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Join Wiltshire Wildlife Trust as a Director of Finance and Operations during an exciting period of strategic growth and innovation
Overview
Salary
£65000 - £70000
Location
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust HQ
Expires
Expires at anytime
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is at a pivotal moment, pushing boundaries to foster nature's recovery while enhancing connections between people and the natural world. The Trust has seen impressive growth and is now focusing on financial strength and diversifying income streams, exploring new opportunities in green finance and advisory services. A part of The Wildlife Trusts, a robust network across 46 county Trusts, this role allows for wide-reaching influence and collaboration.
- Provide strategic financial and operational leadership
- Partner with the CEO and executive team to revamp operational and financial planning
- Lead in HR, financial, IT, and operational management
- Function as the Company Secretary, ensuring governance and legal compliance
- Become part of a larger network of directors across the UK for shared innovation
- Proven experience in a similar leadership role
- Strong communication, collaborative and organizational skills
- Leadership qualities with high emotional intelligence
- Problem-solving mindset and ability to engage effectively with various stakeholders
- Email your CV and a supporting statement (max 1000 words) to [email removed - click apply for more details]
- Informal discussions available with CEO, [email removed - click apply for more details]
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is seeking a Director of Finance and Operations to join our Executive Team.
This is an exciting time to be joining the Trust, which is thinking bigger and stepping up to collaborate widely to achieve nature’s recovery and connect people with nature. Achievement of our ambitious goals will require us to build our financial resilience and invest in growing our unrestricted income pipeline from a diverse range of sources. New enterprise opportunities are arising in green finance and advisory services to complement our traditional funding model. The organisation has grown rapidly in recent years, and the time is right for a review of our systems and processes to ensure we are deploying our resources effectively and with maximum impact towards the delivery of our Strategy.
We are looking for an experienced Director of Finance and Operations to act as a business partner to the CEO and fellow Directors, leading and coordinating this reset of our operational and financial planning to support the successful delivery of our strategic goals. You will provide leadership on people (HR and organisational development), financial, IT and operational management. As Company Secretary, you will engage closely with the Chair and Trustees, overseeing our governance processes and compliance with charity law.
You will be a natural communicator who is instinctively collaborative, systematic and organised. You will have the leadership skills and emotional intelligence to engage well with your fellow Directors, and with Trustees and team leaders across the Trust. You will have a mind-set that seeks out solutions.
We are part of The Wildlife Trusts federation, which connects the 46 county Trusts in a powerful network for innovation with a strong national voice. You will find that your team extends beyond Wiltshire to a dynamic network of fellow Directors, here in the southwest and UK-wide.
To apply for the role, please send your CV together with a supporting statement (of no more than 1000 words) to: [email removed - click apply for more details]
Deadline for applications:
Wednesday, 27 November 9am
First stage interviews:
4 December
Second stage interviews:
10 December
If you wish to have an informal discussion about the opportunity, please contact the CEO, Jo Lewis, on [email removed - click apply for more details]
