Chief Executive Officer Full Time

Sebastian’s Action Trust is looking for a strategic and innovative leader to be our next Chief Executive Officer.

Sebastian’s Action Trust is a Hampshire and Berkshire-based registered charity that supports children with life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses – as well as their families.

We provide respite breaks at the Trust’s unique, purpose-built family respite house, ‘The Bluebells’, near Basingstoke, in addition to many forms of emotional, social and practical support – including bereavement care, delivered by our highly experienced and trained team of outreach workers, to hundreds of families from across the local region and country.

Sebastian’s Action Trust especially supports children and families in the western Home Counties, including, North Hampshire and Berkshire.  Our family outreach site in Crowthorne, The Woodlands, is currently being developed with additional respite facilities, which will enable us to support even more of our families.

Chief Executive Officer

Location: Crowthorne, Berkshire (flexible and hybrid working)

Salary: £70,000 – £75,000 depending on experience

Contract: Permanent, Full time

Reports to: Chair of Trustee’s

Role Overview:

• To provide strategic leadership for the Trust with support of the trustees and to be responsible for the delivery of strategic plans agreed by the Board.
• To work with partners in identifying and responding to the socioeconomic needs of the families we support.
• To work with voluntary agencies and other stakeholders to champion the sector and develop new solutions to local problems.
• To enhance the financial resources of the Trust by developing philanthropy through strong relations with existing and new donors, influential supporters and ambassadors, to build endowment funds and grant programmes.
• To be an effective community leader, championing the voluntary sector, developing creative relationships and being actively engaged to influence wider stakeholders to enable debate and solutions.
• To manage, support, and develop the staff team.

The successful candidate will be an inspirational leader with a proven track record of senior leadership in a not-for-profit, and a track record of influencing externally at senior levels with excellent interpersonal skills. Proven track record in income generation, fund development and partnership building through developing new and existing personal relationships. Committed to and a champion for diversity in all its forms and to ensuring equity and inclusion for all. Track record of leading or working with peers to successfully develop, deliver and report against strategic and business plans. Proven track record in successful people management and organisational development. Ability to empower staff to get the best out of team members to deliver the Trust’s objectives.

To apply:

For further information about the role, or to arrange an informal and confidential conversation, please contact our consultant: Kieran McGorrian, Head of Not for Profit Practice at Aquilas | kieran@aquilas.co.uk | 0775 125 0774

Aquilas are wholly committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates.  We are truly invested in our candidates and being supportive and informative throughout the application journey