CHOICE SUPPORT

This role offers the opportunity to bring your vision and leadership skills to an organisation making a transformative impact on thousands of lives, nationwide. As our new Chief Executive, you can deliver the continued growth and improvement that empowers us to help more people enjoy greater independence and a good life.

About Us

You will be leading Choice Support, a charitable community benefit society providing social care and housing to adults with learning disabilities, autistic people and people with mental health needs. With 40 years’ experience behind us, we support over 2,500 people in England, from Yorkshire to the south coast. Our purpose is to create opportunities for happiness for the people that we support. Our team of c.2,600 employees deliver our highly respected services via an income of more than £74M pa.

Your role

We want you to provide visionary and values-driven leadership to Choice Support – championing our purpose and ensuring that the people we support are placed at the centre of everything we do.

As our Chief Executive, you will have the advantage of leading a financially sound organisation, with a good reputation and a skilled and experienced senior team. You will work with the Board and leaders to ensure the organisation operates efficiently and maximises its resources, now and for the long term.

You will also lead the delivery of our strategic objectives - your drive and passion will be key to achieving sustainable growth and realising the full benefits of our digital transformation.

Within the organisation you will be a role model, demonstrating Choice Support’s values and the highest standards of integrity and conduct at all times. Externally, you will be an ambassador, promoting Choice Support and helping influence national policy initiatives that benefit the people we support.

Your profile

We Are Looking For a Visionary And Values Driven Leader, Committed To Providing Excellent Support To Enable People To Live Independent And Fulfilled Lives. You Will Bring

a track record of successful achievement at senior leadership level in the social care sector
excellent leadership skills, with a proven ability to motivate and inspire people
experience of effective financial management in a large complex organisation
a genuine commitment to improving the lives of people with learning disabilities, mental health needs and autistic people
the desire to be a champion of equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of Choice Support’s work, as an employer and service provider.

The role is home based, or you can work in any of our offices. There is an expectation that you will travel nationally on a regular basis as part of the role.

For more information or for an informal discussion about this post please contact Jan Oliver on 07384 253384 to arrange to have a chat with Oliver Mills our Chair.

For more information Choice Support please visit our website: www.choicesupport.org.uk

The deadline for the receipt of applications is 12.00 noon on Friday 22nd November 2024.

Interviews will take place on 16th, 18th and 19th December 2024 in person at our central London office. There will also be Teams meetings with a panel of people that we support, our employees and senior leaders, as part of the selection process.

We are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion and taking action to address inequality. We particularly welcome applications from anyone who is from a Black, Asian or minority ethnic background, anyone who considers themselves to have a disability and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Choice Support is Disability Confident, which is a scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment, we operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview.

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