Executive Leader for Trauma-Informed Charity Growth

Charity People; Ferring; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Safe in Sussex is seeking a transformational Chief Executive to lead a West Sussex charity through an important transition. The role is hybrid (3 days onsite) in Ferring, with a salary in the region of £55,000 and a 37-hour week.

You will provide strategic, compassionate leadership to staff, trustees and partners, shape the organisation's next chapter, and ensure services remain safe, trauma-informed and survivor-centred while guiding financial planning and sustainability.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in a charity, public service or values-led organisation.
• Experience of leading organisational change, development or cultural transformation.
• Strong safeguarding, risk management and trauma-informed leadership knowledge.
• Financial leadership experience, including budgeting, planning and sustainability.
• Understanding of income generation, commissioning, funding or fundraising.

Responsibilities

• Shape the next organisational chapter.
• Strengthen leadership capacity and create sustainable structures for the future.
• Ensure services remain safe, trauma-informed and survivor-centred.
• Oversee financial planning, income generation and long-term sustainability.
• Lead with empathy, accountability and external representation.
• Represent the charity externally and strengthen relationships.

Skills

Senior leadership experience

Organisational change

Trauma-informed leadership

Financial leadership

Fundraising / income generation

Job description

Safe in Sussex is seeking a transformational Chief Executive to lead a West Sussex charity through an important transition. The role is hybrid (3 days onsite) in Ferring, with a salary in the region of £55,000 and a 37-hour week.

You will provide strategic, compassionate leadership to staff, trustees and partners, shape the organisation's next chapter, and ensure services remain safe, trauma-informed and survivor-centred while guiding financial planning and sustainability.