Role: Interim chief executive
Location: Flexible within the UK with regular travel to York and London expected
Salary: c.£119,000 (pro rata for part-time – minimum 0.8)
Closing date: Rolling applications
We're recruiting for an interim chief executive to play an important role in our work to create a more peaceful, just and equitable society.
As an independent grant-making foundation established in 1904, JRCT's work is inspired and informed by the Quaker ethos and values of peace, truth, integrity, simplicity, sustainability, equality and justice.
In 2023, JRCT made around 120 grants to a value of around £20m across six grant-making funding priorities. Our main office is based in York, though our staff team of 30 includes people working remotely from London and elsewhere.
Alongside our regular grant-making activity, over the past few years, we have been actively reflecting on our role and power as a philanthropic organisation. The Trust has made a commitment to explore and identify forms of reparation as well as strengthen our contribution to racial justice, including through critical engagement with the question of the origins of our own resources.
JRCT continues to explore how to engage with and support wider movements of change, the importance of resourcing lived experience and racial justice work and reflecting on how to contribute meaningfully to transformational change.
About the role
We are looking for an interim chief executive who will be available for a minimum of 12 months. Ideally, we are looking for someone available to start as soon as possible. At present, the role has two direct reports: head of people and operations and head of finance and investment.
The key areas of responsibility are:
- Organisational leadership- Relationship management/communications- Strategy and organisational change- Grant-making- Finance- Governance, risk and compliance.
Who we are looking for
For this role, we are looking for someone who brings:
- Proven experience in the challenges and opportunities of interim/change management at a senior leadership level
- Experience in strategy review and identification and implementation of options for change in line with an organisation’s mission, vision and commitments
- Excellent people management and team building skills, with the ability to inspire and lead an intelligent and diverse team to perform to their best abilities
- Strong leadership skills that demonstrate the ability to generate trust in others and evidence of being motivated by serving others
- A demonstrable commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and an understanding of issues of gender sensitivity, anti-racism and power and privilege, with evidence of previous experience in applying such commitment to making change at an organisational level
- The ability to communicate the vision and commitments of the Trust both internally and externally
- Proven ability to demonstrate integrity in approach to leadership
- Alignment with JRCT’s Quaker values.
Recruitment to this role is being led by Peridot Partners. Please read more here.