Job Description: Chief Executive Officer
Salary: £43,000 pa
Hours:40 hours
Responsible to: Chair of Trustees
Management responsibility for: Winchester Go LD
Based: Winchester Go LD office, The Arc, Winchester SO23 8SB
About Us
At Winchester Go LD we empower adults with learning disabilities to live life to the full with the choices and independence that they want. We celebrate self-development, friendship, confidence, creativity and learning. We provide advocacy, weekly face to face and online fitness, music, craft, activity and social groups, regular walk and talks, a summer programme of social activities and a variety of projects, for example focusing on wellbeing or travel. We also raise awareness by attending local events, support members to have their voices heard to improve services for people with learning disabilities and we co-organise the annual Paralympic Personal Bests event.
The Role
We are looking for a collaborative CEO to lead our small staff and volunteer team; oversee operational and organisational delivery and work with the board to continue to develop our strategy and focus. Winchester Go LD is currently in a strong financial position, however as the funding environment is a challenging one, financial planning and driving income generation will be a key part of the role.
The role is office based at The Arc, Winchester, SO23 8SB and will involve some evening and weekend work. We recognise the importance of helping employees balance their work and home lives, and hybrid and flexible working arrangements will be discussed with the successful candidate before taking up the role.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential. Please contact us on info@winchestergold.org.uk if you require any assistance or adjustments so that we can help with making the application process work for you.
About You
We are looking for an inclusive leader with experience supporting a team of staff and volunteers and an understanding and passion for supporting adults with learning disabilities to thrive. Successful candidates will have strong financial acumen for fundraising, budgeting and resource management; a track record of stakeholder engagement and strong organisational, prioritisation and time management skills. Ideally, we would like candidates to have experience of co-production, safeguarding, impact measurement and local knowledge of Winchester and District.
We would encourage you to apply if you feel you are a good match for the role. We recognise that skills can be developed within post and we will support you to access training where required.
If you would like to find out more please email info@winchestergold.org.uk.
To apply, please send your CV together with a covering letter telling us why you are the right fit for this role to info@winchestergold.org.uk.