig, South Wales with some home working

Hours: Full-time

As a family friendly organisation, we recognise that obligations outside work are important and that balancing work and family commitments can sometimes be a challenge.  We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Annual leave entitlement: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Employer pension contributions: 3%

Introduction

The Chief Executive must have the drive, enthusiasm. leadership and management skills needed for helping us to sustain and build upon a remarkable legacy of community development work within the South Wales coalfield area.

Key responsibilities

To provide leadership for the whole organisation and to be responsible for the management and administration of Valleys Kids within the strategic and accountability frameworks laid down by the board of trustees.

Leadership

•To lead, inspire and motivate staff and volunteers, providing them with clear direction and sound decision-making and enabling them to contribute significantly to organisational development.

•To assist the board in maintaining the values, ethos, vision, and mission of Valleys Kids.

•To ensure that Valleys Kids’ values, ethos and policies are relevant, fair and consistently implemented.

•To develop and keep under review a medium-term to long-term strategy for Valleys Kids which sets out how it can achieve its vision and mission and obtain board approval for it.

•To ensure that the work of Valleys Kids is focused on achieving the priorities set out in the strategic plan and establishing the most effective service responses to the needs identified within communities. 

•To develop an organisation that is constantly seeking ways to learn, to improve its performance, and to innovate.

•To maintain an environment that attracts and retains the best staff and volunteers.

Management

•To be accountable to the board for the proper and effective management of Valleys Kids.

•To run Valleys Kids efficiently and effectively by ensuring that the organisation has an appropriate management structure and management systems which enable it to fulfil its strategic objectives and to carry out its work.

•To ensure that all management policies and decisions support the agreed vision, mission, values, and strategic priorities of Valleys Kids.

•To ensure that the business, operational and annual plans needed to underpin the strategic plan are developed, agreed and implemented.

•To provide staff with operational arrangements that ensure clarity of roles, responsibilities and delegations.

•To ensure that the work done to recruit, manage, train, support and develop staff reflects good employment
practice and is directed towards achieving Valleys
Kids’ objectives.

•To ensure that Valleys Kids is aware of best practice and that it constantly works to achieve this within the constraints laid down by the trustees and resources available.

•To identify appropriate methods for monitoring the performance of Valleys Kids and getting feedback on service quality and for providing performance reports back to the board on the performance of Valleys Kids against its strategy, its business, operational and annual plans, and against the annual budget as approved by the board.

Finance and risk

•To be responsible overall for the financial health of Valleys Kids including developing, overseeing and monitoring an effective programme of income generation.

•To put in place effective budget-setting, financial planning and delegation processes.

•To ensure that the major risks to which Valleys Kids is exposed are reviewed regularly by the board and the executive team, systems have been established to mitigate these risks, and a risk analysis is automatically carried out when taking on new work or proposing new work to the board.

•To ensure that there are effective mechanisms to ensure the robustness of external and internal controls (financial and non-financial).

External and Internal relations

•To ensure effective communications throughout Valleys Kids and externally.

•To develop Valleys Kids’ public profile and foster good relationships with government, statutory/voluntary/private bodies, and other external stakeholders.

•To set up mechanisms for listening to the views of current and future beneficiaries on the performance
of Valleys Kids, as well as on areas for future development.

•To engage with stakeholders in partnerships which seek to promote co-working, identification of need, the provision of shared services and effective use of resources.

•To scan the external environment for changes that may affect Valleys Kids, to advise the trustees proactively and to take necessary action.

Legal and regulatory compliance

•To ensure that Valleys Kids fulfils all its legal, statutory and regulatory responsibilities.

•Together with the Chair, to enable the board of trustees to fulfil its duties and responsibilities for the proper governance of Valleys Kids and to ensure that the board receives timely advice and appropriate information on all relevant matters.

•To lead on the responsibilities Valleys Kids has to safeguard those deemed to be vulnerable and to promote the rights of people with protected characteristics.

Ensuring high-quality governance

•To draw the board’s attention to matters that it should consider and decide.

•To ensure that the board receives all necessary advice, guidance and information on matters relating to current performance, the short- and long-term future of Valleys Kids, regulatory and legal compliance, and other appropriate issues; and making sure that such advice, guidance and information are timely, honest, balanced and relevant.

•In partnership with the Chair, to ensure that the board’s delegated authority is recorded in writing and understood fully by staff and volunteers, and that all agreed reporting procedures are followed.

•To work closely with the board to ensure that the board contains the skills it requires to govern Valleys Kids well, and that the board has access to relevant external professional advice and expertise.

•To report regularly to the board of trustees on the performance of Valleys Kids, progress towards the strategic priorities and the achievement of board policies.

•To submit high-level policy proposals for the approval of the board or assist the board in the development of
these policies, and to be responsible for the efficient and effective achievement of these policies.

•To implement board decisions.

