Director / Chief Executive, HARRIS HILL

About the role

This is a significant moment for the organisation. Following a period of change, new staff capacity and recent investment, the charity is building on growing confidence, a stable financial platform and renewed momentum.

Responsibilities

• Work with trustees to turn the charity’s mission into clear priorities, practical plans and measurable outcomes.
• Provide confident oversight of governance, compliance and reporting, while ensuring resources are directed to the greatest effect.
• Lead a small, part-time and distributed team with clarity, pace and good judgement.
• Strengthen membership, supporter engagement and fundraising to build a more resilient, diversified income base.
• Build trusted relationships with communities, partners, local authorities, public bodies, elected representatives and volunteers.
• Act as a visible and credible public voice for the charity on planning, countryside and environmental issues, and position us as the leading countryside charity for Sussex.
• Maintain alignment and focused, constructive working relationships across trustees, staff, volunteers and external supporters.
• Help shape the next phase of organisational development following a period of transition and growth.

Requirements

• A seasoned senior leader with strong commitment to the charity’s mission and purpose.
• An experienced communicator with sound judgement, diplomacy and strong interpersonal skills.
• A thoughtful communicator with sound judgement, diplomacy and strong interpersonal skills.
• A commercial awareness with an instinct for membership, supporter development and financial sustainability.
• An organised, practical person able to direct finite resources to where they will have greatest impact.
• Experience of campaigning, planning, environmental or public policy work would be highly desirable, alongside strong digital confidence and/or charity fundraising exposure.

Qualifications

Not specified.

Skills

• Strategic thinking and planning.
• Leadership and management.
• Communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Financial management and resource allocation.
• Campaigning, planning, environmental or public policy work.
• Strong digital confidence and/or charity fundraising exposure.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

£60,000 – £70,000 FTE, pro rata.

Schedule

Permanent, 3–4 days per week.