Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership across income generation, service development, marketing, communications, policy and external engagement.
• Strengthen organisational sustainability by securing diverse and sustainable income streams.
• Provide strategic leadership for service development and oversee the identification, development and submission of high-value, complex bids and tenders for commissioned services.
• Oversee communications, marketing and brand activity ensuring communications effectively position the organisation to attract funders, donors, corporate partners and stakeholders.
• Lead the organisation’s external engagement strategy to enhance profile, influence and reach.

Requirements

• Significant senior leadership experience and be skilled at collaborative working.
• Outstanding leadership, influencing and relationship-building skills evidenced through a track record of securing income from diverse sources.
• Extensive experience in in communications, brand development and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to efficiently manage a complex and busy workload with conflicting priorities and deliver to deadlines.
• In-depth knowledge of the charitable funding landscape, the public sector commissioning environment and a broad range of communications activities.
• Note: role requires enhanced DBS check; candidates must be able to provide paperwork demonstrating their right to work in the UK.

Benefits

• 4 Day Week (Working 20% hours less without salary decrease)
• Annual leave - 28 days per annum, increasing up to 33 days plus 8 bank holidays
• Sick pay (from 3 up to 12 weeks fully paid)
• Flexible working
• Gratitude scheme
• Assisted purchase scheme
• Cycle to Work up to £1k
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Long service awards
• Maternity and paternity pay