Experience
- Demonstrable success in developing and delivering a compelling vision and strategy for an organisation.
- Significant experience as a CEO or aspiring CEO (leading a sizeable executive portfolio) in a large, complex, or multi-stakeholder organisation.
- Proven track record of leading organisations and teams through substantial change, growth and/or transformation.
- Strong experience of influencing, engaging, and aligning diverse internal and external stakeholders around shared objectives.
- Experience of working within, or in close partnership with, the voluntary, community, or social purpose sector.
- Established record of building effective, high-trust relationships with trustee or non-executive Boards.
- Demonstrated success in growing organisational income through fundraising, grant funding, commercial activity and strategic partnerships.
- Experience of leading organisational modernisation, including digital systems, data capability, and operational infrastructure.
- UK-wide experience and/or working with national and devolved governments (desirable).
Skills & abilities
- Proven ability to lead and influence complex systems involving multiple public, private, and voluntary sector actors.
- Exceptional people skills, with the ability to inspire, motivate, and mobilise people internally and externally, including employees, volunteers, community leaders, senior politicians, civil servants, strategic partners and policymakers.
- Ability to lead evidence-based strategy, using data, research, and evaluation to strengthen policy influence and funding confidence.
- Capacity to operate confidently and effectively at local, regional, and national levels across the UK.
- Strong political awareness, with the ability to build constructive and credible relationships with elected representatives and public officials.
- Well-developed commercial and entrepreneurial acumen, with the ability to identify and pursue opportunities for sustainable growth.
- Excellent relationship-building, negotiation, and influencing skills with senior external stakeholders.
- Ability to communicate complex issues clearly and persuasively, and to act as a credible public spokesperson for the organisation.
- Ability to grow, mobilise, and empower a national membership and supporter base to drive change.
- Ability to speak confidently about one or (ideally) more aspects of our agenda, i.e. transport / walking wheeling cycling / environmental issues / sustainable development / infrastructure / public health.
- High levels of personal integrity, authenticity, resilience and sound professional judgement.
- Resilience.
- Ability to navigate complexity, build consensus, include, engage and involve others, make decisions, take personal ownership and hold others to account.
Knowledge
- Strong understanding of how governments operates and how policy and regulatory decisions are developed and influenced across the UK.
- Well-developed understanding of equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in organisational leadership, governance, and operational delivery.
- Knowledge of the sustainable transport, active travel, housing development and/or public health sectors is desirable
- Understanding of different funding models – e.g. statutory/grant funding, fundraising, commercial income
- Sound understanding of safeguarding responsibilities, risk management, and regulatory compliance in a charitable context.
Values & personal commitment
- Strong alignment with, and commitment to Walk Wheel Cycle Trust’s purpose and values.
- Demonstrated commitment to volunteering, community engagement, and citizen-led action.
- Championing equity
- Commitment to creating a healthy, inclusive, and supportive workplace that enables people to perform at their best.
- Commitment to collaborative leadership, transparency, and continuous learning.
Our values
- Always learning
- Championing equity
- Taking ownership
- Delivering together