Chief Operating Officer

The Association; City of Westminster; Presencial; GBP 85.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF) is seeking a Chief Operating Officer to shape strategy, governance and operational excellence across membership, marketing and core functions. You will lead an enterprising, values-led team with responsibility for finance, people, digital and data-driven decision making.

In a lean, ambitious organisation, you will line-manage a senior team, drive organisational planning, internal comms and board reporting, and ensure financial resilience while

Descripción del empleo

As ACF embeds new ways of working and looks ahead to its next strategy, the COO will play a vital role in shaping how we show up for our members and for the wider sector., Please note we're not responsible for the content of job ads, as they're posted by the recruiter. We'll aim to resolve the reported issue and we'll use your feedback to improve the quality of our ads.

You will be a confident, emotionally intelligent leader with senior-level experience in a values-led organisation, bringing strong commercial and financial understanding alongside a clear commitment to equity, inclusion and good governance.

You will be comfortable using data and insight to inform decisions and support others to do the same. Above all, you are motivated by social purpose and by the opportunity to help build an organisation that enables others to make a positive impact.

The Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF) is the leading membership organisation for foundations and independent grant-makers in the UK. Our 430 members collectively hold assets of around £75bn and distribute more than £4.4bn each year in support of charities, communities and individuals across the country.

Foundations play a vital and distinctive role in social purpose. They move quickly in a crisis, fund what others cannot, back bold ideas and take a long-term view of change. ACF exists to strengthen trusts and foundations so they can rise to the challenges of our times.

Our vision is for diverse, vibrant and effective foundations, working together for social good. Our values are simple and demanding: we care, we are open, we are evidence based and we are ambitious.

The opportunity

ACF has recently completed a significant organisational redesign, creating a leaner, more agile organisation with clear ambitions for impact, influence and quality and putting members at the heart of what we do. This next phase is about embedding those changes and building strong foundations for the future. We are now seeking a Chief Operating Officer to play a central role in shaping that journey, working closely with the Chief Executive, Board and Executive Leadership Team.

You will bring an enterprising, values-led approach to strengthening ACF's income model, membership recruitment and engagement, and commercial partnerships. You will ensure the organisation has the right systems, data, people and culture in place to deliver excellent value for members, while remaining financially resilient, well-governed and responsive to change. Crucially, you will provide strategic leadership across membership, marketing and brand, alongside oversight of core operational functions including finance, people, digital and governance, championing insight-led decision-making and continuous improvement.

In a small organisation with high ambitions, this role combines strategic leadership with hands‑on organisational stewardship. You will line-manage a senior, multi-disciplinary team and play a key role in organisational planning, internal communications and Board reporting, helping ACF to show up with clarity and confidence for its members and the wider sector.