Chief Executive Officer

Send and You; Gloucester; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Remote working

6.4 weeks annual leave

Company Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

SEND and You is seeking a CEO to drive strategy, governance and sustainability for a charity focused on SEND. You will report to the Board of Trustees and lead efforts to secure long-term funding while maintaining high-quality services for children, young people and families.

You will foster an inclusive, values-driven culture, oversee performance across SENDIASS and related funding streams, and ensure regulatory compliance and strong financial management.

Qualifications

• Track record in charity leadership and governance preferred.
• Experience reporting to a Board or Trustees and delivering strategic oversight.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy, operation and governance of the charity reporting to the Board of Trustees.
• Drive long-term sustainability through new revenue generation initiatives.
• Ensure ongoing service quality for SEND families and continuous service improvement.

Job description

With a proven track record in income generation our new CEO will play a key role in ensuring the charity delivers its overall mission of empowering children, young people and their families to create the education and employment journey they deserve and aspire to an equal and ambitious future as well as introducing new revenue generation streams to secure long term resilience for the charity.

Your thought leadership and experience will enable you:

• - Be principally accountable for the strategy, operation and overall governance of the charity reporting to the Board of Trustees
• Drive a strategic shift to safeguard the long-term financial sustainability of the charity through new revenue generation initiatives
• Demonstrate mindset of continuous improvement to support our services to continue to evolve to provide highest quality support for SEND families
• Nurture an inclusive, values-driven culture across teams and ensure best possible employee experience for our staff
• Provide performance and delivery oversight, strategic alignment and financial assurance for our SENDIASS service
• Ensure the charity is performing against key KPIs and regulatory compliance across the SENDIASS service, other funding sources, finance and HR
• Oversee financial management activities, including budgeting, expenditure monitoring and financial administration

Why work for SEND AND YOU?

This is an opportunity to join a small, committed team in the charity sector, where your work will make a real difference. By supporting the effective running of our organisation, you will enable us to evolve and deliver a high-quality service that works to achieve the best outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

We can offer you:

• Opportunities to develop your skills and build strategic leadership experience
• Flexible work arrangements, including remote working
• 6.4 weeks annual leave (inc. bank holidays) pro-rata. Enhanced leave after 5 years' service
• Company Pension Scheme
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme

About us

SEND and You been providing information, advice and support about SEND to children, young people and their parents and carers for thirty years.

SEND and You was originally set up as a charity in Avon in 1989 by local parents and professionals. They'd realised that better outcomes could be achieved for children and young people with SEND by working together. Today we remain as responsive and firmly focused as ever, ensuring that children, young people and their parents or carers get the help they need. SEND and You was formerly named Supportive Parents.

SEND and You now delivers the 'SENDIAS' (Special Educational Needs & Disability Information Advice & Support) service for three local authorities; Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.