{"id":14,"date":"2025-01-23T12:32:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T12:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/bre\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-03-25T20:17:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:17:58","slug":"person-specification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/samaritans\/person-specification\/","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\/samaritans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/442\/2025\/12\/samaritans-banner-2.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"samaritans-banner-2\" \/>\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\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<h2><strong>Candidates will bring as many of the following skills and experience as possible:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A proven track record of senior organisational leadership in organisations of national reach and complexity.<\/li>\n<li>Proven experience of chairing skills; 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