Person Specification

•A commitment to community development, tackling structural inequality and other barriers to people achieving their potential.

•Substantial experience of CEO or senior leadership at a strategic level.

•Resourceful, resilient and innovative, with the ability to manage different priorities, understand a wide range of activities and effectively manage a diverse team of professional, technical and commercial staff.

•Evidence of successful staff engagement and development practice, linking organisational values with employee behaviour.

•Ability to delegate effectively and to hold people to account.

•A strong track record of change, project and crisis management.

•Interpersonal skills and judgement, which inspire confidence and trust from staff, volunteers, stakeholders and other organisations.

•A strong track record of networking, developing and maintaining external relationships (including central and local government, funders, national and local NGOs and the media).

•An effective communicator orally and in writing, able to articulate our work to a broad range of stakeholders and to negotiate well.

•Experience of budget and financial management

•Ability to lead or oversee income generation from a wide range of sources including statutory funding, trusts and foundation, trading income and individual giving.

•An entrepreneurial approach - able to use resources effectively and develop new ideas and gain buy-in to implement successfully.

•Knowledge of risk management and information security.

•Organised, with excellent time management skills and high levels of self-motivation.

•A commitment to effectively safeguarding people at risk of harm or abuse.

•Development and management of social enterprise activities (trading activities that support the mission of the organisation and bring in unrestricted income for it).

•Existing networks in South Wales that could support the work of Valleys Kids.

•Awareness of Welsh language, culture and the public services context in Wales or a willingness to learn.

•Knowledge of relevant current and emerging technologies.

Other requirements

•Flexible with a willingness to work outside normal office hours.

• Full valid driving licence and use of a vehicle.

About the National Association for AONBs

The National Association for AONBs supports the UK’s 46 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. We are a nurturing organisation with long-term vision and have excellent working relationships with our members, partners, government and media. We are very proud of our track record and achievements – the results of our commitment to putting people and their potential at the heart of the AONB Family and our passion for our landscapes. 

What’s exciting?

The organisation is a key part of the environmental movement in the UK. Under the leadership of Howard Davies we have achieved a huge amount. We punch well above our weight and are in good shape but there is a long way to go. Never has it been more apparent that the world faces huge environmental challenges – the need to tackle climate change and recover and protect nature in our landscapes is becoming ever more urgent. So, the new Chief Executive will take over at a time when there will be many opportunities to make a real and lasting contribution, including:

• Working with us to develop new visions and strategies for nature recovery and the challenges of climate change,
• Leading the AONB network to build on our high profile and strong relationships across a range of audiences,
• Maximising the opportunities for the organisation arising from the changing policy environment and various environmental initiatives that will take place in England and Wales over the coming years,
• Leading a talented and committed team, membership and partnerships to maximise our potential to make an historic contribution to Protected Landscapes.

About you

The new Chief Executive could come from a range of relevant backgrounds but they will need to hit the ground running in terms of experience and knowledge about the environment and the conservation of nature and heritage in the context of Protected Landscapes.You should be ready to take on a demanding but rewarding leadership role within a collaborative and collegiate community. With this applicable grounding, we are excited to hear from you, especially if you:

• Have a strong passion for the environment, 
• Are a relationship builder with emotional intelligence and excellent communication skills, who relishes collaboration,
• Are a natural networker who thrives on building strategic partnerships,
• Have vision and strategic flair and are able to work with us to maximise our impact.

Parkinson’s is the fastest growing neurological condition in the world. 145,000 people in the UK have Parkinson’s, and there is no cure - yet.

We are part of a demanding and caring community and their needs drive the support, services, information and advice that we deliver.

We are working at pace to harness the rapid advancements in technology and medical science to improve our services, and develop new treatments that slow, stop or reverse Parkinson’s and manage its symptoms and side effects.

Our Chief Executive of 15 years is stepping down, creating an opportunity for an exceptional leader who has the passion, ambition and drive to make a difference for the 1 million people, including loved ones, affected by this relentless condition.

For more information, please contact our recruitment partner, Odgers Berndtson who are managing this vacancy on behalf of Parkinson’s UK.

Do you like working with people and making a real difference to their lives?

If so, the role of Chief Officer at Citizens Advice Hampshire is for you!

The role of Chief Officer at Citizens Advice Hampshire is pivotal in cementing both internal and external relationships. Working alongside partners to establish benefits for both the partner organisation and Local Citizens Advice is essential.

Citizens Advice Hampshire, established in 2008  is a consortium of the 15 Local Citizens Advice in Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight. We enable collaboration between our Local Citizens Advice and other charities, provide a single point of contact for funders, partners and policy makers, and support our local offices by facilitating knowledge, skills sharing and training, and through campaigning for better services and policies.

To find out more about this position and apply, please visit our website via the Apply button where you will find the application form and supporting documents.

Closing date for applications is Friday 19th March 2021

Citizens Advice Hampshire values diversity; promotes equality and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.