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Do you have the strategic vision and experience to lead a small, thriving charity?
Are you able to develop and oversee funding and income generation opportunities?
Can you support our staff, our services and the welcome we offer to refugees and asylum-seekers?
Salary: £43,000 per annum plus 5% pension Permanent: 35 hours per week, starting as soon as possible Location: Based in Gorton, East Manchester; some home working possible.
Flexible hours to be worked over 5 days per week; life- and family-friendly.
What is Rainbow Haven?
We are a small, well-respected and busy charity based in East Manchester.
For over 20 years Rainbow Haven has provided a place of welcome, support and opportunity for asylum-seekers, refugees and other migrants.
Putting diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything we do, people with lived experience of migration are centrally involved, as service users, volunteers, staff members and trustees.
From its flagship information, advice and advocacy services to a range of wellbeing activities and classes, Rainbow Haven is there to support and empower people seeking to establish new lives in Manchester.
About the role: Reporting directly to the Trustee Board, the Chief Officer will: Provide leadership, strategic and operational oversight of Rainbow Haven.
(with the Trustee Board) Ensure the long-term financial sustainability of Rainbow Haven.
Develop and oversee the delivery of high quality services in response to changing external and internal pressures.
Ensure appropriate support for an experienced and committed staff team.
Maintain effective partnerships and develop new partnerships across statutory and voluntary sectors to enhance the range, volume and quality of the services Rainbow Haven can offer.
About the person: You will have proven experience of: Strategic organisational and financial development, oversight, reporting and evaluation.
Developing and sustaining collaborative external relationships with funders and service delivery partners.
Financial planning and fundraising.
Overseeing delivery of front-line services.
Supporting experienced and committed teams of staff and volunteers.
On our wish list: You'll share Rainbow Haven's ethos, values and commitment to our vision.
You'll have a proven ability to manage competing priorities and pressures.
You'll be well-organised, creative and flexible with a problem-solving approach.
You'll be a good listener, respectful of staff expertise and experience and responsive to their support and development needs.
You'll be a strong communicator and collaborator, whether engaging with colleagues, volunteers, service users or service delivery partners.
You'll have a positive, proactive attitude – you'll understand the needs, challenges and opportunities of working in a small, fast-moving organisation.
This is a fantastic new opportunity to lead an established charity doing invaluable grassroots work with marginalised people that directly impacts their lives for the better.
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Closing date: 5pm Monday 25th November 2024.
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