Chief Executive Officer

Location: The Chief Executive is expected to be in the office for at least four days a week and the role will also involve travel across our region, and nationally as required.

As one of the UK's oldest almshouse charities, the St John's Foundation are proud to have served Bath and the surrounding area for 850 years since our founding in 1174. Our city and the neighbourhoods around it are beautiful and age-old, and yet we're still facing many of the same problems today as we have throughout the centuries.

It's a dilemma that prompted us to launch our Best Start in Life initiative (formally known as the Foundation Fund) in 2020. This work focuses on making sure every child under 12 has the chance to grow up as a healthy, happy, and educated member of our community; that they have the support they need to lead fulfilling, independent lives beyond school and into older age.

Following the retirement of our previous Chief Executive, we are now seeking our next Chief Executive to take us forward into our next phase. At a time of significant change this is an opportunity for a values driven leader to lead our strategic growth and development; importantly focusing on developing both our core almshouse provision and creating new opportunities for delivering impact across Bath and North East Somerset.

This is an exciting time to join us. We are mid-way through our 10 year strategy; have major capital projects underway as well as plans to broaden our reach and impact with partners across the region and you will quickly establish yourself in the role, delivering existing projects and creating new opportunities to change lives, for good.

You'll bring strategic leadership experience in a not for profit context and a deep commitment to working with a dedicated Board and executive team to deliver social impact. We are looking for a versatile and agile leader who can bring a creative approach to our work recognising where the levers are for delivering change and how to create the highest quality services for our stakeholders and partners. We have two commercial ventures as well as our endowment and you will be financially able with a keen eye on how to deliver financial returns and maximise the impact of our money. For 850 years we have been known for pioneering approaches to addressing need and we will be looking to you to continue this approach, working with like-minded charities and donors across BaNES to deliver and evidence how our work truly changes lives.

If you believe you can offer the skills, experience and approach we are looking for, we very much look forward to hearing from you. To find out more information and apply, please click the link below:

The closing date for applications is Friday 13th December 2024.