{"id":267,"date":"2024-10-01T11:13:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T10:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/?page_id=267"},"modified":"2026-03-23T09:39:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:39:04","slug":"person-specification-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/person-specification-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Person Specification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2022\/09\/banner6.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"banner6\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"title\">\n\t<div class=\"title__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"title__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"title__content\">\n\t\t<h1>\n\t\t  Person Specification &#8211; Director of Services\t  <\/h1>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"content\">\n\t<div class=\"content__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content__column\">\n\t\t  \t\t\t\t<h3>Qualifications and Training<\/h3>\n<h4>Essential<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Degree or relevant experience instead of a degree, in appropriate subject.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Desirable<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Further relevant qualification or training in animal science or services management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Previous Experience<\/h3>\n<h4>Essential<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Proven senior operational management experience with diverse teams of 20+.<\/li>\n<li>Senior leadership team membership.<\/li>\n<li>Experience of managing \u00a31m plus budgets and creating detailed financial reports.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Desirable<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Charity sector experience at a senior level.<\/li>\n<li>Experience of working with people with Hearing Loss.<\/li>\n<li>Experience of 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supply chain management and proven ability\/capability to manage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Desirable<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Experience of working in the hearing\/healthcare sector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Attitude and Approach<\/h3>\n<h4>Essential<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Solution focussed, decisive, and resilient approach to problem solving.<\/li>\n<li>Systematic and with attention to trend and detail.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to make and articulate sound judgments even when under pressure.<\/li>\n<li>Welcomes feedback and collaboration at all levels and creates opportunities for reflection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Personal Attributes<\/h3>\n<h4>Essential<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Organised, professional, and confident in negotiating the delivery of competing priorities.<\/li>\n<li>Self-starter to equally enjoys working as part of a team, as well as on own initiative.<\/li>\n<li>Approachable, flexible, and responsive to team members, while willing to assert when required.<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrates alignment with charity\u2019s 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