Full-Time Chief Executive
Job Description
Summary of the Role
Just Like Us, the award-winning LGBT+ charity for young people, is recruiting a new Chief Executive to represent the charity and lead the team through an exciting period of growth as we scale our operations to support every school in the UK. Over the last three years we’ve worked with tens of thousands of young people and supported thousands of schools in championing LGBT+ equality. We’ve also built our public profile through TV and radio interviews, delivering keynotes at conferences and winning awards and recognition along the way.
We’ve seen the transformative impact of our work to ensure that LGBT+ young people live awesome lives, but there’s so much more to do. We’re looking for someone who matches our ambition and energy with the skills and experience to lead and grow our small team, working closely with our Board of Trustees, to scale our programmes so that we can reach every young person who needs our support.
About Just Like Us
Our work:
Just Like Us (JLU) is the LGBT+ charity for young people working for a world where LGBT+ young people live awesome lives.
Our mission is to empower all young people to be the champions of LGBT+ equality at school and work. To do that, we run three programmes:
Ambassador Programme: we partner with employers to train LGBT+ young adults to give talks and workshops in schools that use their own stories to champion LGBT+ equality and challenge prejudice
School Diversity Week: our annual initiative empowers teachers and pupils across the country to tackle homophobic, biphobic, and transphobic bullying by organising activities that celebrate LGBT+ equality in education
Pride Groups: a new programme training teachers to support students in establishing and running Pride Groups – student-led, school-based clubs for LGBT+ students and allies
Our values:
Like every startup, we’ve thought hard about our values. We believe that a charity must be dynamic, constantly adapting to focus on what works; that challenging prejudice takes courage; and that empowering young people is the surest way to change the world.
Our achievements:
Trained over 250 volunteer young LGBT+ Ambassadors who’ve delivered talks to more than 34,000 pupils in schools across the UK. After our workshops, almost 9 in 10 young people say they will do at least one new thing to support LGBT+ friends and classmates
Involved more than 1,400,000 young people and teachers in celebrating LGBT+ equality through School Diversity Week
Mentored 60 young people as part of our LGBT+ Senior Role Model programme
Won Pink News Community Group of the Year, Business Charity Award, Guardian Change Hero and Prime Ministerial Point of Light. Featured in The Guardian, The Telegraph, BBC News, ITV News, PinkNews, Attitude, and Gay Times
Partnered with leading companies including Facebook, JP Morgan and Travers Smith to provide training, mentoring and career opportunities to our young volunteers
Built relationships with the Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition and successive Secretaries of State for Education
Job Description:
As Chief Executive you’ll be responsible for implementing JLU’s vision and strategy, shaped in partnership with the Board of Trustees, by leading and managing the charity’s operations. You’ll be the public face and spokesperson for the organisation, responsible for strengthening our profile as the leading voice on issues relating to LGBT+ young people. You’ll build on our solid financial foundation by developing new funding sources, both individuals and organisations, inspired by our mission. Day to day you’ll lead and grow our team of five staff.
Salary: up to £55,000 (depending on experience)
Pension: 6% matched
Holiday: 28 days (excluding statutory public holidays)
Reporting to:
Board of Trustees
Direct Reports:
Director of Volunteering
Schools and Colleges Manager
Head of Development
Purpose of the Role:
Act as a figurehead, key spokesperson and ambassador for Just Like Us in promoting our vision and mission and strengthening our external relations
Build Just Like Us’ reputation, income and voice
Grow, mentor and build an effective senior leadership team and oversee our operations
Key Responsibilities
Represent Just Like Us in the media and by speaking, networking and advocating at events to strengthen our position as a leading actor in the LGBT+ education sector
Influence a range of external stakeholders including existing and potential supporters and corporate partners, non-profit partners and parliamentarians
Work with the trustees to develop and execute Just Like Us’s five-year strategic plan
Increase Just Like Us’ annual turnover substantially with a diversified and sustainable fundraising strategy
Identify, build and maintain strategic partnerships in the public, private and third sector which will further our work to eliminate homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying
Inspire, lead and mentor Just Like Us’s team so they are able to perform to the highest level
Oversee all operational activities and monitoring and reporting to the Board on performance against objectives
Attend, support and answer to the Board of Trustees at quarterly meetings
Experience, skills and attributes:
Experience
Public speaking, pitching and networking
Strategic and operational leadership in an organisation looking to grow their income and raise their profile
Developing and delivering strategic plans whilst overseeing their implementation
Driving and growing organisational performance
Leadership, particularly inspiring, leading and developing a team to deliver on ambitious strategic objectives
Identifying and building successful partnerships with external stakeholders
Budget planning and financial management
Knowledge of the UK education system
Attributes:
A clear commitment to Just Like Us’s vision and mission
Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, able to inspire and engage a range of stakeholders including corporates, donors, volunteers, foundations and young people
High energy levels and resilience
Outstanding commercial acumen
Ability to balance the internal and external aspects of the role
Strong presence and ability to engender respect in others
Emotional intelligence and empathy
Naturally collaborative approach to working
Entrepreneurial, adaptable, and innovative approach to business planning and delivery
How to Apply
Please submit your CV and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages of A4) to info@justlikeus.org. Please also include the names and contact details of two referees who will only be contacted once your permission has been granted. Deadline for applications: 24 November First Round Interviews: 2 December 2019 Final Round Interviews: 9 December 2019732 total views, 0 today