Change the world with us, one conversation at a time. We're recruiting for a Chief Operating Officer to join our education charity and social enterprise.
We’re a unique institution with a fascinating history, a beautiful location, and a critical mission: to grow the next generation of ethical youth leaders. As well as delivering our own educational programme, we are a social enterprise running a thriving commercial conference business in a former royal residence in Windsor Great Park.
As COO, you will be a key leader in the Executive and Senior Management Teams overseeing our finance, hospitality, infrastructure, marketing, and HR functions. At a time of growing populism and polarisation, it is imperative that our activities are expertly managed as we focus on increasing the impact of our programme work ahead of our 80th anniversary.
By its very nature the COO role is wide ranging and can vary, however the COO’s core responsibilities are:
1. Support the CEO in enhancing and delivering the strategy, managing risk and ensuring that we remain sustainable and competitive as we deliver our charitable mission.
2. Provide strategic financial oversight preparing budgets and periodic forecasts and analysis, and monitoring KPIs. This will include monitoring results against budget and working with non-financial managers to understand and act on variances.
3. Working with the team to ensure the income generating activities of the Lodge are pe...