Could You Be Our Next Executive Director?
Are you ready to join an exciting established charity on the ground floor of our growth journey?
Executive Director (Full-Time), SLUMAID
Location: Remote
Salary range: £28-34k
Fixed term contract: 2 years, subject to extension
Full time: 35 hours per week
Job purpose
The Executive Director will provide leadership and direction for the organisation in achieving its charitable aims and objectives, working together with the SLUMAID’s Board and volunteers.
Are you full of exciting ideas to drive a small but mighty charity towards new horizons?
Ready to find fundraising opportunities, steer sustainable growth and support SLUMAID’s projects in Kenya, the Philippines, Bangladesh and beyond?
Are you driven to develop our online teaching programmes with our partners, and mobilise the perfect volunteers to bring them to life?
This is your moment to make a practical and lasting difference to the lives of marginalised communities worldwide, as SLUMAID’s Executive Director.
About SLUMAID
SLUMAID is a non-profit and charity supporting community development projects across the world through volunteering.
Over a decade ago, a small group of volunteers ventured from London to Mumbai to help create change for people struggling against the tide of poverty, found in such concentration in India’s slums. Today, we work with 30 partners across 15 countries, matchmaking volunteers with projects on the ground or online where they can contribute, share skills, learn and make a positive, lasting connection with communities.
OUR VISION: A future where the poorest societies in the world have access to health, education, and opportunity to thrive.
OUR MISSION: Make a practical and lasting difference to the lives of those living in deprived areas worldwide. We do this through volunteering, education, health, and community development projects.
OUR GOALS:
- Facilitate quality education: Educate children in need through volunteering and community enablement.
- Support deprived communities: Sponsor local projects that favour those who live in deprived areas.
- Empower local people: Create flourishing, locally-led societies through training and sponsorship programmes.
Key Areas of Responsibility for the Executive Director
1. To lead the continuing impact and reach of SLUMAID through the development of a new strategic plan to enable the organisation to move to the next stage of its development and to ensure the effective implementation of the strategic plan. This will include digital volunteering, CSR and developing global partnerships.
2. To secure the necessary funds to support SLUMAID’s goals and delivery of the strategic plan
3. To foster and maintain relationships with funders, key supporters, volunteers, partners and NGO networks
4. To raise the profile of the organisation and be the principal spokesperson with strategic partners, network members and all key stakeholders for beneficiaries
5. To provide leadership and direction for the organisation, working together with the Board of Trustees
6. To lead and develop a mutually supportive and high performing staff and volunteer team
Person specification
1. Ability to develop high quality funding applications.
2. Leadership qualities
3. An aptitude for income generation from multiple sources
4. Managing volunteers.
5. Develop and deliver growth through strategic business plan
6. A passion for international and community development
7. Good relationship and people management skills
8. Engaging personally, as well as leading others, in successful fundraising with institutional donors, foundations (and grant-giving bodies)
9. Ability to work with multinational teams
10. Excellent interpersonal, communication (both verbal and in writing)
11. A sound understanding of Safeguarding and child Protection issues.
Benefits:
- Dynamic and open startup environment: we’re an established charity, but with a small and nimble decision-making committee
- Have a huge impact: Be at the forefront of international development by working directly with grassroots projects across the globe
- Flexible working hours: That fit around your life, rather than vice versa
- Rapid career progression: We prioritise and incentivise personal and professional growth, with bonuses for great work
Does this sound like you?
Please submit a CV, and short covering letter (no more than 2 pages) stating why you are interested in this role, what you can offer and how you meet the criteria to hello@slumaid.org by midnight, Friday 14th January 2022 – subject ‘Executive Director application’. Applications without a covering letter won’t be considered.
SLUMAID is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate difference, support it, and thrive on a diverse team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs and experiences. The more inclusive we are, the better we are, the better our work will be.
If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation at any point through the interview process, please do not hesitate to let us know.
Full job description & person specification in the Application Pack.
