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This is a new role within the organisation, providing leadership to maintain the operations, finances, and team at the charity, alongside exploring exciting new directions in relation to partnerships and commercial opportunities.
This is a one year cover, with potential to extend.
The Managing Director is a crucial role within the organisation, and will be responsible to the Trustees for the overall leadership, management and strategic development of Fat Macy’s Foundation (including instigating projects and taking opportunities to increase income).
As the external face of the organisation, they will be a strong communicator, raising the profile of the organisation and networking effectively.
Responsible for Fat Macy’s income generation, they will be scanning the horizon for new business opportunities and seizing relevant opportunities to form new partnerships. Equally important will be internal management: developing an effective and efficient organisation.
Structure
The Managing Director reports to and is accountable to the Trustees.
The Managing Director will work in partnership with the Fat Macy’s co-founder and CEO of Fat Macy’s Ltd and will oversee the general management of the charity. They will line manage the senior leadership team at Fat Macy’s Foundation: the Programme and Grants Manager, the Development and Operations Manager and the Training Lead (0.5 FTE).
What you'll do
Organisational leadership
1. Provide ongoing leadership, and maintain the vision and strategic direction for Fat Macy’s to achieve its mission of supporting people from homelessness into supported, stable lives.
2. Ensure that Fat Macy’s values continue to underpin all activity, decision-making, and working culture.
3. Manage, support and coach a motivated and highly effective Senior Leadership Team committed to Fat Macy’s values and vision.
4. Work closely with Fat Macy’s Ltd CEO to ensure a unified approach across the Ltd company and charitable foundation.
5. Motivate and coach staff, role model behaviour and values and authentically represent Fat Macy’s internally and externally.
6. Ensure Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and lived experience are prioritised across all levels of the organisation.
7. Champion the Fat Macy’s Advisory Board, ensuring their involvement and lived experience plays a meaningful role across the organisation.
Strategy and partnership: making an impact
1. Lead clear strategies for Fat Macy’s to ensure it remains a stable and sustainable organisation with clear impact.
2. Ensure effective delivery of Fat Macy’s strategy, working with the Senior Leadership Team and board.
3. Work closely with Fat Macy’s Ltd to create opportunities for young Londoners living in temporary accommodation.
4. Advise and guide the Trustees in strategy, policy and good governance.
5. Source partners, as appropriate, to ensure Fat Macy’s has the best impact for those we support.
6. Oversee impact measurement and report annually to the board.
Income generation, finance, fundraising and budgets
1. Maintain and augment the organisation’s financial resources through prudent and productive partnerships, management, fundraising and income generation.
2. Work with existing and prospective corporate partners to create clear income streams for the charity.
3. Supervise and oversee the fundraising and resource development for Fat Macy’s.
4. Oversee the grant programme for housing deposits.
5. Produce management accounts, annual reports and end of year financials and budgets with accountants.
Communication
1. Promote Fat Macy’s to the media and the public.
2. Keep up-to-date with current and future thinking in the areas of homelessness, social enterprise and food-based solutions.
3. Support the communication of trainee voices and the Fat Macy’s Advisory Board.
Management of people
1. Provide clear high standards of leadership, management and direction to the senior management team at Fat Macy’s - working closely with the co-founder of Fat Macy’s Ltd.
2. Oversee and coordinate the activities of the senior leadership staff: Programme and Grant Manager and Development and Operations Manager, with weekly meetings.
3. Communicate to staff a clear vision for the organisation and a strategic framework for development.
Activities of the business
1. Oversee the delivery of the Fat Macy’s Foundation programmes.
2. Coordinate with the Fat Macy’s Ltd co-founder to oversee the strategy and direction of Fat Macy’s Ltd.
3. Ensure fair and efficient decision making on projects and appropriate systems for implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
4. Identify, action, deliver and evaluate the opportunities available to develop Fat Macy’s portfolio and impact.
Legal responsibilities and systems
1. Identify, assess and manage risks in line with the risk management framework and policies on risk management and internal control.
2. Control and manage health and safety issues within Fat Macy’s by ensuring appropriate responsibilities are communicated, allocated and actioned.
3. Oversee the social enterprise’s governance, including sitting on both boards (Fat Macy’s Foundation and Fat Macy’s Ltd).
Governance
1. Meet monthly with the Chair to develop board meeting agendas that make effective use of people’s time and skills.
2. Ensure Fat Macy’s has robust governance processes in place that evolve as the organisation grows and develops.
3. Work closely with the Trustees to ensure that Fat Macy’s has a diverse, skilled and experienced board and support with trustee recruitment and onboarding.
4. Provide high quality and timely board papers and information for board meetings.
5. Support the Finance Sub Committee to provide effective finance governance to the organisation.
6. Ensure effective risk management processes are in place to support good governance.
The ideal persona
1. A dynamic and influential leader in the social enterprise, business or charity space.
2. A strategic thinker, who can think outside the box and create great impact.
3. A natural people person, who will enjoy working with people from all walks of life - we are a diverse team and encourage this within Fat Macy’s.
4. You are organised, hard working and have excellent attention to detail.
5. You are a good problem solver, and can set up effective systems and processes.
6. You enjoy doing good and supporting people with difficult problems and life challenges.
7. You believe in the Fat Macy’s values and approach.
8. We need team players - you’ll be ambitious but can listen, and work well with others.
9. 5+ years of experience in a relevant field.
10. You are an experienced strategic thinker, line manager, and a real people person.
11. You have some background in homelessness, social enterprise, business development, fundraising, and/or corporate partnerships.
What we can offer you
1. An incredible learning experience working within an impactful social enterprise that addresses one of the biggest issues facing the UK.
2. Excellent opportunities for progression within an exciting and growing team.
3. Opportunities for flexible working.
4. A whole host of other benefits - staff lunch, discount wine, a day off on your birthday.
Key information
Salary: c. £45,000 dependent on experience.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (flexible working encouraged).
Location: We’re based at 232 Shoreditch High Street, and would like this role to be in at least 80% of the week. However, we encourage flexible working.
As a precondition of employment we’ll need you to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and provide two satisfactory references, one of which should detail your suitability to work with those experiencing homelessness and another to be from your most recent employer.
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