BEVERLEY CONSOLIDATED CHARITY - CEO RECRUITMENT

VACANCY: Chief Executive Officer for Beverley Consolidated Charity

The HEY Smile Foundation are delighted to be supporting Beverley Consolidated Charity to find their next Chief Executive officer (CEO), for their exciting development as a leading Charitable Housing provider in the Borough of Beverley.

Working with the board of trustees of Beverley Consolidated Charity, the journey to a new CEO began in the last six months, with a review of the charities resources, conversations with their range of stakeholders and vitally operational delivery and engagement with the charities existing team and beneficiaries.

This is an outstanding role for the ideal candidate, a chance to continue to shape the future of a hugely successful Housing Charity, Almshouse and landlord. The charity’s properties are some of the best developed and maintained in the region, and the charity wants to continue to be at the forefront of quality housing and moving forward with support to residents to live not just exist in its accommodation.

With that in mind, and with Smile Foundations support, the charity is expanding its resources, its people, systems and activities. Any applicant for the CEO role should be prepared to not only lead outstanding practices to ensure the quality of our accommodation, but also be able to lead a team to research, secure and engage community based services that support our residents current and future needs.

Any candidate looking to apply for this role should be well aware of the value of social prescribing, be passionate about older people’s services and have a drive to make our services a national leader and award winning in the future.

Interested candidates are encouraged to contact Andrew Barber CEO of HEY Smile Foundation for an informal discussion about the position, initially via email ab@heysmilefoundation.org to schedule a phone call.
Applicants are requested to provide a covering letter outlining why they believe they would be the ideal candidate, enclosing an up to date CV to bccrecruitment@heysmilefoundation.org by no later than midnight on the 28^th January, 2021.
Interviews will be held week commencing 14^th February, 2021.

Overall purpose of the Role

The Chief Executive will be responsible for leading our charity team to fulfil its core purpose. Being the strategic advisor to the board, and ensuring that the charity has a strong governance platform to enable the charity to focus on its beneficiary needs.

The board are looking for an inspirational leader who can empower people to achieve great things every day. Build outstanding partnerships across the private, public and voluntary sector and position us as a leader in quality affordable housing nationally.

Our resident’s desire is for a leader who is approachable and understanding of their needs inspires a culture that sees hearts used as well as heads when making decisions. An effective communicator who brings the voice of the residents to the forefront of the charities thinking in decision making.

The ideal candidate will have experience of building a team, fostering a culture of trust and collaboration and be a confident communicator at a strategic and community level. Working with the board the Chief Executive will position the charity with key stakeholders regionally and nationally.

Above all we are searching for a leader who is passionate about improving services for older people. Our area of benefit has an aging population far above national averages. This growth out reaches our current portfolio of properties and we will need to think differently about current properties and future developments to meet the needs faced by our beneficiaries in both physical and mental health.

As our leader you will seek out new approaches, bring forward to the board new and innovative solutions, and stimulate partnerships to fulfil our purpose.

Role Profile

Role Title: Chief Executive

Location: Beverley Consolidated Charity, Wilbert Lane Beverley

Reports to (Job Title): Board of Trustees

Salary scale: £50,000 – £60,000 dependent on Experience

Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Holiday Days: 25 days

Pension: Workplace pension scheme

Contract Duration: Full Time permanent

Closing date: Midnight on January 28^th 2022

Purpose:

To lead, motivate and inspire Beverley Consolidated Charity in its purpose to provide quality housing, which enables older people in Beverley to thrive in later life.

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Key responsibilities:

Invest in and uphold the Beverley Consolidated Charity Vision, Mission and Values
To provide leadership and be responsible for the management and administration of the charity within the strategic, policy and accountability frameworks laid down by the board of trustees
Together with the chair, to enable the board of trustees to fulfil its duties and responsibilities for the proper governance of the charity and to ensure that the board receives timely advice and appropriate information on all relevant matters
Above all, strive to make Beverley Consolidated Charity a leading housing provider in the U.K

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Key duties

3.1 Leadership

To lead, inspire and motivate internal and external stakeholders of Beverley Consolidated Charity
To assist the board in agreeing the values, core purpose, vision and culture of the charity
To lead the review and development of a medium to long-term strategy for the charity within its objects, vision, and purpose, working with the board and ensuring that the beneficiary voice is maximised
To develop the work of the charity in order to achieve the agreed strategic plan and its objects, vision and purpose, thus to ensure that the charity is focused on achieving the strategic priorities
To ensure that the charity’s values, ethos and policies are relevant, fair and consistently implemented
To develop an organisation that is constantly seeking ways to learn and to improve its performance
To work with the chair to develop the board of trustees skills and engagement with the charity as it looks to progress it’s services beyond its current position
To develop and maintain an environment that attracts and retains the best employees and volunteers
To instill a culture of co-production working with beneficiaries, employees, trustees and service providers

