Sherrington Associates is supporting Cheshire Connect to recruit a new Chief Executive Officer.
Cheshire Connect
Cheshire Connect is a registered charity base in Cheshire which was established over 11 years ago by the former Lord Lieutenant, David Briggs. We match business skills offered by businesses or expert individuals, free of charge, to charities that need those skills to make them sustainable, more resilient and reach more people. We also provide leadership development training to charity leaders and aspiring leaders to improve skills and retain talented charity workers in the sector.
The charity supports a wide range of grass-roots charities across Cheshire, Warrington and Halton to identify their business needs and then secure those skills from the generous businesses we partner with whose talented people volunteer their time to make a difference. Skills matches come in many shapes and sizes from short-term skills donations including legal, HR, IT, finance, facilities management, marketing and communications, through to more long-term leadership support, mentoring and advisory support, finding trustees, managing resources and strategy development.
We have a small team of passionate Business Connectors who are highly knowledgeable about their specific geographical areas, and who build close partnerships with businesses and charities in order to facilitate the most valuable and meaningful connections possible. The benefits of our skills matching services is introducing highly skilled business expertise to the charities that would otherwise struggle to access them, meanwhile providing rewarding CSR opportunities and staff development opportunities to the businesses who generously donate their people's time to help.
Chief Executive Officer
Cheshire Connect Chief Executive Officer – 2 Days per Week Location: Cheshire West and Chester - Home Based Salary: £62,500 pa (pro rata)
The role of CEO is a key leadership role with an opportunity to enhance lives across the communities of Cheshire by leading our incredible charity and growing the impact of our work.
Cheshire Connect continues to grow and is now placing more that £900,000 worth of skills and resource into the sector across Cheshire and Warrington. Cheshire Connect is also a key driver in leadership development within the sector. Over the past four years, Cheshire Connect Leadership Programmes has certificated over seventy charity and not for profit leaders following successful completion of substantial leadership development training.
As the CEO you will be required to lead our charitable activities across Cheshire and Warrington, collaborating with charities and other organisations within the voluntary sector that may benefit from skills exchange opportunities through Cheshire Connect. The role requires a highly relational leader with the ability to lead our incredible team of four employees, whilst working with our Board of Trustees to develop the future strategy for the charity.
These are challenging times for grass roots charities, and being one ourselves means we need an inspiring leader who understands the dynamics of third-sector - private-sector partnerships, has an empathy for the charities we support and has the commercial drive and vision to ensure sustainable income through fundraising activities with our generous donors.
Cheshire Connect require a CEO with a genuine commitment to improving the lives of people in Cheshire, a desire for service excellence and an understanding of the challenges we face in delivering our vision backed by strategic thinking, communication and team working skills. If you believe this is you, please take the time to email your latest CV to our Trustee and recruitment partner, Rob McKay:
E: info@sherringtonassociates.co.uk
Closing Date: November 2024
