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We’re Hiring: Chief Executive Officer
Salary: £75,000 – £80,000 + pension
Location: Northamptonshire (flexible, with min. 3 days on-site)
Closing date: 5pm, Friday 3rd October 2025
Age UK Northamptonshire is looking for a dynamic Chief Executive Officer to lead us into our next chapter.
We are the leading local charity supporting older people across the county—providing advice, companionship, and essential services to 18,000+ people every year.
As our long-serving CEO retires, we need an inspiring, strategic leader who can:
✅ Champion older people as a trusted advocate and spokesperson
✅ Lead a dedicated team of 140+ staff and 260+ volunteers
✅ Strengthen partnerships and income streams to ensure sustainability
✅ Build on our proud history while driving innovation and growth
About You
You’ll bring:
- Proven senior leadership experience in a complex organisation
- Strong financial and strategic planning skills
- Excellent communication and influencing abilities
- Integrity, energy, and resilience to lead by example
Knowledge of the voluntary sector, health, social care, or issues affecting older people is highly desirable.
Interviews take place in October. If you have any questions then please use the above email.
�� Be the voice for older people in Northamptonshire. Lead us into the future.
Please note that applications must include both a CV (maximum 3 pages) and a written supporting statement (maximum 1000 words) addressing the person specification and your motivation for joining us. Applications submitted without a supporting statement will not be considered.
We kindly ask all candidates to ensure their application includes both documents before submission.
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Our vision and mission statement Age UK Northamptonshire cares for older people. We help them to make the best of life and to have a secure and dign
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This is a critical and exciting leadership role for the Bumblebee Conservation Trust which will take the Trust forward to the next phase of organisational growth, building on the superb achievements to date of our retiring CEO.
You’ll need passion and energy to work on some of the most profound challenges of our time. Nature needs its champions, and you’ll need to harness all of your skills, all of your personality, and your network to grow our influence, our impact, and our outcomes. You’ll excel at galvanising others to take action enabling us to achieve our aims and ensure bumblebees are thriving and valued by everyone.
This is an incredible opportunity to join a very special organisation with passionate and high-performing teams who are truly dedicated to our vital purpose.
Please refer to the CEO pack for further information.
The Trust is an Equal Opportunities employer. This means that whilst seeking employment or during such employment with the Trust, we will seek to ensure equality of treatment for all persons regardless of sex, race, age, marital or civil partnership status, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity status.
At the Trust, we have a clear goal: to be the place where a diverse mix of talented people want to come, to stay and do their best work. We pride ourselves on reaching for our vision, through the hard work and dedication of our passionate and creative employees.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We’re looking for a Senior STH Practitioner who can manage the delivery of high quality and effective Social and Therapeutic Horticulture (STH) programmes in London for adults and young people with a range of disabilities and health conditions.
We’re looking for candidates who have proven experience of managing a team and an understanding of how STH programmes can benefit individuals and improve lives. We need someone with horticultural knowledge and experience to plan the seasonal horticultural resources required for our programs and delivery spaces.
Based at Thrive’s London centre in Battersea Park. Some days will be spent at outreach centres within London, requiring some travel. The role will involve occasional travel to the Thrive Centres in Reading and Birmingham.
Appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check. Thrive complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice. Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an individual from working for Thrive.
For more information, please download the Information Pack. For an informal conversation about the role, please email recruitment in the first instance.
To apply, please email recruitment with your CV and a written statement explaining how you meet the person specification and what you will bring to Thrive.
