Co-CEO (Business & Strategy)

AT THE BUS; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization based in Oxford is seeking a Co-CEO to lead alongside the Founder. This role involves overseeing business strategy, operations, and fostering partnerships while ensuring the charity's impact and sustainability. Candidates should have significant leadership experience, ideally in charity or education sectors, and be comfortable working in a collaborative job-share environment.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience in charity, education, or health sectors.
• Proven success managing teams and establishing partnerships.
• Comfortable in job-share leadership scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Lead business strategy and operations for sustainable growth.
• Scale the Beattie Method and deepen partnerships.
• Collaborate with co-CEO in strategy and decision-making.

Skills

Leadership experience

Team management

Partnership development

Finance knowledge

Compliance understanding

Job description

Overview

Co-CEO (Business & Strategy) to lead alongside our Founder and Co-CEO, Juli Beattie OBE. You will be jointly accountable for the charity’s impact, financial health, partnerships, fundraising, operations, and governance. Oxford-based, with regular travel to London. 3–4 days per week. Permanent contract.

Responsibilities

• Lead business strategy, operations, and organisational development to ensure robust foundations and sustainable growth.
• Jointly scale the Beattie Method, deepen partnerships, and grow reach while upholding the charity’s values of care, integrity, and teamwork.
• Share accountability for the charity’s impact, financial health, governance, fundraising, and partnerships.
• Collaborate in a job-share arrangement, co-owning strategy and decisions with integrity, humility, and respect.
• Base at the Oxford office with regular travel to schools and partners in London and beyond.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience, ideally within the charity, education, or health sectors.
• Strong track record in managing talented teams, establishing partnerships, and implementing robust processes around finance, HR and compliance.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a job-share environment with a true partner in leadership.
• Compassionate, pragmatic, purpose-driven, energized by purpose and comfortable holding complexity.

How to apply

How to apply: visit our website and request an application pack.