Chief Executive | When You Wish Upon a Star
- Recruiter
- Peridot Partners
- Location
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Nottingham
East Midlands RegionUnited Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 27 Apr 2022
- Closes
- 24 May 2022
- Job Title
- Associate Director
- Category
- Executive and Director
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
When you Wish Upon a Star grants wishes to children across the UK living with life limiting illness. Our dedicated team has been helping to make magical memories for children and their families for over 30 years and our Wish children and their families are at the heart of everything we do.
Founded by our 'Fairy Godmother' Barbara White in 1990 we have undertaken over two thousand Wishes and Treats including holidays at our properties in Cornwall, Spain and Florida as well as trips to Lapland, big sporting events, West End musicals and balloon rides. These wishes provide families a rare opportunity to build happy memories with their sick child.
Last year we undertook an organisational review, and this identified the need to recruit our first Chief Executive who will strategically lead the charity and its next stage of development. As we emerge out of the pandemic our ambition to grant more wishes for sick children and their families and develop our organisation's capability and capacity to do this is as strong as ever. As our first Chief Executive you will play a vital role in enabling us to do this.
We are looking for an ambitious and energetic person who can lead on the development and implementation of our next three–year strategy. You will lead the advancement of our organisational infrastructure, ensuring our structures, processes and systems are reinforced to support our strategic direction, and our staff & volunteers are inspired and enabled to come together to maximise our ability to grant Wishes. Furthermore, you will ensure we develop sustainably, working with our capable fundraising team to ensure sustainable income to support Wish granting activity.
This is a rare opportunity to truly shape our organisation for the future, building on our work to date and strengthening and amplifying our impact in the future. This would suit an individual who has exceptional team building skills, brings strategic vision and has the ability to build organisational resilience and financial sustainability. Abilities in evaluating and demonstrating impact would be an advantage, as would experience of marketing and communications to help accentuate our profile and promote awareness and engagement with our work.
Closing date: by 9 a.m. Tuesday 31st May 2022
Please click 'Apply via website' to be directed to the Peridot Partners and contact the advising consultants for further information about this role.
Founded by our 'Fairy Godmother' Barbara White in 1990 we have undertaken over two thousand Wishes and Treats including holidays at our properties in Cornwall, Spain and Florida as well as trips to Lapland, big sporting events, West End musicals and balloon rides. These wishes provide families a rare opportunity to build happy memories with their sick child.
Last year we undertook an organisational review, and this identified the need to recruit our first Chief Executive who will strategically lead the charity and its next stage of development. As we emerge out of the pandemic our ambition to grant more wishes for sick children and their families and develop our organisation's capability and capacity to do this is as strong as ever. As our first Chief Executive you will play a vital role in enabling us to do this.
We are looking for an ambitious and energetic person who can lead on the development and implementation of our next three–year strategy. You will lead the advancement of our organisational infrastructure, ensuring our structures, processes and systems are reinforced to support our strategic direction, and our staff & volunteers are inspired and enabled to come together to maximise our ability to grant Wishes. Furthermore, you will ensure we develop sustainably, working with our capable fundraising team to ensure sustainable income to support Wish granting activity.
This is a rare opportunity to truly shape our organisation for the future, building on our work to date and strengthening and amplifying our impact in the future. This would suit an individual who has exceptional team building skills, brings strategic vision and has the ability to build organisational resilience and financial sustainability. Abilities in evaluating and demonstrating impact would be an advantage, as would experience of marketing and communications to help accentuate our profile and promote awareness and engagement with our work.
Closing date: by 9 a.m. Tuesday 31st May 2022
Please click 'Apply via website' to be directed to the Peridot Partners and contact the advising consultants for further information about this role.