Chief executive officer

Job Description

As incoming CEO, you’ll be tasked with developing a new five-year strategic plan (2025-2030) that ensures the charity’s sustainability and continued commitment to excellence and innovation. You’ll also ensure we are placed firmly on the map, as a respected voice and advocate at local, regional and national policy-making level.

The organisation’s effectiveness and impact relies on the depth and quality of its partnerships, forged and embedded across a wide geography with national and local governments, agencies and communities.

About you

This is an absolutely vital recruit for, so we’re looking for someone with confidence and capability across a range of essential criteria. We are open to someone with previous experience at this level, or someone stepping into their first CEO role.

Here are key elements on our ‘essential’ list, we’d encourage you to consider how you meet each one:

1. Significant leadership experience (within a multi-million pound organisation) delivering person-centred and trauma-informed services.
2. Emotionally intelligent leader with a motivating leadership style.
3. Skilled and passionate builder of teams, creating an environment where people can thrive.
4. Leads by example, embodying and embedding values throughout.
5. Knowledge and expertise in securing charity sector contracts and fundraising.