Chief Executive Officer

Available as 5 days or 4 days per week

Changing Faces is the UK's leading charity for people with a mark, scar or condition that makes them look different. Our vision is a future where everyone with a visible difference or disfigurement has the confidence, support and opportunity to lead the lives they want.

People with visible differences often face challenges being accepted in different areas of their lives - from school through to relationships and the workplace. 49% of adults with visible differences have experienced hostile behaviour and almost half of young people who have a visible difference have been bullied at school.

We know that people with visible differences are vulnerable to isolation, loneliness, social anxiety and low self-esteem.

Changing Faces is here for everyone with a scar, mark or condition on their face or body. We provide life-changing mental health, wellbeing and skin camouflage services. We work to transform understanding and acceptance of visible difference, and campaign to reduce prejudice and discrimination.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead an ambitious organisation with an enviable profile that makes a real difference to those with visible differences.

Working alongside our highly skilled Board with our passionate team, our CEO will oversee the final year of our current strategy and start to review opportunities for our next strategic period. With a focus on ensuring high-quality and relevant services and campaigns, the CEO will also oversee a diversification of our income to best serve our beneficiaries and to change public perceptions about visible difference.

We are looking to appoint a passionate and ambitious leader who brings:

• Experience as a senior charity leader, preferably within the health and wellbeing sector.
• Experience of either leading the design, transformation and growth of frontline services or of leading on income generation.
• Experience as an ambassador of an organisation, including public speaking and including media appearances.

Changing Faces is committed to achieving greater diversity across the team, and welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, sexuality, belief or disability. We particularly welcome applications from those with visible differences.

For further information, please visit the dedicated microsite via the Apply button.

If you have any queries or wish to have an informal discussion about the opportunity, please contact our retained advisor Anna Gardet via email with a copy of your CV:

Recruitment Timetable

Deadline for applications: Sunday 23rd February 2025.

Interviews with Prospectus: 3-10th March 2025.

Meetings with Changing Faces stakeholders: w/c 17th March 2025.

Interviews with Changing Faces: w/c 17th March 2025.