Chief Executive Director, Claremont Project (Islington)

After over 22 years at the helm, our CEO is retiring, and we are looking for his replacement. We are seeking someone with vision, passion, and enthusiasm for delivering stellar wellbeing outcomes, especially for older people. The person will provide strategic leadership and inspire staff, trustees, funders, and other stakeholders to achieve our ambitious goals.

About Us

Claremont is a community passionate about the arts and personal and community development. We have been a nationally progressive pioneer in our approach to services and we were the UK s first Wellbeing Centre, long before the term was ubiquitous. We want to continue our history of innovation, alongside our culture of learning, our basis in genuine human relationships and the conviction that everybody matters. Underlying all of our services, and a key aspect of our culture, is a psychotherapeutically-informed approach which emphasises real listening, self awareness, and an awareness of how we are being in relation to other people.

About the Role

As the Job Description indicates, the role, which reports to our Board of Trustees, covers a wide range of responsibilities, including:

Vision Leadership

Partnerships

Fundraising

Financial Planning and Management

Team Management and Coaching

Charity Governance

Clinical and Safeguarding Governance

Legal Issues

ITC

The ideal candidate will have experience and competence in all or as many as possible of these areas, as well as having a certain Claremontiness aspirational and personal qualities which embody a genuine relational approach to life.