Chief Officer

The ideal candidate for the Chief Officer position will have a passion for creativity and community engagement, along with strong leadership, bid writing and strategic planning skills. This role involves overseeing all aspects of the Centre's operations, including program development, fundraising, and community outreach. This role can influence the delivery of the mental health agenda across Greater Manchester and requires the jobholder to be a positive leader and role model for the CLC's members, employees, and volunteers. The Chief Officer will also work on behalf of the Charity to develop and deliver the Vision and Mission through the delivery of the strategic plan, ensuring the CLC's ongoing sustainability, growth, and success in todays challenging economic environment Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and provide strategic leadership and direction to the Creative Living Centre.
• Develop and implement programs that align with our mission and goals.
• Oversee budgets, expenditure and management accounts ensuring that income and expenditure is within planned targets. Accountable to the Board of Trustees for the overall financial health of the CLC, including ensuring that new funding opportunities are pursued.
• Oversee fundraising efforts and build relationships with donors and sponsors.
• Manage the Centre's budget and ensure financial sustainability, asset management and risk appraisal.
• Foster a positive and inclusive community environment.
• Represent the Centre at public events and in the media.
• Collaborate with staff, volunteers, and community partners.
• Ensure all staff are effectively line managed and performance managed
• Take overall responsibility for achieving, monitoring, and reporting on performance against targets in all areas of the CLC's activities.
• Report to the Trustee Board regularly on progress against key strategic objectives, providing information and answering for the CLC's performance.
• Ensure that the Board operates within statutory and corporate approved frameworks, requirements and guidelines., Please note we're not responsible for the content of job ads, as they're posted by the recruiter. We'll aim to resolve the reported issue and we'll use your feedback to improve the quality of our ads.
  
  Proven experience in a leadership role developing business plans, preferably in a non-profit or community organization ideally a mental health charity.
• Strong leadership style with line management, team building experience.
• Robust knowledge of Charity Governance, Policies, and statutory requirements
• Strong understanding of creative and cultural sectors.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement strategic plans.
• Experience in fundraising and financial management.
• Passion for creativity and community engagement.
• Experience of working closely with Boards of Trustees, advising, and guiding robust decision making
• Financial management including forecasting, budget setting and monitoring income and expenditure.
• Risk strategy and management.
• Knowledge of Mental Health Strategies both at local, Greater Manchester and National levels highly desirable.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise multiple activities/workstreams.
• Excellent IT skills with ability to prepare reports in Word, spreadsheets in Excel and Power Point