Job Description Salary : £45,000£55,000 (depending on experience)
Working Pattern : Full-time, 35 hours per week
Location : Remote but potential hybrid working (some travel and occasional evening and weekend work required)
Holiday Entitlement : 25 days plus bank holidays
Closing Date : Sunday 13th April 2025
Start Date : As soon as possible from Tuesday 6 May 2025
The Tolkien Society is seeking an exceptional candidate with strong leadership experience to become its first Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
As CEO, you will consolidate and build on recent growth while ensuring the charity delivers its objectives to advance education and promote research into the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
You will act as the public face of the charity, work with and advise the board of trustees in relation to the Societys activities, and oversee the management and administration of the charity.
About The Tolkien Society
The Tolkien Society is an educational charity that promotes the life and works of writer and academic J.R.R. Tolkien, best-known as the author ofThe HobbitandThe Lord of the Rings. It was founded as a fan club in 1969 and became a registered charity in 1977. Since then it has grown considerably and is about to become a charitable incorporated organisation. Until now run entirely by volunteers, it is looking to enter a new phase of growth as it hires its first staff....