Chief Executive Officer

Contract: Permanent

Location: Homeworking + London office

Closing date: 29 November 2021

The Ramblers is seeking an inspirational and highly skilled Chief Executive Officer who has empathy and enthusiasm for our mission and objectives.

The CEO will work with a range of stakeholders to devise and deliver a strategy that provides benefit to walkers across Great Britain and results in an inclusive and diverse organisation fit for a modern society. The Ramblers' new CEO will be results-focused, supporting our staff and 22,000 volunteers to perform their roles effectively and deliver value to our beneficiaries and supporters.

Required experience:

• Previously held the role of CEO or senior director in a large charity or non-profit, working closely with the governance body

• Strategic planning, budgeting and decision making at Board level

• Direct experience of working with volunteers in a large volunteer-led organisation

• Successfully led an organisation through transformational change

• Empowered and developed direct reports at Director level, so they deliver challenging objectives

• Built effective relationships with the external organisations, influencers and the media

If you are committed to our cause and have the skills, experience and drive to lead us through the next stage of our transformational journey, we would like to hear from you..

How to apply:

Please review the full job pack here and send your CV and a covering letter which sets out your interest in the role and encapsulates the aspects of your experience relevant to the required criteria. Please include current salary details and the and addresses of three referees. Referees will not be approached until the final stages and not without prior permission from candidates.

The preferred method of application is online at www.odgers.com/84142. If you are unable to apply online, please email 84142@odgersberndtson.com. All emails will receive an automated response.

All candidates are also requested to complete an online Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form which will be found at the end of the application process. This will assist the Ramblers in monitoring selection decisions to assess whether equality of opportunity is being achieved.

Interview:

Please note we anticipate* that the preliminary interviews will take place in early December 2021 and the final interviews in early January 2022.

*Please note the interviews may be delayed or moved online given the ongoing coronavirus situation and we will keep applicants updated as appropriate.