Person Specification
More about you:
Knowledge and Experience:
- Experience gained at senior management level in an innovative and agile organisation, ideally with experience of working with a Chair and Board (or equivalent)
- Experience of thriving in fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Direct leadership of/involvement in developing strategy and leading successful organisational change
- Exceptional people leadership skills
- A demonstrable commitment to creating diverse and inclusive working cultures
- Sound financial management experience with a firm understanding of risk and working with colleagues to manage and mitigate it
- Strong awareness of and insight into the UK political context, with an understanding of UK society and culture and how it is evolving and insight as to how to influence policy-making
- Demonstrable experience of leading social change / social impact work
Desirable:
- Insight into the creation of successful campaigns
- Experience of external communications and working with the media
- Familiarity with new and innovative digital campaigning tools and approaches
- Experience and knowledge around key 38 Degrees policy areas
- Leadership experience in a supporter-based organisation
Leadership Style:
- An ability to develop and hold a clear vision for 38 Degrees which serves our mission of defending fairness, protecting rights, and deepening democracy
- An inspiring, empowering and collaborative leadership style; creates strong teams and has the capacity to motivate staff and stakeholders to deliver an ambitious strategy
- Flexibility and the ability to adapt to varying contexts and often fast-changing situations
- Openness, honesty and transparency
- Creativity, innovative; risk aware but not risk averse
- Entrepreneurial, with the ability to spot and capitalise on opportunities to scale up impact
Personal Qualities:
- Strategic and ambitious
- An ability to differentiate between personal and professional views
- Committed to high staff engagement and empowerment
- Calm, balanced and resilient
- High emotional intelligence with the ability to manage conflict
- Personable and approachable – high integrity, low ego
- Committed to equality, diversity and inclusion
- Aligned and committed to the values and ethos of 38 Degrees, particularly of serving our supporters
There are no formal education requirements for this role. As long as you can show us you have the skills we don’t mind where you got them from! Also important to us is your potential to learn and grow in the role so even if you don’t have 100% of the skills listed, we want to hear from you.
Your commitment – You will have a commitment to 38 Degrees’ mission and values and will work as part of our wider team to drive and support change initiatives to achieve a sustainable culture.