3.2 Management & Finance

To be accountable to the board for the effective management of the charity
To run the charity efficiently and effectively by ensuring that the charity has an appropriate management structure and management systems in order to fulfil its strategic objectives and to carry out its work
To ensure that all management policies and decisions support the agreed vision, mission, values, philosophy and strategic priorities of the charity
To ensure that business, operational and annual plans to underpin the strategic plan are developed, agreed and implemented
To identify appropriate methods for monitoring the performance of the charity and to report back to the trustees on the performance of the charity against its strategy, its business, operational and annual plans, and against the annual budget as approved by the board
To ensure that the charity is aware of best practice and that it constantly works to achieve this within the constraints laid down by the trustees and resources available
To be responsible overall for the financial health of the charity including developing, overseeing and monitoring an effective programme of income generation
To ensure that the major risks to which the charity is exposed are reviewed regularly by the board and the executive team, systems have been established to mitigate these risks, and a risk analysis is automatically carried out when taking on new work or proposing new work to the board
To ensure that there are effective mechanisms to ensure the robustness of external and internal controls (financial and non-financial)

3.3 External and internal relations

To foster good communications throughout the charity and externally
To develop, as appropriate, the charity’s public profile and foster good relationships with government, statutory, voluntary and private bodies, and other external stakeholders
To set up mechanisms for listening to the views of current and future beneficiaries on the performance of the charity, as well as on areas for future development
To scan the external environment for changes that may affect the charity, to advise the trustees proactively and to take necessary action

3.4 Legal and regulatory compliance

To ensure that the charity fulfils all its legal, statutory and regulatory responsibilities
Together with the chair, enable the board of trustees to fulfil its duties and responsibilities for the strong governance of the charity and to ensure that the board receives timely advice and appropriate information on all relevant matters.

3.5 Strategy and planning

In partnership with the chair and trustees co-produce our values, ethos, vision, mission, strategic objectives and priorities for the charity. And at all times ensure the voice of our beneficiaries at the heart of our direction at all times

3.6 Ensuring high-quality governance

Draw the board’s attention to matters that it should consider and decide
To ensure that the board receives all necessary advice, guidance and information on matters relating to current performance, the short and long-term future of the charity, regulatory and legal compliance, and other appropriate issues, and making sure that such advice, guidance and information are timely, honest, balanced and relevant
To ensure that the staff understand and support the governance role of the board and that there is a positive and constructive working relationship between the board and the executive
To ensure with the chair that the board of trustees reviews regularly the charity’s governing instruments and governance structure, and to assist with the board’s assessment of its own performance
In partnership with the chair, to ensure that the board’s delegated authority is recorded in writing and understood fully by staff and volunteers, and that all agreed reporting procedures are followed
To work closely with the board to ensure it has the skills it requires to govern the charity well, and that the board has access to relevant external professional advice and expertise
To assist the chair in ensuring that there is a systematic, open and fair procedure for the recruitment or co-option of trustees, future chairs of the board and future chief executives
To work with the chair to ensure that all members of the board receive appropriate induction, advice, information and training (both individual and collective), thus getting the best thinking and involvement of each member of the board

3.7 Board meetings

To ensure that the board is given the information it needs to perform its duties
In partnership with the chair, to develop an annual programme of board and committee meetings and board away-days
In partnership with the chair, to ensure that the right and appropriate items reach board agendas and that high-quality papers support each item on the agenda
To assist the chair in ensuring that the board focuses on its governance role by making sure that the board agenda and papers do not draw them away from governance and into unnecessary detail and management issues
To report regularly to the board of trustees on the performance of the charity, progress towards the strategic priorities and the achievement of board policies
To submit high-level policy proposals for the approval of the board or assist the board in the development of these policies, and to be responsible for the efficient and effective achievement of these policies
To implement board decisions
To have regular one-to-one meetings with the chair at which the chair and chief executive can talk openly, discuss progress and problems, agree expectations of each other, plan the board’s annual programme together and prepare together for meetings
In close consultation with the chair, to agree respective roles in representing the charity and acting as spokesperson at public functions, public meetings and to the press/media

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Outcomes focused

Beverley Consolidated Charity is committed to being outcomes focused. Your working hours will be 37.5 per week. You are expected to use our head office in Beverley as your main place of work, however we understand the value of flexible and remote working and would anticipate that the CEO may wish to work a percentage of their time from home.

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Knowledge, skills and experience required by the job holder

Essential	Assessment
A passionate commitment to improving the lives of older people	Interview
Proven track record of working with a developing board of trustees	Cover letter/CV and interview
Proven track record of senior leadership in a voluntary sector or housing organisation	Cover letter/CV and interview
Excellent ability to build, lead and develop a team	Cover letter/CV and interview
A strong understanding of finance management and investments	Cover letter/CV and interview
Excellent project management skills	Cover letter/CV and interview
Exceptional communication skills at a strategic and community level	Cover letter/CV and interview
Desirable	Assessment
Previous housing charity leadership – Preferably in the area of Almshouses	Cover letter/CV and interview
Local senior stakeholder relationships – East Riding Council, Clinical Commissioning Group, Hull University	Cover letter/CV and interview

This role requires you the candidate to have a full driving licence and access to a car. A parking space at our head office will be provided.