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Executive Director

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MADE IN HACKNEY-2

2024-10-05 05:32:38

Job location London City, Greater London, United Kingdom

Job type: fulltime

Job industry: Executive Positions

Job description

Leadership & Vision

  • Provide inspirational leadership, galvanising support for a compelling strategic direction, agreeing clear milestones for delivery and ensuring consistent measurement and evaluation of our impact
  • Work with the Board of Trustees to ensure organisational structure and accountabilities are aligned with strategic and operational requirements. Ensuring MIH's ethos, vision and values drive and underpin all decision making
  • Act as a passionate advocate for plant-centred eating and living, environmental sustainability, health, food justice and community cohesion
  • Be a positive role model for colleagues, volunteers and beneficiaries, actively promoting a representative, inclusive and forward-looking approach

Strategy & Organisational Development

  • Provide strategic leadership with the support of the Trustees, taking responsibility for the implementation and delivery of a 5-year strategic plan, identifying and implementing best practices from across the sector
  • Build on our current position of strength to expand MIH's reach, impact and profile.
  • Identify, assess, and communicate strategic risks, issues and opportunities to the
  • Board and take responsibility for initiating and leading associated changes

Fundraising, Business Development & Partnerships

  • Responsible for strategic oversight of fundraising at MIH, providing support and guidance to the Head of Fundraising and Community Partnerships Manager to build a sustainable portfolio of individual, corporate and grants trusts and donations, as well as owned income streams, to ensure long-term sustainable funding of activities.
  • Develop income generating strategies and set, agree and track against clear targets with the Board
  • Generate fundraising leads and cultivate fundraising opportunities with high-value donors
  • Actively build MIH's profile whilst maintaining and cultivating strategic relationships with supporters, donors, businesses and corporate bodies aligned with MIH's values and mission
  • Proactively seek out entrepreneurial opportunities to capitalise on the rise of veganism and growth of the plant-based food market; developing an innovative strategy to ensure MIH becomes a leading voice within the plant-based food sector.

Financial & Governance

  • Accountable to the MIH Board of Trustees for the overall financial health of the charity, you will ensure that the charity's financial resources are managed effectively, risks identified proactively and mitigating actions taken appropriately.
  • To support the Trustees in all areas of their governance and legal responsibilities in line with Charity Commission requirements and other relevant regulatory bodies.

People & Culture

  • Develop, align and empower the team to communicate and excel together as a cohesive unit and within their individual roles
  • Support the Director of Operations to fostering a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion ensuring it's embedded into all aspects of the charity's work,
  • Continue and further develop MIH's culture as a progressive employer.

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