Role: Chief Executive Officer
Location: The post holder can be based anywhere within the Four Nations of the UK, but must be able and prepared to travel as required to numerous meetings and conferences, in London and all around the country. Many of the Charity’s staff are home based but we do still maintain offices in Swanley, Kent, and if based elsewhere, the postholder will still need to visit those offices reasonably regularly.
Organisation
thirtyone:eight – A leading independent Christian safeguarding charity in the UK (https://thirtyoneeight.org/).
Job Purpose
- Provide effective and inclusive leadership of thirtyone:eight to support the growth and strategic development of the organisation.
- Ensure that the charity provides the highest quality safeguarding services to its members and non-members.
- Provide advocacy and thought leadership to positively promote and influence the improvement of safeguarding standards in the UK, and beyond.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide quality leadership across the organisation underpinned by Christian values.
- Develop and lead an effective Senior Leadership Team that promotes talent development, empowerment and accountability.
- Lead and oversee strategic planning, governance, compliance & regulation and operational service delivery for the benefit of thirtyone:eight’s members.
- Develop thirtyone:eight’s presence, profile, and reputation through external engagement and networking within the Christian & Faith Communities and also with political or policy groups.
- Oversee HR, finance, IT development, and marketing activities together with the COO.
- Foster good collaboration between the Staff and Trustees, ensuring good stakeholder management.
- Drive business development and fundraising initiatives.
Benefits
Salary: Competitive.
Annual Leave: 35 days/annum (calendar year) holiday allowance, including public/bank holidays.
Pension: 5% staff contribution matched by 5% employer contribution with Benenden health cover for all employees.